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1. Painless was a good word to pick. You were right about how his lif, at any given point, could never be painless.
2. You are right about that. If he ever gets clost to people, anyone, he always will get hurt.
3. He doesn't really decide to take pain away fro the people he cares about. I truly just happens. (where i am at in the book) It is very true that he comes across a lot of hard places where he does have to dacide if he is going to stay around to help others, or not.
4. I loved the way Brewster talked too. He was always making me feel so much more into his life and the book.

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#2 I completly agree with you. That would be a perfect inbetween in order to not be left out, but also not be hurt all the time.
#4 I really felf the same about the way the book was presented. Reading Brewster's poems were, by a land slide, my favorite part.

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#1 I personally thought the word "stuff" used by Brewster's brother everytime was a very easy word that I could relate to. :D revelation works too. :)
#3 Im sorry you hadn't read that far. It is a really good point in the book. It truly changed things... :D

Bruiser Q and A -Don't read if you don't know what happend to the uncle yet!!

1.) My personal favorite power word was said by Cody. In chapter thirty Cody deems the title to be, stuff. I loved this word because everyone around him, that is telling their story, is stating larger, power, words. Cody kept it simple with just saying "stuff".

2.) Brewster's upbringing has protected him from taking the pain of others and made sure he didn't take death away from someone else earlier. This upbringing also has hurt him though. Living with his uncle only caused him to not understand how people should feel toward others. I feel that Brewster should try not have two many friends, though have a few. Not get to connected to others but still be friendly. This way he isn't alone, yet he isn't always being hurt for others.

3.) Brewster has been threw a lot at the hands of his uncle due to his "gift". He hasn't been allowed to
make friends because he was afraid to care for them to much and get hurt for them. Luckily the "gift" has a limitation when it comes to how far he can be from another hurting person before he is "able" to take it from them. It is what really saved him from his uncle who tried to kill him when Uncle Hoyt was suffering from a stroke. Because he could never stop caring for his uncle, he had to get far enough away so that he could keep his life. It was his first personal act of getting in control.

4.) I liked how the story went from person to person. Taking in a lot of point of views. It allowed me to know things that other people, in the story, didn't know. For example, how Bronte really feels about Brewster. Then also alowed me to see how Brewster really feels about everyone.

Independent reading

For my independent reading I will be reading Bruiser. As far as I can tell it is about a boy who is out casted by his school and the only one that really understands what he is going threw is his girlfriend. Bronte, his girlfriend, seems like a loyal girlfriend that always wants to help Bruiser. Bruiser is out casted by people, she feels, because he can't care for to many people at once. When he cares for someone things happen. Things that should be completely imposable.
I'd like to read this book because I am fascinated by what the "imposable" is. I want to find out what is happening to her then find out, why?

 

 

 

My second choice, in case I can't read Bruiser, would be Lockdown. Another more paranormal book, this book is about a young boy that was wrongfully convicted and sent to a prison that is actually underground. In most prisons the problems arse by other inmates. In this book the "problem" here is that the prison is actually pure evil. People are carried off in the middle of the night by creatures in gas masks. Alex has two choices, escape, or most likely be killed gruesomely as he is trying to rest.

I would like to also read this book because I want to find out if the young boy gets out alive, or is another victim of injustice and murder.

 

 

 

rebecca ZangMay 2, 2013 at 9:13 AM on Tayzia's Blog

The way you ended this book would have been much more interesting. Instead of just killing him off they would be forced to go down the path of why the Ewells lied. Then maybe they wouldn't have gotten away with it and Jem woulod't have broken his arm.



Comment to katie Morrison

I like your questions. They seem like they really would fix those loose ends that were left out there. Clearly pointing to whom actually gave Mayella those bruises.

Post#4 Alternate Endings

Starting in the court room before the verdict was given:
 Looking around it was silent. Everyone was anxious to hear what they would declare. I couldn't take my eyes off of Tom Robinson and he off his table. The judge finally asked "What is the verdict?" As the person on the end rose to tell us all my heart beated faster. I don't exactly know why seeing how it wasn't my life that could be ending right now. Although I couldn't see his face tom seemed to be anxious also, yet like he didn't want to know what everyone else thought of him. I looked to Atticus and he was looking toward the man standing.
  Silence filled the air around us. Pure silence. The man on the end opened his mouth and........
"We find Tom Robinson.......... Not guilty for the auction of rape." The court house roared! The people around us were so loud I couldn't hear the white folk below us who were yelling also. People jumped and yelled and screamed! Dill grabbed my hand. Everyone was smiling and screaming. No one could hear one another yet that didn't stop people from yelling over one another. People stormed out of the court house. Some, like the Ewells, were furious.
The next day someone came to the house and threw a brick threw a window, I suspected the Ewells but Atticus said it could have been anyone. On the note attached to it it read....
"Y'all better watch ya selvs. Ima find a way to get back at you."
Atticus spent the next few days running around town. It seemed like he was always busy, more than before. The case blew over and after a few months everyone who had been obsessed with the case now was back to the regular "hum." Dill and I would stay together till we were ripped apart. Some nights he would even sleep in my room by my bed. Holding hands as we fell asleep Dill said, "When are we going to have that baby?"

Post#3 Qusetions

To Bob Ewell, have you ever seen Tom Robinson around your  residence? When did you see him? How often did he come around? What was he doing as he came by? I would ask this to set the mood that Tom had gone by Mr. Ewell's house many times. How long was your daughter left alone as you ran for help? Setting that he was very careless when it came to her well-being, gos with doctor questions he was asked.

Heck Tate, Where were the rest of the bruises on her body exactly, if you saw any of course? Why is it that you did not call for a doctor exactly? See if he really thought of her well being.

Mayell Ewell, How are you feeling right now? Confert. How often did Tom come by your house if ever? What did he do as he passed? once again trying to bring up that they might have known each other more that he is leading on. If at all, how did Tom Robinson hold you down? When she is on the floor, stating how it would be hard for this man to have raped her and hold her down at the same time.

Tom Robinson, Is is hard to do things with only you one good arm?Can you do any heavy lifting for long distances? Asking more about balance when stuck in a harder to maintain situation.


Comments: I really love what you find as courageous. I like that you pointed out that Mr. Finch did what he did because he had to, not because he just wanted to. :)
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Post #2 Bravery

What do I think makes a person brave? I feel that someone is extraordinarily brave when they do things, not for themselves, but for someone else even in the face of danger. If someone were to risk their life just to help or keep someone else safe, I would consider them brave. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird I personally find Atticus to be the most brave. Not only did he save the neighborhood from a risky dog that was coming down their street, straight for them, but he is risking his reputation to defend a black man everywhere he goes. He is a single parent of two and faces every situation head on. He is willing to do anything to protect his honor with God and would never do anything to go against him.
In real life, I know a man. He is my boyfriends dad in fact. Right now, at this moment he is deployed in the army. He has three kids and loves them all. Along with his three kids he left behind a loving wife. He is in Korea protecting our country. Without going further in depth he is protecting our country from missile attacks that if he did not do his job one day the world as we know it would cease to exist. At home he is a caring father, good friend and a loving husband that would lay down his life for what he so strongly believes in. I find this man to be extreamly brave for everything he would do with/ for his country.