Thursday, 27 September 2012

#11 ch 17

the boys were mad with the end of the story because the man could have one the contest but instead throws it and threw up over everyone. Gordie might have said that because if someone know how things are with you it might mean they are to close to you or family. the one cardinal rule for kids then was not to be out past curfew. what we learned about chris chambers is... well i honestly i don't remember hearing anything about him so personally i didn't learn anything.

#10 bullying

My opinion on bullying is it dumb. I mean the only reason it happens is because he/she has problems and is too stuborn to talk about them or when someone gets it in thier head that their better than someone or everyone. it really bugs me when it happens because there is no reason for other people to suffer because you are stuck up.

#9 body theme

a theme in the book "the body" would be emotional i would say. I chose emotional because in the book their seems to be alot of seens/stories that involve it. For instance the story about tommy and his ears being burned by his father or when tommy and the guy from the junk yard got into it. I remember the man saying things about tommies day. I also picked it because every book seems to have alot of emotion because of creating the rising action.

#8 CH 14

the train incedant in chapter 14 will effect the boys relationships by making them less trusting with eachother and maybe blaming one another. it was a possible life ending event that none of them will probebly wanna take the blame for so they might scapegoat. they might get over it in a bit of time but right away they will be super defencive.

Tuesday, 25 September 2012

#7 scape goats

The tori Stafford is an example of scapegoating. Near the begining of the case people seemed to attack the dad. Simlpy because he was so upset about his daughter had gone missing and he couldn't bear to speak about it. people seemed to take that as he was suspicious he had been hiding something. It turned out it wan't him and people just had no answers so they were looking for anything. This was a scapegoat because people had no facts, no answers and no fingers to point so they picked the weakest victim and went for it.

#5 teacher fired

A teacher fired for giving a zero and breaking the "no zero's" agreement. he clams that the student didn't hand in the assignment so he put a zero down. I personally don't see what he did wrong if the kid failed to meet the dead line then he deserved it. In the real world if something is due you have it in on time no excusses. the guy did nothing wrong unless preparing kids for the real world is a crime.

#6 The Body ch.13

Teddy got so angry about milo pressman bashing his dad because, he was bringing up the truth that teddy dint see what teddy blocked. althought his dad burned his ears severly he doesnt have his mom anymore. His dad he will care and like no matter what he is the only thing left. it didn't help that tommy had been making fun of the guy and taunting him. it tends things seem worse when you go from a good time to a bad time.