ipl-logo

Tuesday Wars Book Report

551 Words3 Pages

I recently read Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt. This story’s setting is in a suburban area in Long Island. This story takes place in the 1960’s and the atmosphere of the book is relevant to that of what it would be like during that time period. At the beginning of the book, the author addresses who lives on the North Side and who lives on the South Side. Where people live is based off of what your last name ends in. The main character is Holling Hoodhood, and his problem is that he lives right in the middle of town. The author goes on to tell us that Holling is the only one in his 7th grade class that is Presbyterian, whereas everyone else is either Jewish or Catholic. On Wednesdays, the people that belong to these two different religions …show more content…

We go on to learn that his homelife isn’t very good because of his father. Mr. Hoodhood owns a business, Hoodhood and Associates, and all he really cares about is his son taking over his business. For example, Holling is Ariel in a play called “The Tempest”, and his father not only refuses to go, but doesn’t pick him up on time making him late for his date. Mr. Hoodhood strains the relationship between him and his son significantly. Holling has an older sister named Heather. Holling goes on to see his older sister as an ally. We also learn that Holling reads “Romeo and Juliet” and goes to see a play on Valentine’s Day with the girl he likes. Heather leaves home to find herself, which makes Holling realize how much he loves her. He understands why she had to do it, through the teachings of Shakespeare's plays. Holling also learns many life lessons through these plays. He learns about destiny, bravery, and to look at the good things in ice instead of the bad ones. Amazingly enough, I enjoyed this book. It showed me how to live with things that aren’t exactly how I want them to be. This book also showed me that people face hardships every day and live through them without you even noticing. In other words, there is usually way more to a person than what you see. I would rate this book 4.5/5

Show More
Related

  • Character Analysis Of Holling Hoodhood In The Wednesday Wars By Gary D. Schmidt

    910 Words  | 4 Pages

    Baker help him and is there for him, especially on Wednesday afternoons. A very important part of this book was staying with Mrs. Baker every Wednesday, and by doing this he built a relationship with his teacher. When Holling was staying with Mrs. Baker she had him read Shakespeare. This has helped Holling because Mrs.Baker loves Shakespeare, and she wanted to have a connection with Holling by helping him have an interest in it too. So at the beginning of the book while Mrs. Baker and Holling are in the classroom

    Read More

  • Book Review: The Wednesday Wars By Mr. Kowalski

    106 Words  | 1 Pages

    (2701) Wednesday Wars February “ Such silence has an actual sound, the sound of disappearance” Suzanne Finnamore. In the book “The Wednesday Wars” Mr.Kowalski takes the drawing of Holling’s father’s design and blends it with his own. Holling’s action’s changed the balance on the scale for his father, because Mr.kowalski now might win the competition for the junior high school contract. After the board meeting Kowalski and associates withdrew their model from the debate because Mr.Kowalski probably knew that he was doing the wrong thing for himself and the school board.

    Read More

  • Jacqueline Woodson's When A Southern Town Broke A Heart

    669 Words  | 3 Pages

    Have you ever felt safe somewhere, but realized your only protection was ignorance? In Jacqueline Woodson’s When a Southern Town Broke a Heart, she introduces the idea that as you grow and change, so does your meaning of home. Over the course of the story, Woodson matures and grows older, and her ideas about the town she grew up in become different. When she was a nine year old girl, Woodson and her sister returned to their hometown of Greenville, South Carolina by train. During the school year, they lived together in Downtown Brooklyn, and travelled to.

    Read More

  • Essay On The Other Wes Moore

    476 Words  | 2 Pages

    In Baltimore and Harlem, many people have to deal with issues like the one I stated earlier. In The Other Wes Moore, we looked into the lives of two Wes Moores who lived in the same city and just a couple blocks apart. In this book, we saw how the two boys were starting off similar getting involved in drugs and dealing with family issues, and how

    Read More

  • The Thursday Wars Quotes

    590 Words  | 3 Pages

    Holling becomes less self-centered and more loving because of the lessons that Mrs. Baker and Heather have taught him, allowing him to be more loving toward others. At the beginning of the novel Holling Hoodhood is very self-centered, thinking that many people, specifically Mrs. Baker (His teacher) and Heather (his sister), hate him. Holling is the only

    Read More

  • A Critical Analysis Of Holling Hoodhood

    381 Words  | 2 Pages

    As he begins to enjoy the plays, though, he also begins to understand Mrs. Baker—whose husband, he learns, is stationed in Vietnam. The story 's main focus is Holling 's struggle to get out from his overbearing father 's shadow. Mr. Hoodhood is an arrogant, cutthroat architect who is determined that Holling

    Read More

  • Why Is Holling Left Alone On Wednesday Afternoons With Mrs. Baker

    759 Words  | 4 Pages

    2. Why is Holling left alone on Wednesday afternoons with Mrs. Baker? What is he compelled to do for her? Finally Mrs. Baker starts assigning the plays of which bard? What is Holling

    Read More

  • Sample Book Report For A Separate Peace

    947 Words  | 4 Pages

    A Separate Peace by John Knowles is a coming-of-age story narrated by the main character, Gene Forrester, it takes place at a boarding school called Devon during World War II. This novel describes the days Gene spent at Devon with his best friend/roommate Phineas, or Finny as he is commonly known. Gene returns to Devon and reminisces about the time he spent there, which turns into a giant flashback. Multiple mishaps occurred, Finny broke his leg in an accident involving him jumping out of a tree, Gene was accused of causing the accident, Leper, one of their friends went mad after joining the military and the war that’s going on. There are multiple themes I can apply to A Separate Peace.

    Read More

  • Summary Of Center Field By Robert Lippsyte

    437 Words  | 2 Pages

    “Center Field” The book I'm reviewing is "Center Field" by Robert Lipsyte. The book is about a kid named Mike Semak. Mike is a star center fielder for his high school baseball team. His life was going great.

    Read More

  • Is It Just Me Summary

    713 Words  | 3 Pages

    And I am sure that the reader of this book will enjoy it and anyone who is looking for advice in life, it is really a great book to read on. In a rate of 1-5, I gave this book a 5 shining star because for me it was a great book. The most important thing of it is that, it is full of inspirational content that will surely help the reader in his/her

    Read More

  • Conflict In S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders

    907 Words  | 4 Pages

    The great philosopher Plato once said , “Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, and the other of the rich; these are at the war with one another.” This quote perfectly summarizes the theme of S.E Hinton's novel, The Outsiders. The novel is about two gangs/groups that live in Rural, Oklahoma, the Greasers and the Socials. The Socs are the more affluent and often times referred to as the ‘West-side rich kids’, and the Greasers, are the less fortunate gang. Throughout the novel both gangs experience various types of conflict and at one point their differences ended up costing the life of a couple gang members.

    Read More

  • Catch 22 Analysis Essay

    1484 Words  | 6 Pages

    Cornman Mrs. Lazor English 9GH, Period 2 Due Date 28 March 2018 Catch-22 Joseph Heller Realistic Fiction 08 February 2018 – 12 March 2018 453 Pages 7/10 because the novel was not what I had in mind when I initially started reading the novel. I had expected the novel to be very serious, but the novel is more so funny but subtle. The novel had some serious parts but did not meet the expectation I had at first. If the novel had been more serious, the novel would have been immensely more interesting.

    Read More

  • Star Wars Book Report

    823 Words  | 4 Pages

    t was 1 BBY ( before the battle of Yavin ). Yavin is a planet in Star Wars. I’m going to be mentioning a lot of Star Wars things so get used to it. Luke Skywalker was in the Galactic Library. “Pick a book you must,” Yoda said in his weird way of talking.

    Read More

  • Comparison Of Raisin In The Sun And Sonny's Blues By James Baldwin

    1212 Words  | 5 Pages

    A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin both describe the life of African American families in major cities following World War II. In both stories the two families are put at odds against one another because of the environment that surrounds them. In “Sonny’s Blues”, Sonny and his older brother, the narrator, are at odds because Sonny has fallen victim to the chaos of the Harlem streets. In A Raisin in the Sun, the Youngers’ are against one another because the family believes that they can escape the crowded space of their Southside apartment in their own ways. Through both stories the settings cause the characters to react in ways that fit their surroundings.

    Read More

  • Zeus's Last Speech

    898 Words  | 4 Pages

    The boy grows to hate her after he’s found out what she’s done, and retaliates by doing something very horrible to her which he regrets over time; but now it’s too late. He sings of Cassandra and Hyacinth and Daphne. He sings of all his past lovers and all the hurt he put them through. Now that he is human, he can see how painfully short and obscure this life

    Read More

More about Tuesday Wars Book Report

Open Document