In the short story “Gryphon”, by Charles Baxter, Ms. Ferenczi’s presence in the classroom is beneficial to the students of Five Oaks since she has led the students to be disciplined, discuss amongst each other, and question/research information. To start things off, Ms. Ferenczi has taught the kids to become disciplined in class. In the beginning in the story, the class mocks and picks on Mr. Hibler behind his back, while he is sick. Later on in the story, Ms. Ferenczi’s is introduced to the classroom, and nobody tries to joke around or pick on her. For example, “There was not a sound in the classroom, except for Miss Ferenczi’s voice… No one even wanted to go to the bathroom.” (pg. 10) In this section, the students are settled down and well …show more content…
She has also caused the students to discuss information/the lesson amongst each other. Before her appearance, the students haphazardly read and learned lessons, mostly loathing the information retained. But yet, Ms. Ferenczi manages to teach them in a way that makes them discuss amongst themselves. Such an example is when the text reads, “At recess the class was out on the playground, but no one was playing. We were all standing in small groups, talking about Miss Ferenczi.” (pg. 11) During this, the children decided not to play around but rather they chose to talk about what they learned. This shows that the students were paying attention, were involved, and thought beyond the lesson and they shared that information between each other. This is fantastic, since before the loathed the idea of learning, but now they are confronting each other about the lesson without being told to do so, showing their independent learning. Following that, Miss Ferenczi’s teachings has also helped them think/learn independently by making them question what they know. Towards the middle of the story Tommy and his friend, Carl, are arguing about a fictional beast, whether or not it was a thing or not, which in the end results in Tommy researching the word
In the short story "Clover" by Billy Lombardo, Graham made a plethora of actions towards the students, and toward other educators comments, and the author made a great deal of unique characteristics in the classroom. The author amplified the believability of the story by telling the students about his house, and how it is going which was stated in paragraph six. He also accurately brought the connections, and happy interactions in paragraph four, that were explaining how that the students, and Mr. Graham have already discussed the subject. The author shows that Mr. Graham has picked up on recurring events, such as how the girls meet in paragraph two.
The main theme of the book, Speak, centers around feelings of isolation. Before beginning her freshman year, the main character, Melinda, attends an end of the summer high school party. For reasons that are not made known until later in the story, Melinda ends up calling the police, which causes the party to get busted and makes everyone hate Melinda. In addition to being an outcast among her friends and peers, Melinda also struggles in her relationships with the adults in her life. Throughout the course, we have discussed how many topics of adolescence can be critiqued through books and movies.
Arthur Dimmesdale was the town minister in The Scarlet Letter, a story of a young woman who committed adultery and faced the consequences, such as wearing a scarlet “A” on her chest. Dimmesdale was a very interesting character because he was very religious but also committed a sin that haunted him everyday. He also happened to be the man who was involved in the young woman’s adultery. He was never convicted, however he still faced the consequences everyday. Dimmesdale was a man of God.
The First Stone You can’t make everyone happy. Sometimes the decision of the judges only satisfy some people. In the novel The First Stone, by Don Aker, a young teen by the name Chad “Reef” Kennedy finds himself in a tough situation and his sentencing is being in rehab and doing community service. Reef is responsible for putting Leeza a young girl, in the hospital because of his actions. Since he is in rehab, many people wished he went to jail.
This was due to the fact that her teacher, Miss Schmidt, used to be an expert and didn’t take suggestions from younger students, nor did she seem inviting to students to have them suggest to her their ideas. However, the glorious day came when Miss Schmidt decided to change things up in terms of how she teaches. This time, Miss Schmidt asked Cathy Davidson how she felt and if she would
"Masks" by Lucy Grealy is a memoir of her life living with the effects with cancer and the scars it left. As if being diagnosed with cancer was not enough she had to endure the cruel teasing of her peers and the apathetic adults in her life. Unfortunately, her deformed face and loss of hair were not considered average so she was looked down upon. In nearly every aspect of her life she was ostracized because of the appearance of her face. So, Halloween was a night of pure bliss for Lucy.
In today’s modern world, many students in high school are striving to be the best, and sometimes to get there, students compete against each other which than of course brings on the pressure and stress of not only keeping up with classes but making it to the top of the class and becoming valedictorian. They will do anything to reach the top, sometimes even cheating to surpass fellow students. Although Margaret Talbot acknowledges the other arguments that becoming a valedictorian is great and should not be gotten rid of in her article “Best in Class”, she conveys the message that competition for valedictorian is unnecessary through her use of diction and testimonies. Talbot uses strong diction to show the reader that the competition for valedictorian
Stephanie Herrick Ordinary Men Analysis HST 369 February 22, 2017 Many men avoided WWII by joining the Order Police. These ‘policemen’ were sent to Poland, or the Soviet side of Poland to maintain order. There were thousands of men who were not wanting to enlist into the military to be on the front lines, thus deciding to join the police. The policemen had two ‘decrees’ to keep up with, it was described in the book Ordinary Men written by Christopher Browning, the commissar order; which involved for on-the-spot execution of any communist suspect of being an anti-German.
Click clack the Rattlebag by Neil Gaiman is a short story about these creatures named Click clack. In the beginning of the story the child asks his sister's boyfriend to take him to his bedroom and goes up there to tell him a story . On the way to the child's room he asks his sister's bf to tell him the story of click clack rattlebag and the man asks what the story is about .The child tells him ,when they make it to the attic room the man was frightened .the author changes the perspective to build suspense.
Click Clack the Rattle Bag is a short story by Neil Gaiman it is about a girl who babysits a boy that asks the babysitter to tell him a story before she takes him up to bed but she wonders why he needs her to take him up to bed he starts to tell her about a monster the boy called “Click Clack the Rattle Bag” The author develops the characters' different points of view to make suspense in the story. “Click-clacks,” said the boy, “are the best monsters ever.” (Gaiman 25) “Are they from television?” (Gaiman 26) “I don’t think so.
The book “Boy On The Wooden Box” is written by a Holocaust survivor named Leon Leyson. This book shows the act of kindness to the Jews by Schindler giving him food, his mom giving him her last ration of bread, and a small action of positivity and hope. Schindler risks his own life by trying to save some Jews. Schindler liked Leon's family and tried to give them every piece of food he could, any water, or soup. After a while, their soup just turned into hot water so Schindler gave his rations of bread to them.
In “Best in Class”, Margaret Talbot reveals the stressful lives of students in high school. The majority can relate to her essay since most have endured this unforgiving time in life. The main point Talbot debates is the competition for valedictorian. The author shows that being valedictorian is a respectable honor; however, in recent years it has been corrupted and should be modified by implementing passionate pathos and understanding persona. Talbot is able to use great pathos to advance her message regarding valedictorian.
As I walked into the school, I immediately noticed how old the building was. You can tell sections of the building had been there for decades as doors, lighting and rooms resembled a style more fit for the 1980’s than the 2010’s. However, additions to the building have been added to accommodate size concerns, with those sections having newer structures and being better lit. However, I did notice, at least in my classroom, students had laptops to use, though the laptops were school property.
“Gryphon” Don’t distress difference The theme to the story “Gryphon” by Charles Baxter, seemed to be, don't judge something just because it's different. The story portrays Ms. Ferenczi who is a substitute teacher, as a strangely dressed and acting woman. The students seemed to be unamused of her at first, but soon enjoy her presence. The story uses the following elements to contribute to revealing the theme, setting,plot and symbolism.
19% of students are troublemakers! In this essay, I will be comparing and contrasting these awesome stories, both are about the bad behavior of a person: Charles by Shirley Jackson and Miss Awful by Arthur Cavanaugh. I will compare the setting, characters, theme, and events. In Charles, a kindergartener named Laurie is telling his parents about a student named Charles that is being rude and disrespectful.