Character Analysis: The Only Alien On The Planet

Why is showing a person how to do something better than teaching them? Ginny’s father said, “So, maybe the key is,” just let this kid learn.” This shows that showing a person how to do anything, is the best way to teach them. In the novel the Only Alien On The Planet, written by Kristen D Randle, Ginny and Caulder want to help Smitty but he has psychological problems, so Ginny kisses him making him get out of control and go to a mental hospital. We can learn from this book that you can teach someone by showing them.

Ginny is mad, feels alone and hates change. “I’d been living in a beautiful dream that was coming to an awful, sickening end.” This shows that Ginny is mad. “I was totally alone for the first time in my life.” This proofs that
“I got involved with this dysfunctional mentally ill kid… and now he’s in the mental hospital.” (pg.127) This shows that Smitty has psychological problems and even people know about it. “He wrote down the name of the psychological himself.” Later in the story, he realizes that it’s time to get help. (pg. 126) “Then he shoved the chair back..” (pg.102) This happened when Ginny shows him that she saw the poem, this shows that Smitty gets mad easily and has problems. Smitty took a long time to go get help but he got
We can learn from them that we can teach someone something by showing them how to do that something. “So, maybe the key is, “just let the kid learn.” (pg.165) This means don’t tell him or force him to talk, just show him, talk in front of him so he can learn, interact in front of him. “He was too eager to hear, too impatient to watch and learn.” (pg.167) This shows that Smitty was so excited to just let them teach him how to speak, but he wouldn’t just watch and learn and take it slowly. It took him sometime but showing him was the best way for his