Gary Soto seems to have taken an experience from his memory and written his poem "Oranges" about a boy's first walk with his girlfriend. This poem is written in first person and is narrated by a boy who is a reliable source. ... Although cold outside, the boy is not concerned about the cold, as his heart is warmed with the thought of his walk with the girl. ... Again the orange is significant in the poem as the boy uses it to purchase his girl a gift. ... As he walks the girl back home he holds her hand for awhile, "I took my girl's hand/In mine for two blocks," (lines 47...

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Abe as a Young Boy In the novel Abe, Richard Slotkin does a wonderful job in portraying young Abe. ... It does show his curiosity just like every young boy has but what separates him from the others is that he realizes instantly what he did wrong. ... For a young boy his age Abe sure seemed to enjoy reading more than other children. ... Slotkin writes about how Abe spends time with Konkapot in the woods. Pap could teach Abe the basics of the nature and woods about what tree was what and so on. ...

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If you think about it that's even worst than Old Ackley. ... Salinger had Holden look about of the window I think it was a big simile, of which I think about more in theme number 3, of the theme of the book. ... Salinger illustrates a full blown tragedy with a 15 year old boy; it sounds a lot like the classic we read last year Romeo and Juliet. A young boy, even the same age, is placed in a no win situation. ... This has nothing to go with protecting but it is about purity. ...

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What about a teenager who used drugs as often as he changed his underwear. Would his younger brother, in looking up to him, feel the same as another boy who grew up never seeing an illegal drug before. ... One child's nature might make a little girl act like a boy, also called a tomboy. This means that the girl just like to play with boys and do "boy" things. ... Whether you hang around wall street all day or you work on your farm all day, may tell a little about your identity. ...

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When Pip was a child, he was a contented young boy. ... He was ashamed of being a common labouring boy and he now thought everything to be coarse and common. ... Estella brings about changes in him; he is no longer contented at being at the forge. ... Such as when Estella was plaguing Pip's mind he told Herbert about it and he tried to help. The same thing applied when Herbert was able to tell Pip about Clara. ...

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For example, if the living environment of a boy or a girl is such where he/she is neglected, scolded often, abused or subjected to family violence, then there is a sure shot that that boy/girl will show similar behavior anywhere else such as school. ... But today he is suspected to know least about himself due to great diversity in daily life. ... The exciting thing about getting to the moon was its feasibility. ... There is no comparable excitement about the problems posed by human behavior (Technology Of Behavior, Ch.1). ... Bringing about a change in attitudes towards children and bu...

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What about a teenager who used drugs as often as he changed his underwear. Would his younger brother, in looking up to him, feel the same as another boy who grew up never seeing an illegal drug before. ... One child's nature might make a little girl act like a boy, also called a tomboy. ... Whether you hang around wall street all day or you work on your farm all day, may tell a little about your identity. ... The person growing up not caring about anything but themselves could easily make a different choice than a person that was taught to be respectful to other people. ...

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In Raymond Carver's "A Small, Good Thing" a little boy named Scotty is hit by a car, hospitalized, and is unconscious. ... Ann reacted to the accident very quietly and didn't say much about anything. ... Howard never tries to talk to anyone about the accident but Ann tries to talk about the accident with the family in the waiting room. ... Howard and Ann both also both forget about the cake. When something like this happens in anyone's life they forget about everything else and the only thing that they can think about is the tragic event that has happened. ...

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Ben Hamper believed ever since he was a little boy that he was going to work in the factory, just like his father. ... I believe that his father filled his head with nonsense about him working in the factory and he, in turn, believed him. ... He had the wrong idea about external reality. ... Ben responded by saying he could only write about the factory because that is what interests him and in order to write about the factory, he had to work there. Ben realized that he was a good writer, even if all he thought he could write about was the factory. ...

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She also talks about the way her mother thought and behaved to teach others a lesson about how to look at things and life and to think for themselves. ... It costs money to try and go about inventing things. ... When Dillard was younger and spoke about something that she heard other people talk about, she would share their opinions and Dillard's mother would ask about her daughter's opinions. ... She had a beautiful baby boy who she loved dearly, a job that she loved, and surrounded herself with family and friends that supported her. ... Dillard wrote an amazing biography about her l...

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Hinton (a young adult fictional novel) is a 16 year old boy who comes from a broken home and is abused. ... The quote "Last month in Sacremento, a 15-year old Yuba City youth who reportedly claimed he was mimicking a TV program about little girls who rob a bank was given a 26 years- life prison term.2 talks about a child who DID plan his murder. ... In order to mimick the alleged TV show, he wouild have had to map out everything that was about to go down. Johnny never even thought about killing that Soc, but the Soc had thought about killing Johnny, because he had jumped Johnny before. ... The...

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This is a day when he can feel secure about death. ... In this case it hurts those who care most about the person less to just not have to deal with them anymore. ... The first is of a little boy called "Chicken Little" who, while playing with Sula and being swung around in a circle, slips out of her fingers and lands in a stream and because he can't swim, drowns. ... Accidental deaths are often the saddest because in most cases they involve innocents, people who may not have thought a second in their life about death. ... Death occurs many ways, and everyone, except maybe children wh...

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Another portrayal of suicide is in Siegfried Sassoon's Suicide in the Trenches, "I knew a simple soldier boy who grinned at life in empty joy () In winter trenches cowed and glum, with crumps and lice and lack of rum. ... Ross cares about Robert very much and therefor she uses vulgar language as a defense mechanism because she cannot bare the thought of him leaving. ... Not knowing where Robert is can only leave her to think about the worst and that was very damaging to her. ... Lowell chooses to allow the woman in her poem to mourn her future husbands loss, she gives her the power t...

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Robert Billings Robert is a troubled boy. ... It gives the reader the necessary information about characters, setting and mood and leaves the rest to the reader's imagination. ... Laurie often talks to David and her other friends about The Wave and often challenges the need for it. ... Amy thinks that Laurie is negative about The Wave because her status as princess' was lost and she was now regarded as equal. ... Although the wave meant that everyone's actions were the same, she could think for herself and not worry about peer pressure. ...

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I used to think that I was 100% healthy until I learned about the various dimensions of health. ... Boy was I wrong. ... Worrying is not bad; the problem is when I start to worry about things that may never happen. ... I worry about money, school and work. ...

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I eventually forgot about it. ... I wanted to tell Heidi about the ghost. ... I thought about it, and I was constantly worrying. ... " I thought about it, and I agreed. ... There was this one little boy who I thought was especially cute. ...

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Bad The boy in "Greasy Lake" changes his outlook on life throughout the story. ... That would be his feelings about it all. ... When reading about this kid I am reminded of an old high school friend Aaron. ... Why would he not tell anyone about the body in the river and why would he want to hang out with the crowd he did? ... Now he was a criminal and he had seen a dead body and lied about it. ...

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Since the second man usually works on buildings about thirty stories high, he thinks that the building is fairly short. ... As an example, if I were to move to another country and, after some time, forget about my old house in America, it would not exist to me anymore. ... Obviously the person pursues other activities of the day, and he ceases to think about what he did earlier. ...

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• Grade Level: High School