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2. The author changes the point of view to P.S's father on page 119. "Why isn't he crying, he wondered, and then he told himself that he wouldn't have cried either; that the boy had had plenty of time to cry; that he would never cry in front of his father again." This sentence is when the author changes the point of view from P.S to Stewart Wilkinson (aka. P.S's dad or sir).
4. The honor code at V.P.S. is a reality in everyone there's life. Every student is supposed to respect and uphold the honor code which includes not cheating and/or stealing, and they are supposed to inform administrators when someone has cheated, and/or stolen, etc. P.S seems to be somewhat well prepared, but when you compare how much he studies to how much his best friend Charlie
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"Therefore, against so much unfairness of things, various consequences ensued." (112) so much unfairness of things is equal to basically the whole passage. "Necessity of time demanded... Sure support could not be placed, nor could it be seen what work would be necessary in which part, nor could all commands be administrated by one man." (112) These parts of the passage represent P.S's struggle in the final Latin exam. The passage talks about P.S's lack of time on the test, it also talks how P.S had no way of knowing what would be on the test and how support could not be placed. It also says all commands cannot be administrated by one man, which in this case can be two people P.S and Dr. Fairfax. I believe the title has a much larger and significant meaning for Jumbo than P.S. Jumbo is the one who does the right thing by upholding the honor code and turning in P.S. Although Jumbo did the right thing, he will be the one to suffer rather than P.S who comes out of this vertically the same. Jumbo will not be rewarded or praised for doing the right thing, but rather shunned and possibly disrespected. That is why I believe the title does not relate to P.S, but rather

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