3 Salient Moments from Loser

 
Zinkoff’s innocence is described. He is perfectly portrayed as a child that blissful and unknowing. “At this time in his life Zinkoff sees no difference between the stars in the sky and the stars in his mother's plastic Baggie. He believes that stars fall from the sky sometimes, and that his mother goes around collecting them like acorns. He believes she has to use heavy gloves and dark sunglasses because the fallen stars are so hot and shiny. She puts them in the freezer for forty-five minutes, and when they come out they are flat and silver and sticky on the back and ready for his shirts”.




When a new neighbor moves into the house next door, Zinkoff takes it upon himself to introduce himself. The boy is shy and doesn’t want to meet Zinkoff. Instead of taking offense, Zinkoff tries to make the boy feel like he is welcome in his new neighborhood. Zinkoff loves snickerdoodle cookies and decides bake the boy a giant cookie. This was one of the first glimpses into Zinkoff’s true kind nature.


The following moment was when Zinkoff comes to the realization that being a good friend can be very simple. The following quote isf from when Zinkoff realizes that he wants to be the very best friend he can be to Hector. He stands up for him when another student calls him a name he doesn’t like. Zinkoff stands up for him,“[b]ecause that's what you do, you stand up for your best friend. And you eat lunch with him and talk with him and share secrets and laugh a lot and go places and do stuff, and when you wake up in the morning, he's the first person you think of.”