A Great Integrated Friendship

             In the book, "The Liberation of Gabriel King" by K. L. Going, Gabriel and Frita have a really great friendship. She always looks out for him whether it comes to protecting him from a bully or giving him motivation to cheer him up when he feels alone and hated. He is one of the few people that is friends with her and he cheers her up just by being a good friend to talk to and do things with. I think that they have developed a strong friendship where they are able to look out for each other and not have to hide secrets from each other.

             One example is on pg. 14, " 'Just see if anyone picks on you again after this' Frita said." She is saying that because she is about to go punch Duke, one of the boys who was bullying Gabriel. She risks getting in trouble or getting hurt to help him out since he doesn't have the nerve to do anything about it. But someone could also say that they have a so-so friendship because sometimes she is forceful in getting him to go with her idea of what he should do and he doesn't always want to do it and she doesn't give up on getting him to do it. I think that the two of them work well together because he is soft and scared person and she is a tough and brave girl so they kind of give each other their opinions and ideas in their perspective.

             Their relationship is like how it is in the real world where people have a friend that they always love to hang out with and feel comfortable with. Also Duke and Frankie picking on Gabriel is like what the news was talking about when there was lots of cases of bullying and kids were really affected and got depressed. When they picked on him he also felt really sad and worthless but he was lucky to have Frita there to help and cheer him up.