Am I Blue?

In the story Am I Blue? by Bruce Coville, the main character Vincent is always getting teased and bullied because people thinks he is gay. In this story there is another character, Butch the bully, Butch mainly bullies Vincent. I think Butch bullies Vince because Butch has some fear or something making him feel scared and small in a way, because bullies bully people because there is something making them feel insecure, so they bully people to feel big and superior.
      In this story there is another character Melvin, is the the fairy-godfather of Vince. In this story Melvin is the mentor and i think the author Bruce Coville included Melvin, so he can use the character Melvin to get to tell his thoughts about the issue being GAY, like a speaker.
     in this story the author is giving us a message which i think is Don't be Scared to Stand out. One example that leads me to this message is the idea of being gay. i think Bruce used this example because of most of us don't see or interact with gay people on a daily basis. To show that how many people in the world are gay, he used Melvin the fairy god-father to turn all the gay people in the world blue, and in the story it quotes " People were turning blue from coast to coast." to me this quote tells me that the author trying to say that people in the world are different, like being gay as an example, but that doesn't mean that we should exclude them or push them away, so what they are different, we were with them this whole time without knowing that there are different in a way from the rest of us, so why not now? It doesn't change them as who they are, so why should we treat them different? This is what i found in the excerpt " if gay people hadn't been forced to hide for so long, if we can just openly identify ourselves" And "Everybody knows gay people they just think they don't.
     Everybody in this world is different, it what makes us, us. it what makes us interesting, stand out from the rest and that is totally fine. Even if it is being red-headed or gay, it different and it is good. If being different makes you happy, go ahead and stand out. This is what i believe.