Invisible Benjamin Quotes

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Benjamin: The Most Important Factor In the book She Is Not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick, a sixteen year old visually impaired girl named Laureth goes on a journey to find her father who she thinks is in trouble. She is on her own except for the help of her younger brother Benjamin, who is actually in disguise as the most important factor to Laureth’s success in reuniting with her father. Not only does Benjamin act as her pair of eyes, but as a comforting hand through the quest of a heart-wrenching odyssey. Without Benjamin, Laureth would have not of gotten anywhere let alone find her father. It is present throughout the entire book that Benjamin is shown to be an immense help to Laureth’s goals and needs. “‘I need you to look at something,’ I said. ‘There are some pictures on this email. Tell me what they are.’” (Sedgwick 14). This quote shows how Laureth wouldn’t even know if the email she received was legit when saying that Mr. Walker had found her dad’s journal. Benjamin was used here as confirmation of how authentic was what the pictures contained. In simple terms, Laureth most likely wouldn’t have even gone to find her dad if Benjamin had not confirmed the pictures as photographs of a few…show more content…
Walker sent, but he reads everything that is somewhat imperative to the journey and to find clues of how to find their dad. “I tried to get Benjamin to read it to me again, but he moaned and said it was hard, so I left it.”(Sedgwick 36). This quote, in the perspective of Laureth, shows how she gets Benjamin to read over and over again the pages of her dad’s journal in order to find clues. Once again, Benjamin is the savior. Without his seven year old reading capability, they wouldn’t know where to go, what to do, or how to do it. Benjamin is way beyond his years and responsibility whether he knows it or not because he is basically taking care of himself and his sister in the huge city of New York City at only seven years
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