A brief moment in the life of angus bethune

In the short story “A brief moment in the life of Angus Bethune” by Chris Crutcher explains a boy who’s life is very complicated and feels the need for acceptance not only from others but from himself. Angus has four parents but there’s a twist to it, his parents are homosexual. At school he gets teased by the other students, sometimes he acts out in violent. Angus is a very big boy not only that, he’s also named after a cow. Many other students’ wouldn’t expect this from Angus but he’s very fast for being so over weight. As a trick he gets crowned snowball king. Angus doesn’t know how to dance and at the dance he has to dance with the girl of his dreams. Angus has gone almost all through school and getting teased and picked on about his parents being homosexual, his moms married to his mom and his dads are the same way. Angus gets teased about being over weight all he really wants is to be accepted by others at school. Angus thinks his parents are ambassadors from hell because of them being homo and being over weight witch make him over weight. At school he has a hard time but hes a really good at sports so he takes his agression out on sports. he is crowned snowball king at the dance as a prank, and he has to dance with the girl of his dreams and he dont know how to dance wich makes it worse. at the dance he learns how to dance and that he could all along he just didnt know that he could cuz he nevor really tryed. His dream girl turned out to like him and people start to notice who he was, they noticed that he could be a somebody after all and the guys who picked on him were really the nobodys. chris crutcher gives a very good example of a boy who is going tho alot but he learns he could have as much fun as the other guys and that once he accepts himself that others will also. In the story Chris Crutcher explains a very complicated life and the need for acceptance.