Icy Sparks is a story that involves a girl living with her grandparents in Eastern Kentucky. Icy suffers from Tourette’s syndrome. Her classmates avoid her. Some teachers bully her. Parents do not want their children to interact with her. Icy’s condition makes her feel lonely. She has tried her level best to suppress her outbursts but in vain. As a result, she feels shy due to her condition.
The condition makes Icy hate herself. Many people don’t know that Icy put a lot of effort to suppress her condition. Her grandparents transfer her to mental institution but she still feels isolated. Icy struggles to make friends but everybody avoids her. Ultimately, she is home-schooled by Miss Emily. Miss Emily trains her how to survive life struggles.
Icy’s story shows that society isolates people with certain disorders. Many people suffer silently as people around them avoid them due to their conditions. Even people considered as role models in society may choose to humiliate individuals with certain conditions. Mrs. Stilton humiliates Icy instead of inspiring her. Teachers like Mrs. Stilton are considered role models and should inspire their leaners instead of rebuking them.
Before becoming a grown-up, Icy endured humiliations and painful situations due to her condition. Icy becomes an outcast in her community because she suffers from Tourette’s syndrome. The author shows readers how it is wrong to isolate people with particular disorders. Society should accept such people rather than condemning them.
