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The quote I chose was from the scene where....
This shows that Steven has matured because...

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AND practicing on my own, both at home and during my opportunity periods at school. AND I was doing all of my homework.
The quote I chose was from the scene where Steven was actually doing stuff. This shows that Steven has matured because he is doing his work and working hard on his drum lesson and homework and not missing anything. Before he didn't do anything and didn't care about his homework and he was giving up drum but he ended up not doing it and now he is all cough up

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"But after we got back from the hospital, I had picked up the book again, because I truly did want to understand what was going on with my brother and with Samantha, too."

The quote I chose was from the seen where Steven opened the book a teacher gave to him about Jeffreys Illness. This shows Steven has matured due to the fact he's worried about Jeffrey he's not just think about himself but also thinking about Samantha and what she has going on.

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"normally I would have been standing around saying, “Ahem,” until my mom noticed me, too, but that day I just looked at her with a new appreciation." this shows Steven has matured because he usually tries to get his mom to notice him but he just stares at her.

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"Then, for possibly the first time since all of this had started, I stopped feeling sorry for myself and thought of other people’s situations".
The quote i chose was from the scene where his dad told him that he is now a man.
This shows that Steven has matured because the old Steven would have never felt bad for anyone but himself. but in this chapter he is starting to think about other people and how they are feeling.

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"I stopped feeling sorry for myself and thought of other people’s situations. It could have been worse" The quote i chose was the scene where his dad said he could not go to his concert. This shows that Steven has grown matured because he was being more selfless and not throwing a big fuss about his dad not being able to go. Also he's stopped being sorry for himself quickly because he knew someone needed to take care of Jeffrey while he was at his concert.

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"Maybe you’ll think it’s nuts that the brother of a cancer patient would feel lucky, but at that instant, I most surely did"
This shows that Steven has matured because of his brother whit cancer so he care other people.

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Then he turned to me and said, Look, ummm, I want to thank you for coming down to support Jeffrey. Maybe I haven’t been saying it, but I’m really very proud of you. You’re turning into a good man. Wow! “A good man.” You caught that, correct? Steven is a man now. Quick, somebody tell all the chicks and babes at school for me!

The quote I chose. It shows that Steven has been there for Jeffrey like he promised so he is becoming more mature. it's on the 9th line

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"I stopped feeling sorry for myself and thought of other people’s situations. It could have been worse:" The quote i chose was from the scene where Steven started thinking of other peoples situation. This show that Steven has matured because hes putting other peoples problem into consideration and how they can have it worse.

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The next three weeks of school were absolutely nutty. Annette and Renee both insisted on tutoring me in the subjects I had missed during my two days in Philadelphia. I let Renee in the house this time. They also insisted on updating me daily on the progress of the benefit concert, to the point where the details were just too much: “The posters are up all over town.

Steven matured because he wouldn't care if he had missing assignments. but he getting caught up and doing all his work an getting caught up and being mature.

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I was really hoping that the money this raised would take a load off of my parents’ shoulders

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Then he turned to me and said, Look, ummm, I want to thank you for coming down to support Jeffrey. Maybe I haven’t been saying it, but I’m really very proud of you. You’re turning into a good man. when his dad said he was a good man its because he appreciated steven coming to the hospital for his brother his been supporting him alot.

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"I guess I was still in my new, manly sympathetic mood, because normally I would have been standing around saying, “Ahem,” until my mom noticed me, too, but that day I just looked at her with a new appreciation."

The quote I chose was from the scene where steven and jeffrey and his dad got home from the hospital and his mom came out running ro hug jeffrey and steven didnt really make ant noise to get his moms attention. This proves stevdn has matured because he did get mad at his mom for not giving him attention instead he understands and goez on with life.

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I bought seven tickets and rented six strangers and a minivan for the night.” Again, everybody meant well, and I was really hoping that the money this raised would take a load off of my parents’ shoulders, but the intensity of all the attention was pretty high. this is the scene  were everybody telling even. this shows that Stephen doesn't despise his brother anymore and wants to help him,this shows that Steven is starting to act mature.

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"Then, for possibly the first time since all of this had started, I stopped feeling sorry for myself and thought of other people’s situations. It could have been worse:"

The quote I chose is from the scene where Steven start thinking about people on how they will be or their situation.
This shows Steven has mature in many different ways cause he think of other people that they could be worse than him.