Analysis Of Some Assembly Required

In Arin Andrew’s memoir, Some Assembly Required, the author or protagonist feels wretched because of his gender dysphoria (GD), strains on his love life by his mother, the antagonist, and being expelled from school. The book’s writer was born female and named Emerald after his mom’s beloved resort. He, with time, grows to identify as male. During the teenager’s transgender life, he experiences common problems faced by people of his kind such as GD or an extreme discomfort with one’s body accompanied with a longing for the opposite sex’s features. He soon begins a relationship with an adamant lesbian, Darian; this “gay” behavior between two supposedly girls was considered wrong in Arin’s religious family, so his parents halt the couple from

His reacts severely to this unfortunate event, for Arin “grabbed a knife” and “pushed [it] onto [his] wrist” (Andrews 115-117). His depression grows worse due to being trapped in the prison of his body. The adolescent was even prescribed Prozac, which brought no avail, to cope and taken to a family therapist by the name of Dr. Brenton. He desperately still wants to date Darian. His voracious “need” to be around her leads to trouble like getting his phone confiscated and breaching a generous woman’s hospitality through making out on her couch. In an attempt to gain control over his existence, Arin/Emerald joins CAP or the Civil Air Patrol which earns him a confidence boost and two close friends Samuel and Jon. This allows the boy to tell his mother about him being transgender. The youngster expects change despite the evident fact that’ll acceptance will take time, but is bluntly ignored instead. Adding this to the hurtful rejection from his academy induces a suicide attempt on his part because he deems himself