When I was in sixth grade, I was a very energetic person. All I wanted to do was run around and play, however, my girl friends did not. They preferred to sit around and text or talk about boys all day. That was something that I was not at all interested in at all, so I spent most of my time hanging out with the boys in my class. Unlike all the other girls, I just wanted to hang out with them because they did more things I was interested in, not because I was attracted to them. Boys had cooties anyway. :)
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a. I believe that fighting for the right thing is very important
There are some obvious differences between McClusky's dog and Gretchen, like their species and their actions, however there are many similarities that they share. The dog and Gretchen are both very emotionally damaged, both seeking love and affection from the people they live with. They are both neglected and emotionally damaged, but they both just can't seem to take the steps to break free from their home life.
If Gretchen was a close friend of mine, I would definitely do everything I could to help her out. I would feel like it was up to me to save her life, especially if I was the only one that she told. I would try to comfort her and make her feel loved. I think Gretchen should try to come up with some hard evidence of her dad abusing her, and take it to the police. That way her father would be put in jail and could not harm her any more. With hard evidence, the police would have to do something about it, and they could not just "keep an eye out". There really is not another option for Gretchen at this point. She can not stand up to her father, she can not tell her teachers about it, and she can not try to run away, because if her father found out about any of this he would hurt her very badly and might even kill her. She has to take the right steps to do something permanent and drastic.
a. I learned that streetcars were replaced with buses.
I did not really know what happened to streetcars before reading this novel. b. I rediscovered that even a very long time ago, those teenagers are really the same as us. The teens in this book all poses the same feelings and desires that we do today. c. I was surprised that the kids in this novel "pulled" streetcars. I have never heard of doing this before and I was surprised to learn that this was a common activity. d. During tennis season, Mack Paine puts together a team dinner. The first time I attended a dinner, I was hesitant on how to act. Some of the kids were acting wild, and others were sitting around silently. I realized that the wild kids were Mack's friends, and by the way they knew where the things belonged, it was obvious that they had been here before, numerous times. Mack made mac and cheese for dinner (lol) and everyone ate together. Dinner was very fun because everyone was calm and talkative, which is more of my way of acting. Dinner did not last very long however, and soon everyone was screaming and running around Mack's basement. Brooke and I just sat on the couches watching everyone act like hooligans; we couldn't help but feel like outcasts.
This experience I had not too long ago reminds me of Until They Bring the Streetcars Back because of the way that Cal and Gretchen feels in this novel. Gretchen is obviously out of place in school and other places because of the way she acts, dresses and things she does. However, Cal fits in with his friends and around school, but he still feels out of place because of his family and not being the owner of a car. During my time at Mack's, I felt more like Gretchen, however I couldn't help but feel a little self conscious like Cal. I was part of the team on paper, but did not feel like it in my own mind. I can't believe that after everything that has happened Dimmeadale died. I wish that everything just could've worked out and Hester, Pearl and Dimmesdale could live a happy life together. Hester was a wonderful person all in all, dedicating time to make other people's lives better. It makes me feel better that Pearl kissed Dimmesdale as he fell to his death because she was not angry about it and she accepted that he was her father. I hope that people in the community have learned their lesson on judging people as bad humans if they have committed adultery, and hopefully people will stop being so cruel and realize that everything Chillingsworth did was wrong and ultimately caused a death. I, as a villager have learned a lot from experiencing this, and I will change my outlook on people. |
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