Becky Albertalli's novel Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda uses solid views on maturity, adulthood, and social conformity to depict how the main character, Simon Spier, figures out his identity as a gay teenager. At the beginning of the novel, Simon, closeted and anonymous, is secretly emailing another closeted and anonymous student at his school going by "Blue". As Simon and Blue are getting closer, their emails are found by a classmate who threatens to reveal their relationship. The novel depicts Simon maturing as he begins to understand ideas about himself and others that he'd never understood before. For example, Simon gets an increasingly clear view of what kind of person he wants to be as the novel goes on. At one point in the book, he realizes how little he knows about his closest friends so he decides to become more mindful of the people in his life, making a conscious effort to get to know them better. The book also draws a strong correlation between m