Grand Opening Analysis
Grand Opening Essay Re-Done
In Jon Hassler's Grand Opening , Brendan Foster is becoming an adult. Which requires a conscious effort to right one's wrongs and make peace with one's foolishness. First,Brendan starts as a child, like everyone he wants to be accepted. While trying to accomplish this reputation as a more popular kid, he pushes away Dodger, his first friend in the town of Plum in order to become one of the popular kids. One instance of this act was when he was on the baseball diamond near where all of the popular kids were, and he gets help from dodger to show how cool a boomerang can be. After Brendan gets what he wants, he says to Dodger “ We can't be friends anymore” (Hassler 46) with no more explanation than a petty …show more content…
Brendan despises both Dodger and Rufus, but he puts aside his foolishness so he could be a genuinely good person. For instance, when Dodger asked if Brendan would sit up on the stairs to watch the events with him, Brendan responded “okay…. For it was his intention to spend the final two days entirely devoted to dodger.” (Hassler 263). Through this Brendan showed significant signs of maturity, he rearranged his schedule to be with a friend and is attempting to make amends for trying to avoid him before. He also puts aside his foolishness, disliking Roofus to save him from the hole during the end of the war celebration. Brendan yelled “Hey someone catch Rufus!”(Hassler 325) Brendan proceeded to run and save Rufus and bring him to his mother. This show’s maturity because Brendan is becoming an adult because he is refusing to continue pushing Dodger away, and embraces the friendship. He also shows significant maturity growth when he is being kind,sincere, and thoughtful of the people around him. Becoming an adult is a trying task, because you must learn to accept others even when you dislike them as well as arranging your schedule accordingly. Brendan shows both these things at the Track meet, he arranges his schedule accordingly as well as he is
In Jon Hassler's Grand Opening , Brendan Foster is becoming an adult. Which requires a conscious effort to right one's wrongs and make peace with one's foolishness. First,Brendan starts as a child, like everyone he wants to be accepted. While trying to accomplish this reputation as a more popular kid, he pushes away Dodger, his first friend in the town of Plum in order to become one of the popular kids. One instance of this act was when he was on the baseball diamond near where all of the popular kids were, and he gets help from dodger to show how cool a boomerang can be. After Brendan gets what he wants, he says to Dodger “ We can't be friends anymore” (Hassler 46) with no more explanation than a petty …show more content…
Brendan despises both Dodger and Rufus, but he puts aside his foolishness so he could be a genuinely good person. For instance, when Dodger asked if Brendan would sit up on the stairs to watch the events with him, Brendan responded “okay…. For it was his intention to spend the final two days entirely devoted to dodger.” (Hassler 263). Through this Brendan showed significant signs of maturity, he rearranged his schedule to be with a friend and is attempting to make amends for trying to avoid him before. He also puts aside his foolishness, disliking Roofus to save him from the hole during the end of the war celebration. Brendan yelled “Hey someone catch Rufus!”(Hassler 325) Brendan proceeded to run and save Rufus and bring him to his mother. This show’s maturity because Brendan is becoming an adult because he is refusing to continue pushing Dodger away, and embraces the friendship. He also shows significant maturity growth when he is being kind,sincere, and thoughtful of the people around him. Becoming an adult is a trying task, because you must learn to accept others even when you dislike them as well as arranging your schedule accordingly. Brendan shows both these things at the Track meet, he arranges his schedule accordingly as well as he is