When we had to read “At War with My Skin” by John Updike it reminded me of this boy that goes to the summer came I work at. This little boy has pretty bad psoriasis and it sometimes seems to me like he is isolated from the rest of the kids because of it. I work as lifeguard for the camp so the only time ire ally get to interact with them is when they are at the beach, but this boy wouldn’t go in the water because his psoriasis was extra bad on his back and he was embarrassed by it. When she says “my peers either didn’t notice anything terrible about my skin or else neglected to comment upon it,” this also brought up the fact that I never can actually remember any of the other kids saying anything about this boys skin either. Maybe it was because they knew that is wasn’t something he could control or maybe they truly didn’t notice anything different about him either. But this story just brought up that memory for me and it reminded me of a person story that I could relate to as well. I think that physical problems like that can be really hard for a person of any age. You think that people are always starring at you, and even if they don’t say something to you, it seems like they possibly could be judging you behind your back. I really enjoyed this story and I’, glad that I could make a person connection to it as well.