What is the central idea of "future tense" by Robert Lipsyte?

The central idea teaches that people should not let other people's thought about them influence their decisions.

Explanation:

Future Tense is a story by Robert Lipsyte about a young boy named Gary who was worried about his writing assignment.

He let his imagination go wild and write about his teachers being aliens. His teacher asks for a rewrite and told him not to do science fiction but Gary refuses.

Because of this Gary was taken to the principals office where he discovers that the principal is the alien.

The central idea teaches that people should not let other people's thought about them influence their decisions. Gary did not let his teachers discourage him from writing his story which eventually made him find out that aliens really exist.

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