Life Lessons Learned In Wednesday Wars By Holling Hoodhood

Depending on the person, the idea of courage has many different meanings. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird's, the definition of courage is “when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do” (149). The novels definition explains that one needs to do the right thing even if one doesn’t win.

Did you know that everybody has influences in their life, even you. Holling Hoodhood had a lot of influences in his 7th grade year. Holling Hoodhood is a 7th grade boy that lives in Long Island and goes to Camilo Junior High, in the book The Wednesday Wars. The Baseball Signing, Mrs.Baker, and Shakespeare, are just some of the influences in Holling Hoodhood’s 7th grade year.

In the book, Gang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh, a sociology student from the University of Chicago starts out simply trying to understand “how it feels to be poor and black,” and ends up spending years and years figuring out the ins and outs of a gang society (Venkatesh 14). Sudhir receives the chance of a sociologist’s lifetime to see first-hand what life is like in the projects. He follows gang leader, J.T. around and studies his life at the Robert Taylor homes for years. Throughout Venkatesh’s experience he witnesses many things some people go a lifetime without seeing. For example, he was no stranger to seeing people use drugs or get beat up by gang members. One interesting aspect of Venkatesh’s experiment

The book, Gang Life in Two Cities by Robert J. Durán to put simply is about the gang life in Denver, CO and Ogden, UT. Durán wrote this book to share his research findings. When Durán had to move to Huntsville, UT (but went to school in Ogden) he found himself immersed in an area where gangs were becoming popular. Durán, an ex-gang member himself was curious on how and why gangs operate. He found this research important, because he saw firsthand how society had a role in the formation of gangs. Duran felt that it needed to be brought to light what he witnessed while being a gang member himself and when he conducted his research.

One positive reaction to a negative adversity would be strong-minded. The reason that Holling is very strong-minded would be because of his reactions towards bad problems. One example that Holling Hoodhood faced in this story would be after “The Tempest” play. “Listen, I don’t sign baseballs for kids in yellow tights.” (Schmidt pg. 92) Holling was sad and embarrassed when he heard this news, but went back to the Festival Theater. When he got there,

Courage’s importance comes into play if choosing to live life to the fullest. “The quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear.” A revealing and mysterious novel “Jasper Jones” by Craig Silvey has Jasper (14) appearing at Charlie Bucktin’s (13) home late one night. Feeling the exhilaration Charlie takes up Jaspers offer to follow him into the woods, nervous and excited they crept through the night. Charlie and Jasper discover something that never will leave their conscience.

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Throughout the novel there are many characters who show that they have courage. Atticus Finch teaches

He fails his final exam simulation so his Instructor told him to give up the campus credentials. It shows courage because even though he had worked so hard to get there he still held his head high to show his final moments with the corps. He refuses to back down from fights no matter the odds and when he loses he shows that he is not beaten. Instead of pouting and crying he chooses to throw the card and walk out of the room on his own. 2.

I also learned that just because someone is rude to you doesn’t mean to do it back. Before reading this book I had a similar mindset to Jem as I thought the world was a safe and nice place to thrive in. But after reading this book, I’ve realized certain situations in my life have made me who I am today. I’m a caring person who holds up wall because I’m scared to get ruined just like Jem. From Jem’s experience, I have realized just because the world is a cruel place, you don’t need to become cruel along with

The first and most important lesson for a grade school or middle school student to understand and appreciate is kindness. Kindness is a major theme in this book. Most of the characters give serious thought about how their actions will affect others. In this book it shows how much kindness matters. To quote the text people

1.) How would you respond if a graduate student from an elite university turned up at your door and announced his intention to study you?

College, a place where the youth go to learn extra skills and to blossom into young adults. Heather, the sister of Holling Hoodhood the main character of the “Wednesday Wars” by Gary D. Schmidt is a girl about to finish high school and go off to college, or so she thought her father says she has a good job and doesn’t need to go to off to school. She did not agree to this but her father said “You’ll be safe here” when she asked from what he said “From thinking” Mr. Hoodhood also didn’t think highly of the school’s ideals. I don’t agree with withholding people from school because college and university are things that can prepare us for life. Today I don’t think there is a parent who would not want to see their child go off for extra schooling.

In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, a character by the name of Atticus Finch explains to his child “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.” (128). Atticus is teaching his son an important lesson about courage, while using his own to take on a seemingly impossible task.

"No matter who tries to teach you lessons about life, you won't understand it until you go through it on your own." Lessons are an important part of everyday life. They help people learn through tough times or teach them how to avoid terrible situations. Lessons can be passed down from adults to their children, or other important people in their lives. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout understands not everyone is fortunate, there is more than meets the eye, and that you can not trust rumors.