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Background: Felton is a tall strong jock that is kind of weird. He has a lot of problems because his dad killed him self when Felton was just five years old. Abby is one of the best looking girls that go their school but she also has some problems. She went from being a valedictorian to drinker because her mean dad divorced her his wife. Gus has been Felton’s life long friend. He can get himself in to trouble a lot but he is also the valedictorian.…
Charlie brother went away to college in Penn State and his sister is a senior. Charlie is starting his first year in high school with no friend until he meat a senior from shop class Patrick. Charlie’s gets to know Bill his AP English teacher, who takes a special interest to him. He gives him extra work because he thinks he's…
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…
The sky was raining ever so slightly over Canbourne Cove High School. In Canbourne Cove, there was a student named Sam Salvatore. Sam was what every kid would call a nerd. He would complete all his learning tasks to a high standard. He was a typical kid, he had brown eyes, brown hair and wore glasses. He was one of those students who would do their top button up. If he didn’t have it done up he could not continue his day. However, Sam had a sad side. Other students would tease him because of his physical appearance. Especially ‘The Bower brothers.’ Bradley, Barry and Ben. They weren’t really brothers, that’s just what people called them. Sam was a little bit over weight compared to the other students.…
Phoebe Prince, an Irish-Immigrant, was a girl new to America and high school drama. She was just a freshman and didn’t fit in with any clique especially the cheerleaders or jocks. But somehow for a brief instance she dated a senior football player. The senior cheerleaders did not look on it very kindly. For two months they made it their mission to make Phoebes life a living hell. They would confront her and call her unspeakable names. They would attack her via facebook, text, and twitter. There wasn’t a facet of Phoebe’s young life that these vicious girls could not intervene and attack her through. Phoebe persevered through the attacks and was asked to the snow fling by the senior boy. Two days before the dance,…
Friendship is a special bond between two people; a bond that depends on one important element, trust. The book A Separate Peace focuses on the relationship between two adolescent boys in prep school. Phineas and Gene had two completely different personalities. Phineas, athletic and adventurous, had a wild imagination, and never followed tradition. Gene, smart in academics, conservative, and hard working, would have preferred to follow the rules. It hardly seems that the two could become friends, being so different from each other; having little in common, what time could they possibly spend together? When Phineas persuaded Gene into biking to the beach with him, Gene thought of several reasons not to go, still he went with Phineas. Much of…
There can be many struggles with your group of friends and someone else’s group of friends. This is that case in the book,”The Outsiders”. This is constantly shown between two groups of people with different sets of struggles. For the Socs or the, “West side Rich Kids.” And the Greasers or the,”Low Life Hoods”. But they both deal with similar struggles. Some of which are they both have questionable choices in entertainment, they make bad health choices, and they are both aggressive towards each other.…
As the summer of the 6th grade year of elementary was over, Hailey’s life was about to experience a major change. Junior High. Hailey got new friends, her grades changed dramatically, and she was introduced to the life of trouble. The summer of 2013, she took a trip to Colorado. There she went to the town of Denver and attended an event called Art Night. She entered an art piece that she knew would wow the other contestants. Her father was proud to announce that Hailey had won the first place prize and that she beat the other contestants by many points. Hailey was given the opportunity to enter another event with a little more competition on the coming Tuesday night. Although that would have been a wonderful experience for Hailey, she turned that down to come home to her…
As a new student Gabrielle came into middle school thinking it was better than elementary, that she was going to have many friends and be popular and it would be easy, well she was wrong. It was difficult for her to make friends because she was shy and the main reason was that she was embarrassed because she didn’t have money like the other girls or boys. She dressed different from the rest of the students, she had old shoes and handy down clothes but she…
Olive Pendergast is an average high school student - not one of the super-popular girls, but not a loser either. She gets good grades, comes from a happy home; her life is as easy-peasy as any teen's could get. Then a little lie she tells her best friend spreads through the school as white hot rumors naturally do. At first she enjoys the extra attention, and uses it to help out a friend. But of course, things go south, Olive becomes the school outcast, and she goes the distance to set right the things she can and move ahead with her life.…
Pudge and the others showed the theme of friendship when a their close friend, Alaska Young died. Pudge, the Colonel, Takumi, and Lara, pulled a risky prank which would cause each of them to be expelled immediately if it was found that one of them were involved in the prank. The Colonel and Alaska had come up with the prank and were going to do it the next year as it would be senior year. However, because Alaska had passed, the Colonel decided it was best to execute the prank in their junior year so the prank would be dedicated to Alaska. The prank involved a recommendation for a “speaker” from Pudge’s father who would prepare a presentation on sexuality in teenagers for Speakers Day. The dean of students, Mr. Starnes, accepted the “speaker”. Little did he know, the “speaker” was actually a male stripper hired by the Colonel and Pudge. The prank was executed seamlessly and no one was expelled. Pudge and the others risked getting expelled for a prank because of their friendship and love for each other existed. It would not have happened if someone dear to their hearts had…
They also discover that they all have strained relationships with their parents and are afraid of making the same mistakes as the adults around them. However, despite these evolving friendships, they realize that once the detention is over they will likely return to their respective cliques and never speak to each other again.…
The book focuses on three friends: Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt. These three students all met at the “University of High School” during this time they made a friendship pact to get through life itself. All three kids grew up as members of low income families so it was very hard to get the things they wanted. Every time one of these kids were to get in trouble I would think positive for them because I like these characters. Their story can help inspire others with a similar problem. All three are the same to me, they are all very kind but can also take charge when needed. There were many hardships they managed to slip by but others were so grateful. There were times that they wanted to give up but they didn't and successfully made it through to be doctors.…
As the plot continues, the friendship between these troubled youths begins to shrivel. As the…
In the novel "The Outsiders" by S.E.Hinton its about three brothers who live with each other Darry, Sodapop and Ponyboy with no parents because their parents passed away in an auto wreck. The town they live in is divided in two sections. The greasers and the socs. The socs are rich kids who have no worries. While the greasers don't have a lot of money and have reasons to worry. The socs and greasers are always in arguments. One day the greasers and socs fight until both took it too far.…