High school is already said to be one of the most difficult times in the lives of children, but when you constantly feel like an outsider those feelings are magnified. This story is one of a young man that is larger than all the other kids. He gets made fun of my his brothers and their friends and clearly does not have a strong relationship with his mother since the father is out of the picture. He relies on his drawings of superheroes to push him through. He dreams of a superhero that will stand for everyone and end bullying. A simple kind of guy that he has named “Gentle Giant.” It is not until he is in his English class and a girl does a speech about the importance of being our own super hero does he finally believe that there is someone out there that understands him. He gets the courage to speak to her, which is the moment that his life changes. She turns out to be someone that supports him in his crusade and even has drawn a superhero of her own that becomes Gentle Giant’s sidekick. This story is a coming of age experience for this young man in the difficulties of life. The sad reality that sometimes we are not what we look like and that deep within all of us is a superhero destined to be born. He makes you laugh with his wit and cry because when his heart breaks our breaks as well because we understand who this kids it. Because at some point in all of our lives we have been him.