Summary Of Cynthia Rylant's Shell

Shells by Cynthia Rylant is a short realistic fiction story about a boy whos parents died and struggles with having to live with his aunt. In the beginning Michael and aunt Esther don't get along and Michael says he hates aunt Esther. In the middle Aunt Esther is fascinated by the hermit crab Michael got. In the end Michael and aunt Esther get along. Michael struggles with living with his aunt after his parents died.

In a fight Michael and aunt Esther don't get along and Michael says he hates aunt Esther. Michael and aunt Esther got in a huge argument and aunt Esther thought he hated living with her. ‘You hate living here”, she said,” and you hate me. I don’t!” Michael yelled.” It's not you!” Later Michael said to himself,” I hate her!” This shows that aunt Esther and Michael don’t get along. This is important because, we can see much better of the stories characters and how they act towards each other. This proves that aunt Esther and Michael don’t really like each other.

Michael had put the hermit crab in a bowl and named it Sluggo and aunt Esther was being very different and weird.” Where is he?” she asked. Michael showed her the crab’s eyes peering through the small opening of the shell. This shows aunt Esther is fascinated by the hermit crab and Michael is surprised. This is important because aunt Esther never really is so nice and cool like this. This proves that aunt Esther is finally being nice to