Short story- The bully

HI GUYS,

SHORT STORY 

Roger Dean  Kiser

The Bully 

1. How does the character of Tony change throughout the short story?

Tony changes from when he was big tough a bully in high school who bullied Roger because Roger had no parents and was in a orphanage, and also he was making fun of Rogers looks. But now he is very sorry about the way he acted and is trying to make up with Roger.

2. How does this change affect Roger?

I believe that at the beginning he was a bit wary about being friends with Tony again after all the bullying he has received from him, but in the end he changed his mind about it and i think he was quite happy about having a friend from high school.

3. What do you think Tony meant when he said, "I guess you're thinking, 'what goes around comes around"'?

I think that he meant that he was getting some sort of karma for bullying Tony in school, that is why he is in a wheel chair. 

4. Why do you think the author wrote this story? What message did the author want to convey?

I think that the author wanted to teach us that some people need second chances, and that we should give them. 

AG

(I am sorry for handing it late i was having internet problems since i was abroad)

The Bully - Cosmo

Hello, I'm Cosmo and because my group finished all our books for literature circles we have to analyze a short story. Enjoy.

The Bully
Roger Dean Kiser

The bully is a literary short story about giving people a second chance while facing the consequences of Karma. In short, the story is about a boy called Roger, who meets his seventh grade bully at a restaurant. He broke his spine and needs his wife to push him around. Roger is completely fine, and while they discuss karma, they become friends again. There are several blog questions.

1. How does Tony's (the bully's) character change throughout the story?
At first he felt a little bad because he met up with his little victim from middle school but then all was forgiven and they started laughing.

2. How does this change affect Roger?
He feels nicer because finally he has friends

3. What do you think Tony meant when he said, "I guess you're thinking, what goes around comes around"?
Karma for all the bad things he did earlier in middle school to Roger

4. Why do you think the author wrote this story? What message did the author want to convey?
He wanted to convey that people should have a second chance because if you do something once you might not entirely mean it so it is not accurate to judge a person on one action.

That concludes my blog post :)

The Bully Roger Dean Kiser

Hello
Today we did something different because we finished the book.  We read a short story called The bully and we were given various questions to think about and answer.
1. How does the character of Tony change throughout the story.
Tony in high school did many things to bully Roger so maybe he was jealous and later in life he after he broke his back and couldn't walk anymore he realized the beauty in life and got a wife and became a good person
2. How does this change affect Roger.
It changes Roger's perspective on Tony and makes him want to give him a second chance.  He also wants to start a friendship with Tony so they can start over
3:What do you think Tony meant when he said, "I guess you're thinking, 'What goes around comes around'"
I think he meant that because he embarrassed Roger so much he deserved breaking his spine.  In other words it was Karma
4.  Why do you think the author wrote this story?  What message did the author want to convey
He wants to convey that everyone can change and that people, even the horrible ones, deserve a second chance

Thank you
Per

Life of Pi
200/319
Author: Yann Martel
Job: Discussion director

Hello everyone, this time I was the discussion director. My job is to combine five important questions and discuss about them with my group mates. So these are my questions and my group's answers.

1. Why was Pi worried when the first night on the rescue boat was coming?                                     My answer: Because if a ship for help was coming to rescue him, they wouldn't be able to see them. And the animals were getting hungry which could become dangerous, if they start eating everything they find. My group mates agreed to this answer. 
2. Why was the hyena vomiting?                                                                                                         Because it was sea sick and there was no other food except for the animals, but it was aware that she is weaker than the others and that it would get eaten rather than it eats something else. My group mates also agreed to this.
3. Why did Pi survive and his family didn't?                                                                                   He couldn't sleep and so he went out on the deck. When the ship started sinking he saved himself by going on to the rescue boat. The water came in too quickly so his family died. 
4. How did Pi survive, with no food and water?                                                                             He found a locker full of emergency supplies, with water and emergency rations, when it was raining he collected fresh water and he fished. 
5. What safety precautions did Pi make to survive with the tiger?                                                 He makes a raft off the boat so the tiger can't get to him easily.                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Hope you liked it.

LIFE OF PI BY: YANN MARTEL- LITERARY LUMINARY

25/5/2015
By: Yann Martel
200/319
Literary Luminary

Hello dear blogger readers! My group and I are still reading "The Life of Pi". We are going to be finished with the book on the next rotation, and so we will be finished with the literature circles. In my opinion, this part of the book was better than the last, because it had more action, and the plot is revealed, which in this case is the "Tsimtsum" a cargo ship, sinking. This time, I was the literary luminary, and my task was to take, interesting, odd, funny or significant parts of the book, in this case paragraphs or sentences, copy them down, and explain them. Here are the five paragraphs or sentences I had, and what I wrote about them:

- (Sample) 177(Page) #2 (Paragraph). "It was a leap of faith" (Sentence). It was very significant because he nearly died in this part (Explanation).

1. 106 #1. "Richard Parker did not jump into the water after me. I held on to it as I reached for the life buoy, now vacant of its previous occupant." This paragraph is important because it signals a turning point in the story, were the boat sinks and hope for Pi dwindles.

2. 107 #5. "I watched the ship as it disappeared with much burbling and belching. Lights flickered and went out." I simply like this sentence as the description is quite good, and the sentence is very interesting. It adds a good impression of the ship sinking, and it describes the setting quite well.

3. 112 #6. "Right now in Tokyo, in Panama city, in Madras, in Honolulu, why, even in Winnipeg, red lights were blinking on consoles, alarm bells were ringing, eyes were opening wide in horror, mouths were gasping, 'My God!' the 'Tsitmtsum' has sunk!" This part is crucial in the book, as it signals that Pi still has hope of being rescued, despite his very bad situation.

4. 169 #5. "It was no longer perpendicular to the waves but broadside to them and was beginning to role from side-to-side , that rolling was un-settling for the stomach." This sentence represents Pi's struggles to survive in the blue and large Pacific ocean.

5. 192 #1. "I did not count the days or weeks or the months. Time is an illusion that makes us pont. I survived because I forgot the very notion of time." Very good description, once again it symbolizes the despair of the character.

I hope you enjoyed the blog post! Tune in for more!
NL

Author: Yann Martel
Pgs read: 100/325

Hello all. This time I am the travel tracer for the "Life of Pi". 
So the action starts in India in the zoo that Pi's father owns. The zoo is full of all kinds of animals. The key of the action is on the ship, called Tsimtsum. They are in the ocean and the ship starts sinking, luckily Pi didn't sleep that night and he went out. And when the ship sank he jumped in one of the rescue boats. The action doesn't end, but so far Pi is on the rescue boat with the tiger, alone in the middle of the ocean. 
Thanks for reading, hope you liked it.

"LIFE OF PI" BY: YANN MARTEL

Author: Yann Martel
Pages Read: 100/319

Hello dear blog readers! My group and I have started reading "The Life of Pi", and so far my impressions are not very positive. Though I am absolutely aware that there is a heavy dose of symbolism in the story, it is still very hard to track, and the book has no clear order. Of course, this is my opinion, and I do not negate any others opinions. This time I was the art director, and my task was to draw a picture related to a significant part of the story. This time, I drew a scene were the cargo ship "Tsimtsum" sinks, and Pi manages to survive on a lifeboat. He is stuck with a group of animals, and know he needs to survive in the huge pacific ocean. Below, you can see the image that I drew, and the scene I made:

(My image on a sideways profile)

In this scene from the 97th page from the book, we see the cargo ship "Tsimtsum" bent on a side, and sinking into the Pacific ocean. As visible, huge, tall waves surround the ship, eventually causing it to completely turn over and to sink. In the front, we see the main character and a group of animals on the boat, and the ship has been set on fire due to oil spills and events as such. My image comes from page 97, when the ship gets hit by the storm.

In general, so far I dislike the book. The author definitely has a different approach towards his novel, but I simply do not like novels that are very indirect, and that do not clearly define what is going on. Though a large amount of symbolism is present, this dose is still too much for my taste, and I simply do not like the book so far. Hopefully, the following parts will be better, as the action is yet to dramatically rise, and the character is going to hopefully go through a series of problems in order to survive in the terrible conditions of the Pacific ocean.I hope you enjoyed my blog, and definetly tune in for more posts! NL

Life of Pie Vocabulary Enricher

Hi everyone, this time I am doing the vocabulary en richer. We read 100 pages, Pi is on the boat with his tiger know.

Page and Paragraph	Word	Definition
Page 3 & Paragraph 1	Cosmogony	A theory or story of the origin  and development of the universe
Page 3 & Paragraph 1	Introspective	The actor process of looking into oneself
Page 3 & Paragraph 2	Intrigue	To achieve or earn by  appareling to an to an others curiosity, fancy, or interests
Page 4 & Paragraph 3	Slothfulness	Lazy
Page 5 & Paragraph 2	Agnostic	A person who denies or doubts the possibility of ultimate knowledge n some area of study
Page 5 & Paragraph 3	Zoology	The science or branch of biology dealing with animals
Page 7 & Paragraph 3	Sambar	A deer
Page 7 & Paragraph 2	Superabundant	Exceedingly abundant

Page 9 & Paragraph 1

Unenthusiastic

Opposite of enthusiastic

               

TRAVEL TRACER - LIFE OF PI

Hi everyone, today I was the travel tracer for the Life of Pi, page 159 to the end (318). The travel tracer keeps track of the setting while reading through the plotline. The author of the book is Yann Martel.

About 90% of the section that we read was set on the waves of the pacific with just Pi and Richard Parker (tiger), where they were castaways and always fought for food, they also stumbled an island made of algae where he spent weeks there. But for a majority of the time he just spent his time on the lifeboat trying to survive with Richard Parker.

The mood, however was very dynamic and interesting in the story. It went from tragic while he wept over his family and his very unfortunate situation, to straight out happy because he caught a five foot dorado.

In all, there wasn't much about the setting in this part of the story, but it was still amazing to read and I recommend it.

Have a nice day,
Cosmo

Discussion director for the life of Pi

Hey guys,
This time I was the discussion director and we read from page 159 to 318 (which is the end of the book).
For my job i have to while reading the book think of questions for my group.
My four questions were:

If you were Pi when he was plotting the course of the life boat would you go west were you came from, east to America, north to Asia, south to the shipping lanes or would u just allow yourself to drift?
ANSWERS
Anka: I think that I would just let myself drift because I would not know where exactly to go and it would be also very hard to row.
Cosmo: I would either let myself drift or back from where i started.

Do you think that you will be able to train the tiger the way Pi did?

ANSWER
Anka: No, I would just stay in one corner protected on  the boat and make sure that the tiger is stuffed so that he wont feel the urge to eat me.

Do you think that you be attached to the tiger a much as Pi was?

ANSWER
Anka: I don't think that i would be as attached as Pi was but i would miss him a bit.

Would you believe in Pi's story?
ANSWERS
Cosmo and Anka: We would defiantly not believe because it sounds impossible that you can live on small boat for quite some time with a tiger and not die!

AG

The Hobbit - Travel Tracer

Hi, everyone, today we finished "The Hobbit"! This time my job is the Travel Tracer. This job is basically the same as the summarizer, the different is in this job, I need to track the setting and where the action take place. This is what I have for this job.

Where the action begins:
They are at the Lonely mountain, trying to open the door. They didn't make it for a long time.

Where the key events happened:
- Bilbo saw the keyhole when the moonlight shines on the door
- Bilbo waked up the dragon in the treasure by an accident
- The dragon went to attack the river town, but it was killed
- Bilbo's group was "debating" with the elf & the people from the river town for the gold in the mountain.
- Thorin don't want to share the gold with others
- The army of dwarf and lots of armies of orks came
- The battle of the five army
- Thorin realized that friends is more important then gold.
- Thorin joined the war
- The elf leaved the war
- Thorin was going to kill the head of the orcs
- Thorin was killed, but he ended the war. 

Where the events ended:
Bilbo went home, he had a quiet life alone setting in his room after the war.

That is the end of the story, I like this book very much. It tells me that it is never late to change your mind of doing things right.


At the end, the pictures of the hobbits!!!


2015/7/5 19:35

Date: 7.5.2015.

Author: J. R. R. Tolkien

Pages read: 306/306

Hello, in this blog I was the art director, and the drawing above was drawn by me. It is supposed to describe the scene where Bilbo Baggins, the burglar, steals a golden cup from the evil Smaug to prove his company that the treasure is still there and that he is a good burglar. He gets into Smaug's caves unnoticed by using The One Ring Of Power, which makes him invisible, but the Smaug smells him. As soon as he smells him he counts the treasure and sees that a cup is missing. He then rages and tries to find the company.    

The picture is pretty much labeled, so even though my artistic skills are not the best, you can recognize the setting and the scene.  

THE HOBBIT- WORD ENRICHER- J.R.R TOLKIEN

Date: 7/5/2015
Author: J.R.R Tolkien
Pages read: 306/306
Hello dear blog readers! My group and I have finished "The Hobbit". My impressions are in general quite good, but I must say that I like the movies more than I like the book, simply because the climax is dragged out to one whole move, instead of just fifteen pages in the book. This week my role was to be the word enricher, and the role of the enricher is to give fourteen words, write the paragraph and page they are on, and give their definitions. Here is the list of the words that I found interesting between pages 200 and 306:

1. Here is a sample: 222,6 (Page and paragraph), Whirring (Word), to produce a vibrating or buzzing sound (definition). There was a whirring sound to be heard in the basement (sentence, only 5 words).

1. 219,2. Whirring. To produce a vibrating or buzzing sound. The whirring sound was spreading throughout the caves.
2. 230,2. Lure. To tempt or attract someone or something. I was luring the the mouse into a trap using cheese.
3. 263,1. Fragrance. A pleasant and sweet smell. I was testing out the Fragrance of the many perfumes in the shop.
4. 266,1. Parley. Discussing diplomatic matters; such as declaring a true. "I will never parley with my greatest enemy!" said the knight.
5. 266,4. Weariness. A physical or mental exhaustion. Weariness had taken me after the day of work at the farm.
6. 275,3. Casket. A coffin; for burial. We witnessed the casket with the body being taken into the grave; it was a sad occasion.
7. 278,5. Deceit. Concealing the truth; for whatever purpose. He had a very deceitful look in his eyes, like he was not telling me something.
8. 283,2. Multitude. A great number or host. In front of the city walls, a great multitude of warriors assembled.
9. 287,3. Smite. To hit with great strength; to hit very hard. He smite the man to the ground, and slew him.
10. 291,3. Re-doubled. To double someone once again. They re-doubled the player once again in order to make him not score any points.
11. 297,2. Withered. To fade or to decay.
12. 298,2. Gloaming. Twilight, the period before the night.
13. 305,1. Tilled. To labor and to work around.
14. 304,1. Queer. Unusually different; odd in a way.

After finishing the book, my group and I will start reading "The Life of Pi". I am looking foward to the book! Tune in for more posts! NL 

Life of Pi - Literary Luminary - Cosmo 7b - Pg 0 to 159

Hello everybody,
today I was chosen by my group to be the literary luminary for the first half of the book Life of Pi. The main character in this story is an adolescent boy named Pi from India, who has quite an interesting life with interesting adventures with an interesting mindset. The job of a literary luminary in literature circles is to single out interesting pieces of writing in the story. Today I have three examples for you. The author of the book is Yann Martel.

1. page 38, in the 9th paragraph Pi's father had a very long speech about how all of the animals are dangerous in the zoo, but once they arrive by the guinea pigs his theory is smashed because they aren't dangerous in any way. This is interesting because now his father is trying to teach his boy something which is relevant once again one hundred pages later in the story. Plus, its something interesting to think about.

2. page 66, in the 2nd paragraph Pi's parents and his religious teachers discover that Pi practices Hinduism, Christian and the Islam. Everybody is in shock because it is very uncommon to have a Hindu boy practice three religions. It is important to the story because it later influences his choices as we paddles on his raft along the pacific.

3. page 127, in the 3rd paragraph. Pi is extremely scared because the animals are fighting for survival on his lifeboat. The hyena and the orangutan are duking it out, for the monkey to die. Pi is in terror, but even more so for the 450 pound Bengal tiger, because of how ferocious it is. For the reading it is really exciting because it is full of interesting events to read about, plus the dynamic part and all the tension make it a very fun piece of literature to devour.

This concludes my blog post for life of Pi, the first part. Thanks for reading and hope you had a wonderful day,
Cosmo

Life of Pi discussion director

Hello,
This week I took the job as the Discussion Director. To explain what I did this week I will be writing the questions below.  I had 3 questions because I needed some space to write my answers which I wanted to do thoroughly.  Below are the questions and then  I will be writing my answer, labeled as P, Cosmo's answers labeled as C, and Anka's answer labeled as A.

1. What do you feel about Piscine (Pi's real name) being pronounced "pissing"  when he was in middle school
P.  I found it very unfortunate for him that he was nicknamed that for a whole year.  It got very sad when the teachers unintentionally said it too.  I think my favorite part of the book was when Pi made his comeback and proved to the whole school he should be called Pi after he listed all the digits of Pi in front of the math teacher.
C.  Cosmo didn't mind it to much, he actually found it a bit funny.  His exact words where "If Pi has a problem then he should eat Pie and forget about it, but it was also a little bit funny to me"
A. Anka didn't understand the problem because she expected that kind of behavior in middle school especially if your name is Piscine.

2.Were you surprised when the hyena killed the zebra and the orangutan?
P. I was not surprised by the hyena killing the orangutan and the zebra because fact is that the hyena is a natural predator.  What did surprise me on the other hand is that there even was a hyena.  From the cover of the book and the back I thought that the tiger was the main predator therefor it would be him who killed the zebra and orangutan.
C. Cosmo partly agreed with me.  In his perspective he was suspicious of something else to become the victim for the tiger, so he was not surprised when the hyena attacked
A.  Anka was surprised by the hyena but not as surprised when the hyena killed the two animals.  Again because the hyena is a predator

3.  Do you think Pi will kill or the tiger or escape with it?
P.  I myself think that the tiger will survive but I am not so sure if they will live together.  In other words I don't think Richard Parker will become a pet
C. Cosmo knew the tiger would survive because if not it would have been a very disappointing story
A.  Anka thought eventually Pi will go crazy of hunger and then eat the tiger.

TYFR
Thank You For Reading

-Per Malmin 7B