In the novel In the year of the boar and Jackie Robinson, the main character Shirley Temple Wong is a confident girl. But Leigh Botts, the main character in the Dear Mr. Henshaw, is quite different with Shirley. He is an introverted boy.
Leigh, he is so introverted (the entire book). He is always new, so he didn’t have any friends, he only can write letters to Mr. Henshaw. He put everything in his littler heart and just ‘lock’ it（you know what I mean）. But Shirley isn’t, she can just go out with herself when she first arrive American.(P44) she just believe herself, she think she can do it. But Leigh isn’t. Because he is always moving, always new, he doesn’t know how to make friends with others. He is always unhappy, like in the lunch bag story (P48-51).