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Essay about Summer of the Monkeys: Jay Berry and His Conflicts

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Summer of the Monkeys: Jay Berry and His Conflicts

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Topic: Jay Berry

Purpose: To identify the nature of the force of the conflict which Jay
Berry encounters, and indicate how they help or hinder Jay Berry the protagonist in Wilson Rawls novel Summer of the Monkeys

Thesis: Before Jay Berry succeeds his goal he encounters many conflicts that both hinder and help him through his amazing adventure.

I. Inner Forces A. Help- personality traits 1. Determination 2. Confidence

II. B. Hinder 1. Fear 2. Over confidence

III. Outer Forces A. Help- other people 1. Grandpa 2. Old Rowdy

IV. B. Hinder 1. Monkeys 2. Environment

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Everyone has many goals they set for them selves, and for every goal that is made, there is always an inner forces that hinder you along your journey. Two of the inner forces that hinder Jay Berry is his fear of the monkeys and over confidence. There is not one person in the world who does not have a fear of something, whether it may be a fear of heights or snakes.
After that incident with Jay Berry, Old Rowdy and the monkeys where the monkeys took it to Jay Berry and Rowdy, Jay Berry has developed a certain fear of the monkeys. This particular fear of the monkeys hinders Jay Berry slightly because of the monkeys "leader" Jimbo. Jimbo is an intimidating monkey who enjoys making a fool out of Jay Berry, Jay Berry is reluctant to get to close to Jimbo because he does not want to be made a fool of by some monkeys. The second inner force that hindered Jay Berry is his over confidence, one may not think too much confidence is a bad thing but it could turn out to be disastrous. Since Jay Berry has a great deal of confidence in catching the monkeys, it is easy for him to get too cocky. An example of this is when Jay
Berry sees the monkeys drinking the alcohol and he does not think to much of it.
Then in inedible happened, he got drunk off the alcohol and yet again gets made a fool by Jimbo. These are two examples that

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