The book The Acorn People was written by Ron Jones. He also wrote the books The Wave and B-Ball: The Team That Never Lost a Game. The major characters in this story are Dominic Cavalli, Ron Jones, Thomas, Aaron, Martin, and Benny B. The other major characters in the story are Spider, Mrs. Nelson, Janie, and Mr. Bradshaw. The role or Ron Jones is to be camp counselor, Dominic Cavalli’s role is to be a camp counselor, Aaron’s role is to be one of the campers, and Benny B.’s role is to be a camper, Spider’s role is to be another camper, and Janie’s role is to be a camper at Camp Wiggin. The role for the final character, Mr Bradshaw is to be the Camp Wiggin’s administrator. This story takes place at Camp Wiggin, and it happens during a two …show more content…
By the end of the sixth day, all of the kids were learning while growing, but the part of the most important day was that they were happy. “I gauged my own change in these day by realizing what a benefit it was to be in this Boy Scout camp.” The evidence for this is found on page 46. After everyone was done making name tags Dominic, along with his messengers started to act like Santa Claus, delivering the tags. “Within an hour every moving and stationary item had a label. Some had two.” The evidence for this is found on page 48. With two days left till the Camp Wiggin Water Extravaganza, Mrs Nelson went to the pool for the first time. “I don’t honestly think she could swim.” The evidence for this is found on page 66. There was only one day left until the Camp Wiggin Water Extravaganza, and everything was set up. “Mrs. Nelson called everyone together, and she divided us into pirates and natives.” The evidence for this is found on page 68. It was Saturday, and it was the Camp Wiggin Water Extravaganza, which it was about to start. “Everyone went right to the pool to hear Mrs. Nelson’s final instructions and get into their costumes.” The evidence for this is found on page 69. After Ron was giving the order to act, he pranced around looking at the Native right in the eyes. “Then I walked about displaying the muscles and strength of my fellow pirates.” The evidence for this is found on page 71. As soon as the water ballet ended, Mrs. Nelson was ready to proclaim that a final contest will mark the ending of the water extravaganza. “With the approval of the god Oh La the treasure was to be given to the winner of a race between the captain of the pirates, Mr. Jones, and the best native swimmer of all time--- Spider, The Unconquerable.” the evidence for this is found on page
Black Stache, also known as Captain Hook later on, takes his crew to the Wasp to battle. He goes to battle only to figure out that the treasure is on the Never
The next big event in the book is when the rapid go to counsel sworn bigwig wisdom in the mindset of leaving sandals word bigwig thought he was Unstoppable until he was snagged by the snare and almost died I believe at that point stick wig changed his tone and wanted to help his friends survive the trip to their new home insert quote here At the new Warren they meet Captain Holly and Blue Bell again but this time Captain Holly is severely injured and tells the tale of how sandelford was destroyed insert quote Hazelden bigwigs knew that they had to start digging their Warren but the rabbits were confused because they know that does are the ones who dug the borough's but bigwig had to make a change to help make their new warran home Hazel signs of strange white bird in the forest and he tells bigwig about it they quick takes on the responsibility of helping the white bird names bird and she starts to like the birds so he changed his ways to help the bird get the falls house and the bird light and understood bigwig master's degree types of birds the bird house the Watership Down Warren but there is another Warren that has lots of mothers and so Watership Down one knows they need those those so they all set off to this new warrant called
In the book Jeanette had learned to swim in a sulfur spring and Rex had used his “sink or swim” method, eventually Jeanette learned to swim by getting out of Rex’s reach. In the movie, the family was at a swimming pool where Rex was drunk and ended up fighting the pool owner and causes the Walls to leave town. Rex tells Jeanette, “Sink or swim,” Jeanette learns to swim in the sulfur spring because she swims out of Rex’s reach who continues to push her in. There is a dark, troublesome mood, because Rex does not handle his liquor well and he is in a public setting and commits an act that could cause him to go to jail. It was a constant reoccurring theme of trouble following the family wherever they had gone.
Twenty-two children--a record figure for my childhood--attended my sixth birthday party” (367). The kids were able to make friends and explore their talents easily because of the available communication within the camp. Rather than focusing on the dreadful parts of it, the youth of the imprisonment camp learned to team up to find joy within the
The main characters in this book are Mr. Wedge, Ron Jones, and The Campers. Mr. Wedge is the director of Camp Wiggin. He is somewhat an intimidating character, but
For instance, there is no discernible difference between the greed exhibited by Silver and Dr. Livesey. Both factions consisting of the pirates and the gentlemen are willing to risk the lives of themselves and others for mere material wealth. Jim is conscious of this fact and resents it as he is commanded to pack the gold that had just been obtained through bloodshed (Stevenson 100). Jim 's description of the coins reaffirm the treasure 's connection to death and decay. For example, the simile “bits of spider 's
Week after week, I continued to grin and bare it until finally, I reached my last week. As I finally sat down at my last meeting of my last day, I listened to our boss talk about all the positive feedback the camp was getting from both parents and campers. The majority of the girls who came had had the time of their lives. In the end, that was just what made all our suffering worthwhile. I sat and looked around at all the familiar faces I had come to know so well in so little time.
The chilling allegory, Something Wicked This Way Comes, written by Ray Bradbury, teaches readers about friendship, time, fear and good vs. evil through the tale of two thirteen year old boys, Jim Nightshade and Will Holloway, and their coming-of-age story. This novel was published in 1962 and later set a new approach to writing horror stories. Bradbury uses Jim Nightshade to depict the evils of desires and Will Holloway to show how the devotion of a true friend can save people. In this novel, each character has a specific role that teaches the reader a lesson on morals.
This excursion was cursed from the beginning with a rivalry between Drake, Thomas Doughty , and John Wynter over the task of sharing command. After arriving in the country of Argentina Drake accused Doughty of plotting a mutiny . Doughty was then arrested, put on trial, and later beheaded because of the accusation. After this event occurred, the fleet was caught in a storm. Two ships were lost in the storm and Wynter reversed his ship 's course back to England.
Instead of going to the springs, the Walls go to the community pool to enjoy a morning swim. The Walls are enjoying lounging around the pool deck. Rex talks with Rosemary while he enjoys a drink. That is until he sees Jean clinging to the side of the pool. The site inspires Rex to teach Jean learns how to swim.
We drop the anchor, stopping the boat in shallow sandy area where we can spend the afternoon. With little hesitation we are in the water. Splashing fights are immediate, but soon we start an organized game of tag while the grownups relax and prepare lunch aboard the boat. Sandwiches in the cooler, our parents make their way into the water too. Aunty’s scream scares me.
He presents the map to Squire Trelawney and Doctor Livesey, and they decide to go out and find the treasure. After some time on their ship, the Hispaniola, they discover that the majority of the shipmates are pirates. Throughout the book, many characters
She begins to tell us he she did not know how to swim but Lori and Brian did. When the family went down to the hot pot she was the only one who did not know how to swim. Dad decided that he was going to force her to learn, he did this by throwing her in the middle of the water for her to figure out how to get up and catch her breath. Jeannette would keep reaching for her father’s hand and he would pull her up. The last time he threw her in, he did not wait and let her grab onto him.
On the marsh land near the forge he runs into an escaped convict, Abel Magwitch, who threatens his life and intimidates him into stealing wittles (i.e. food) as well as a file to cut his chains. It is a dramatic,
We mustn’t tell anyone about the treasure. It must be a secret.” said Doctor Livesey. “Of course, I won’t tell anyone. Jim, you must keep this secret, too”