David Levithan’s purpose of writing, Every Day was undoubtedly to try and stretch readers minds to teach about what it’s like to be in another persons shoes. The main character goes by “A” because they’ve never had a permanent name for more than a day. You see, every morning A wakes up in another persons body. A is still A, though he has access to the mind of the person it is in that day. Readers cling to the character of A, while A explains the hardships and struggles of being in the body of different types of people, of different genders, and ethnicities. The authors purpose is to show what life is like behind different sets of eyes. "Immediately I have to figure out who I am. It's not just the body--opening my eyes and discovering whether the skin on my arm is light or dark, whether my hair is long or short, whether I'm fat or thin, boy or girl, scarred or smooth," (1).
Something I think Levithan wants readers to take away from his novel is summarized by this quote:
“Be nicer than usual, for everyone is enduring a struggle of their own. “
- T.H. Thompson and John Watson
The novel has a way of humbling a reader by making them realize that their life is better than they thought it was, it also shows them what the most important things in life are at the end of the day.
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