The book Burn talks about the life of Cameron. He is a bullied teenager, and he has a really depressive life. Cameron is a small guy and is constantly bullied by Rich Patterson. Rich makes Cameron’s life just like hell. I think everyone can relate to the book in the way that most of the people have been bullied sometime in their lives. The really amazing thing about Cameron is that he doesn’t let others bother him. He knows Rich and his friends are going to bully him or punch him, but still he walks with his head high and refuses to do the things they tell him. When Rich and Murphy, one of Rich’s friends, tell Cameron to cheer he refuses to do it. Instead he shuts up and gets ready for his punching session. I can actually relate to Cameron in the sense that I don’t like people telling me what to do. If someone tells me what to do or how to act I usually ignore them. Yes, there’s always a bad side on ignoring someone stronger. But just like Cameron, people just have to suck it up and accept it. “You know if you don’t we’re going to have to make you”, Rich says to Cameron. Cameron knows Rich will beat him up, but still, being beat up is much better than giving someone the pleasure to humiliate you; at least that’s what Cameron thinks. Another bad thing in Cameron’s life is his family. His mother is not really conscious on what happens in Cameron's life because she is too worried about her boyfriend, Randy. His dad wasn’t really around and Cameron had to take care of himself. His mom did notice how Cameron didn’t have any friends, but she didn’t really care about it. In my opinion I would be really mad if my mom didn’t care that I didn’t have any friends. She though that because Cameron was in the Boy Scouts he had friends. But Cameron quit the Scouts long ago and she didn’t even notice. “Well, you have Scouts”, she said that a lot to Cameron and whenever she said it Cameron couldn’t help it. He though his mother loved his boyfriend more than his own son, or worst she didn’t even love Cameron.
The really amazing thing about Cameron is that he doesn’t let others bother him. He knows Rich and his friends are going to bully him or punch him, but still he walks with his head high and refuses to do the things they tell him. When Rich and Murphy, one of Rich’s friends, tell Cameron to cheer he refuses to do it. Instead he shuts up and gets ready for his punching session. I can actually relate to Cameron in the sense that I don’t like people telling me what to do. If someone tells me what to do or how to act I usually ignore them. Yes, there’s always a bad side on ignoring someone stronger. But just like Cameron, people just have to suck it up and accept it. “You know if you don’t we’re going to have to make you”, Rich says to Cameron. Cameron knows Rich will beat him up, but still, being beat up is much better than giving someone the pleasure to humiliate you; at least that’s what Cameron thinks.
Another bad thing in Cameron’s life is his family. His mother is not really conscious on what happens in Cameron's life because she is too worried about her boyfriend, Randy. His dad wasn’t really around and Cameron had to take care of himself. His mom did notice how Cameron didn’t have any friends, but she didn’t really care about it. In my opinion I would be really mad if my mom didn’t care that I didn’t have any friends. She though that because Cameron was in the Boy Scouts he had friends. But Cameron quit the Scouts long ago and she didn’t even notice. “Well, you have Scouts”, she said that a lot to Cameron and whenever she said it Cameron couldn’t help it. He though his mother loved his boyfriend more than his own son, or worst she didn’t even love Cameron.