Cynthia Kadahota's novel Kira-Kira illustrates how profoundly another person can influence our behavior, and it is Lynn who helps her little sister grow into a responsible young adult. Like Katie, I can think of a person who had a huge influence on me. That person is my maths teacher. She was also the teacher in charge of our class when I was in elementary school. She always told us to be active and try new things even may be failed. Once she told us a story, I can't remember what was the plot of it, but it's theme is if you go get something, you may get it; but if you just stay there and don't do anything, it would never come to you. So now I am very active in classes at school. When the teacher ask a question, I would go answer it. Sometimes I am wrong, but I can learn more things from that.