The book Bystander, by James Preller, is about a boy named Eric Hayes. Eric moves to Bellport, Long Island, and he starts 7th grade at Bellport Middle School. Eric meets a boy named Griffin, as he starts school. Griffin is cool and very popular, but always seems to be in trouble. As Eric begins to spend more time with Griffin, he realizes that Griffin bullies a kid named David Hallenback. When Eric stands up for David, he gets on Griffin’s bad side. Eventually, the two boys stop being friends, because of the way Griffin treats David. Throughout the book, Eric realizes who his real friends are, and that Griffin is not one of them.…
Exposition: Main characters/characters; Squeaky a teenage girl in the family that acts mostly like a boy and Raymond which has mental problems that tries to make his life exciting by imagining things at the age of around 6-8. Other family members are the mom and dad plus an older brother George. Other characters are Gretchen, Mary Louise, and Rosie which have a problem with Squeaky.…
between two of the characters, Billie Jim and Paul. Billie is an orphan who gets along with his…
32 “Well its actually happening ma’, I’m goin’ back to school.”Rufus said. “I want you to know, I truly am proud of you Rufus.” His mother replied. Curtis and Janet went to a different school then Rufus but he still walked them to school then walked himself to school. On his way to school a car followed him very slowly but Rufus kept walking. When he got to school it looked the same on the outside that it always had. Rufus pushed open the doors at Searingtown School and yelled “I’m back!” All of his friends ran over to hug him. He went down to the office to get a tour he thought he didn’t need because he remembered every single solitary thing about this place. While the tour was going on everything going on was a blur. He looked left, right and left again, admiring the changes the school had made. “Wow” he sighed. “Is there a problem Rufus?” the tour guide asked. Rufus answered, “When I was here the wall paint was all chipped, there were broken windows and holes in the walls.” “Oh ok, well that concludes our tour and this door on your right is your first period class.” The tour guide replied. Rufus walked in and sat at an available seat at the back of the class room. He opened his notebook and took notes even though he didn’t understand anything that was going on. By the time 5th period came around it was time for lunch he was starving. All of his friends called him over and asked him to sit with him. Momma didn’t make him a big lunch because they didn’t have that much food in the house and then needed to split it 3 different ways. Allison who used to have a big crush on Rufus sat right next to him. Mitchell and Charlie sat across from him and Christina, Alisha and Sammy sat around them. When the bell rang he went to his locker and when he got to class he looked out the window and saw the same car that followed him to school. The only person he thought of was Simon. But he didn’t have a car? Rufus ran to the office to explain the…
Primarily, Gene begins in his own bubble. He stays in his own comfort zone by only caring about staying on top of his school work and following the rules. The only person that could break his boundaries is Phineas, who he grows to envy. Eventually, Gene starts to break out of his bubble when they create a club where they jump off a tall tree. Gene hates the club because its holding him back from his studies. This leads Gene to become paranoid of Phineas and he starts to accuse him of keeping him from succeeding in school. He believes…
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw is the third book in the series. The book starts with a New Year and Greg talks about how members of his family are coming up with new-year resolutions but aren't able to stick to them. He then talks about how grown-ups think that you don't deserve anything that is fun for Christmas and how he is getting lame gifts. Then, Greg and Rowley had went to the bus stop and found a little piece of paper taped to the street sign saying that the bus route was rezoned and that the kids have to walk to school and Greg talks about how it’s a bad idea to make kids walk to school and then later he talks about how his Dad hates teenagers and how his Dad's arch-enemy, the baddest teenager, Lenwood Heath was sent to the military academy Spag Union Military Academy. Later on in the chapter One of Greg's classmates, Albert Sandy told everyone at lunch about a person who could jump six feet straight up in the air and all he did was dig a three-inches hole and kept jumping out of it for a hundred times and then doubled the size of it and kept jumping, Greg believed him and thought of digging a hole, but Susan won't let him, so he went over to Rowley's and told him about it, but Rowley said his parents will ground him if they found the hole, but Greg said they could cover it up with a sheet so they will not find about it until a long time. The ground was frozen solid and they hardly made a dent, after digging for a few minutes Greg gave the shovel to Rowley and made him do for extra time to make him think he was a heavy contributor. Greg saw a show on TV which was about Time Capsules, so Greg and Rowley came up with that idea, but Rowley wasn't giving anything away, Greg put in three-bucks, Rowley thought he was making a sacrifice so he also sacrificed some of his gifts into the box. Greg wrote a note saying that he was the one who put the cash in because he thought the money will be worth a lot of money in the…
When they stopped being friends, Rowley found this company called cool Brian. It's a company where college students hang out with kids who don't have much friends. Almost everyday Rowley would call cool Brian and they would send a guy to play with him. Greg didn't like that idea, so he just looked for actual friends. Here were these two kids, there names were Christopher, and Tyson.…
Gene and his roommate Finny (Phineas) become close friends at Devon School in the summer of 1942. Finny is always able to get away with what infractions he makes. He and Gene for a small society over jumping out of a tree into a river. They name it the “Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session”. Finny is very athletic and lures in lots of people by his charismatic behavior. He creates a game called blitzball that becomes popular within the attendees of the summer session. Gene envies Finny’s ability for such athleticism. He believes that Finny is trying to distract him so that he will fail classes and not succeed. His suspicions turn into hatred without any evidence that Finny is out to sabotage him. After realizing that Finny is supportive…
“But the principal had ended the suspense early when she sent that letter saying Greg would probably fail Math if he didn’t spend more time studying.” “ And you want to play basketball?” His father’s brows knitted over deep-brown eyes. “ That must be some kind of joke . Now you just go into your room and hit those books.” The textual evidence is related to Greg’s conflict by showing that the letter would show that he is failing in math, and when his father saw the letter he wants Greg to study instead of thinking about basketball. The conflict is important to the events in the story because he never would have run away from his house and without meeting Lemon Brown, Greg would still value basketball over family. When Greg learns about Lemon Brown’s son, his values for basketball…
Things eventually come to a crunch when Greg is left alone to babysit Little Jack, who Jack has been raising via the Ferber method. Despite Jack’s instructions to leave Little Jack to self-soothe by himself, Greg…
In January, Peter, Jimmy and Sheila are grouped for a class project which they are constantly arguing over, but Peter then finds out Fudge has made the situation more difficult by scribbling on the poster part of their project work. Then Peter finds out Fudge has been spanked by his mother, who finds out about what Fudge did to the poster. Then when the project is finally finished, Fudge cuts off his hair (as he thinks of himself as a barber, and the next day Peter gets a lock for his door. Two months later his mom finds out about her…
Scotty has to cope with making friends in a new neighborhood. He gets pulled into a sport that…
Gene Forrester is a sixteen-year-old boy and attends the Devon School in New Hampshire during World War II. Gene is full of good qualities; he is a very studious and obedient person. He strives to become the valedictorian of his class by doing well in school and following the rules. Initially Gene is a very loyal friend to his best friend, Finny. He deeply cares for him and appreciates their friendship. He accompanies Finny on his precarious endeavors such as jumping off the tree and ditching school to go to the beach. Gene also supports…
However Greg does not want to do what his Dad wants, but what he wants. Eventually, after years of pressure, Greg applies pressure onto himself to tell his father his real plans. He tells his Dad how he got a job planting trees for the summer, so he no longer has to pay his rent anymore. When his father questions how he will make enough money for rent and tuition Greg responds saying, “I’m not going back to school” (Friesen 4). Just like Biff, Greg makes himself confess and tell his father the truth about his…
bring his grades up. The Tuohy family is well off and decides to befriend him and offer him their…