Gary did was terribly‚ horribly‚ inexcusably wrong. I have no interest in defending them. But deep in my heart there is a little piece of me that at least understands what might have driven them to such a horrendous‚ evil undertaking. But what those boys did was equally inexcusable and evil. Brett Betzig – Brendan’s friend in Springfield. Citation: One thing about Brendan: He hated injustice (Page 22) Deidre Bunson – student on the Middletown high school Paul Burns – Football player. Citation:
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Give a Boy a Gun Give a Boy a Gun by Todd Strasser describes school shootings by looking at one school‚ shooting that happened in Middletown‚ Colorado. This book is loosely based upon the real events at Columbine High School in Littleton. Two students were teased and harassed by their peers. Eventually‚ they take them hostage at a school dance. Gary and Brandon were very close friends and they both have something in common: they were both teased and harassed and teased and sometimes even physically
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The Book I read was Give a Boy a Gun written by Todd Strasser. The characters or key individuals in the story are: • Character: Brendan Lawlor Brendan Lawlor is a teenager in high school who gets harassed every day and feels as if everyone is against him. He met Gary‚ when he moved to Middletown‚ and became close friends with him. Brendan didn’t want to be popular or bullied—just left alone. Unfortunately‚ he got made fun of for everything about him. Eventually Brendan and Gary came to the establishment
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Give A Boy A Gun BY: Todd Strasser Give A Boy A Gun is about two high school students‚ Brendan Lawlor and Gary Searle. These two kids are the kids that are always in the back‚ don’t say much‚ and get picked on by the “popular kids”. They take this kind of bullying and punishment for about three years‚ and then they finally snap. Every day that they get picked on they get darker and darker. The story is told by the students of Middletown high‚ their high school‚ and is written as a bunch of interviews
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Joey Calhoun T. Johnson Political Science 10 7 November 2013 Give Me Liberty…or Give Me Guns “A free people ought to be armed.” –George Washington Life‚ Liberty‚ and the Pursuit of Happiness. These are just a few of our “certain unalienable rights” that we are entitled to‚ not only as Americans‚ but as human beings. When the Founding Fathers set out to create a new country‚ they were convinced that all men were created
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Diagnosing the Character: The Stone Boy “Acting is not that far from mental disease: An actor works on splitting his character into others. It is like a kind of schizophrenia‚” as quoted by famous actor Vittorio Gassman. Two brothers went out to pick peas for their family. The youngest brother‚ Arnold‚ was carrying a loaded gun‚ which caught on a wired fence. This ended up killing his brother‚ Eugie. What must it be like to know you killed your sibling? Arnold‚ the young boy in the short story
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http://rosalinetranslator.multiply.com/journal/item/5/Analysis-of-the-Characters-In-the-History-Boys-written-by-Alan-Bennett?&show_interstitial=1&u=%2Fjournal%2Fitem Analysis of the Characters In the History Boys written by Alan Bennett Jan 17‚ ’09 5:55 AM for everyone Mr. Hector or Douglas He is a round character since psychological aspect is the most obvious thing wherever and wherever he is. Mr. Hector is a sixtysomething eccentric and poetry-loving teacher who inspires his students with the glory
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Collectively‚ my group decided on a central theme for the revised script: change. We wanted to focus on how every character went through some drastic change as the script progressed. We decided to start with Kate’s monologue. This monologue was a good way to introduce everyone in the play. It had a dual purpose by also showing Kate’s attitude and personality. In the script Kate says‚ “3‚000 happy Christians‚ cornbread on every table‚ and a pickup truck in every front yard.” This line‚ with the right
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Boys or Girls: We are all Equal Characters: Sarah: the victim Henry: the bully Sarah: ally Billy: Bystander Mr. Snodgrass: Guidance counselor Time: A school day‚ 1978 Setting: Alaska Gateway school‚ where boys thought that girls were an inconsequential part of society. Although the boys didn’t treat the girls as badly as Henry treated Sarah. After curtain: (Henry‚ wearing his extravagant cloth and his overpriced items‚ enters the class‚ squandering his money‚ followed by Sarah‚ wearing poor-quality
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challenging; thus‚ there is no moral explicitly stated for the reader. Instead‚ it is left for the reader to uncover the moral of the story by analyzing the character‚ the situation‚ his feelings and thoughts‚ and then relating with their own life. In other fables‚ such as “The Boys and the Frogs” the readers are invited to connect with the characters even
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