The Boy Who Changed Us

In the short story, “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto, Victor is the hero. Victor struggles to make Teresa “his girl.” Victor plans out how to attract Teresa. However, he makes many failures to impress Teresa and embarrasses himself. In the text, it states, “Mr. Bueller asked if anyone knew French. Victor raised his hand, wanting to impress Teresa […] Victor was too weak from failure to join the class,” (Soto 4-5). Victor wanted to impress Teresa so much that he did something that he didn’t know how to do, such as speaking French. Victor affects the conflict of the short story. Victor is determined, amiable, and hopeful. He started to take action to accomplish his goal. In the text, it states, “He [Victor] wanted to leave when she [Teresa] did

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“Seventh Grade” was an internal conflict because Victor was always having problems that would take place inside his mind. In the story, he had tried to bump into Teresa when she left the room so he could speak to her. He would always be trying to impress Teresa. Mr. Baldor had abetted Victor when he knew that Victor did not know French nevertheless

In John Updike’s coming of age story “A&P,” the protagonist Sammy sees what he believes to be an unfair act to three teenage girls in bikini in the grocery store. He makes an immature decision and quits in front of his manager that decided to address the girls about their clothing choice in front of the entire grocery store, instead of talking to them in private. Unfortunately, the teenage girls do not notice Sammy’s heroic act, and he is left alone in the parking lot to face the repercussions of his childish actions. John Updike chooses to write in first-person, so the reader gets to know the narrator’s real character. In his short story “A&P,” John Updike demonstrates that Sammy is an immature character immaturity from his disrespectful personality, judgmental attitude, and misogynist beliefs.

Whenever people read stories they don’t notice that the characters change throughout the story, here are a couple ways that this character changed throughout the article “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto.In the beginning, it shows that Victor is not very shy at school. In the article it says “He stretched out lazily to disguise his snooping.”( Soto 1.)This shows that he is not super nervous because he is not afraid to snoop or spy on a girl. Next, Victor got very nervous and was self conscious about everything.In the text it says “Great rose bushes of red bloomed on Victor’s cheeks.”( Soto 1.)This shows he was nervous because he was his cheeks turned red when he did not understand the question because the teacher said it in French. Finally, at the

Such as English, French, and Math class. In the story, Victor goes to English and the teacher talks about nouns, “In English, they reviewed the parts of speech. Mr. Lucas, a portly man, waddled down the aisle, asking, “What is a noun?” “A person, place, or thing,” said the class in unison.” (Soto) In the story, Victor went to Math class which was his worst subject, which is relatable because no one is perfect in all the classes. The text states, “He sat in the back by the window, hoping he would not be called on. Victor understood most of the problems, but some of the stuff looked like the teacher made it up as she went along. It was confusing, like the inside of a watch.” (Soto) The fact that he said his teacher makes it more complex is also in a middle school kids life. In a study of how Americans rate themselves in math skills, three in ten Americans said they were not good at math. (Rick) In eighteen to twenty-four-year-olds 53% of them said they were not good at math. (Rick) In his regular school days, he goes through many classes and feelings that middle schoolers go through in a day. In these ways, his day is very

In the book “The boy who reversed himself” by William Sleator, the main character Laura was obsessed about Omar, Laura became obsessed about Omar when she discovered how Omar got her science paper out of her locked locker in mirror writing, When Omar gave back Laura’s science paper, the writing was in original writing. Once that happened Laura was interested in Omar. Sooner she asked and force Omar to tell her how he did it when her lock was in random numbers. Omar told her about 4-space and 3-space and 2-space. Laura, she doesn’t know anything unlike Omar but what I really don’t like about her is that she doesn’t understand the bigger picture of 4-space, 4-space is suppose to be secret and not getting people involved like herself and she

Great rosebushes of red bloomed on Victor’s cheeks. A river of nervous sweat ran down his palms. He felt awful. Teresa sat a few desks away, no doubt thinking he was a fool. Without looking at Mr Bueller, Victor mumbled, ‘Frenchie oh wewe gee in September.”

In the text is stated “Mr. Bueller asked if anyone knew French. Victor raised his hand, wanting to impress Teresa. The teacher beamed and said, “Tres bien. Parlez-vous francais?” Victor didn’t know what to say.” … He tried to bluff his way out by making noises that sounded French. “La me vave me con le grandma,” he said uncertainly.” then it says “Yeah, well, I picked up a few things from movies and books and stuff like that.” They left the class together. Teresa asked him if he would help her with her French. "Sure, anytime,” Victor said. “I won’t be bothering you, will I?” "Oh no, I like being bothered.”. This shows that Victor said that he knew French even though he didn't just impress Theresa. Also in the text Charles By Shirley Jackson Charles masked himself because he did bad things in class and made up a fake character named Charles and said he hid bad things so then if he gets in trouble than he could just say that it was Charles. In the story it says “. “He told a little girl to say a word and she said it and the teacher washed her mouth out with soap and Charles laughed.” “What word?” his

In the short story,’’The Seventh Grade,’’ by Gary Soto, Victor is a 7th grade boy who will do whatever it takes to impress his 7th grade sweetheart, Teresa. Victor even said,’’Teresa is going to be my girl this year.’’ Victor is determined to get Teresa to pay attention to him,and if he tries hard enough it may come true. This shows that that he really has feelings for Teresa, and that he just wants her to feel the same. Victor tried so hard he even sacrificed himself by trying to speak french to impress her,’’Frenchie oh wewe in September,’’Mr.Bueller understood that the boy didn't know french and turned away.’’ Victor was not feeling 100%,and he knew that he embarrassed himself in front of his crush. He thought he would be teased, and that

“Seventh Grade”By Gary Soto-LDC Seventh grade is really hard if you think about it. Well, for some people. Not for me. In Gary Soto’s short story, “Seventh Grade” The main character ,Victor, is always trying to impress this girl he likes,Teresa. He is always trying to say the right things and not embarrass himself, but always fails.

Without looking at Mr. Bueller, Victor mumbled, ‘Frenchie oh we we gee in September.” ” This shows that he lied when he said that he could speak French, when clearly he cannot. Due to this, he embarrassed himself.

Even though Victor, a 7th grader from the story of “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto, is trying to find his way socially, academically and personally, he is motivated to get his “girl” but in doing this he matures and develops. On the first day of seventh grade, Victor’s personality is sheepish and shy. When he was in his math room for his second period, he sat in the back because math was at his weakest subject. On Victor's way to math class the narrator says “After English, Victor had math, his weakest subject. He sat in the back by the window, hoping that he would not be called on. Victor understood most of the problems, but some of the stuff looked like the teacher made it up as she went along. It was confusing, like the inside of a watch. ”(Soto 4). This illustrates that Victor is not very good at math and does not want to try harder in math. It is important to notice that he has not been able to grasp the knowledge of this class and is not willing to catch up. The moment Victor develops is when Teresa asks if he can tutor her he this sparks that he knew he did not fail and impressed her in French class. “The teacher beamed and said, “Très Bien. Parlez-vous français?” Victor didn’t know what to say. The teacher wets his lips and asked something else in French. The room grew silent. Victor felt all eyes staring at him. He tried to bluff his way out by making noises that sounded French. “La me vave me con le grandma,” he said uncertainly. Mr. Bueller, wrinkling his face in

The story named “Seventh Grade” was written by Gary Soto. The theme of the story is the common experience of a boy’s embarrassment while trying to impress a girl. Today, my essay is about Victor’s positive and negative consequences while trying to get the girl of his dreams, Teresa. I’m also in the seventh grade but not experiencing embarrassment by trying to impress a girl. While listing the consequences, I must talk about what I would’ve done if I was in Victor’s shoes. I will first list the positive consequences. First is “Does Victor has a chance to make Teresa his girl?” and “Is Victor going to like seventh grade?”. Next I will list the negative consequences. While in French class, Victor lied about him speaking French, and in Language

In Seventh Grade by Gary Soto Victor masks his inner feelings of Teresa. In the text it states “Mr. Bueller asked if anyone knew