The Tuesday Wars Play Quotes

Transformation in the world happens when people are healed and start investing in other people- Michael W. Smith. Change plays a key role in one’s life. Change is what makes one’s life different from usual; change is needed in everyone’s life in order to maintain the fluency of life. The character Gregor Samsa’s in the book “Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka symbolizes change, in which he gets transformed into a large insect. Change literally means to make or do something in a different manner to get a new result.

Holling who thinks miss baker hates hates him is forced to spend each wednesday afternoon alone with miss baker while his classmates, attend church or the temple Holling a presbyterian is instead asked to do chores and read about shakesphere.However mrs baker starts to see that he is a genius. and she begins teaching him shakespeare, Hoodhood begins to understand there is more to the world that he enitailly realized thanks to shakesphere.

Would you stop someone from achieving their dreams because you wanted to protect them? Sometimes you need to take risks and be brave, take a big leap into the world. In the novel The Wednesday Wars By: Gary D Schmidt, the Protagonist Holling Hoodhood Has an older sister, Heather. She is in high school and is going to be graduating soon and would like to go to college, although her father has denied her many times. I think that Mr. Hoodhood’s reasons for not wanting her to go to college are fairly reasonable. He does not want Heather to go to college because there are wars going on and people are dieing, I think Mr. Hoodhood just wants Heather to be safe, he also wants her to stay and work for him. I think that Mr.

As they watch their nightly Walter Cronkite and have their daily dose of lima beans, It shows that reader that Holling has the typical life of a perfect child, in a perfect house, with a perfect family, and a perfect business. As Holling said, “...you’d come to my house-which my father has figured out was right smack in the middle of town. Not on the north side. Not on the south side. Just somewhere in between,” (Schmidt 3). The perfection Mr. Hoodhood is determined to have, shows how desperate he needs to impress others for his business. Furthermore, Ponyboy Curtis lives on the east side of town with his brothers Darry and Sodapop Curtis, as Greasers. Ponyboy has a significantly different life than Holling. While Holling would watch Walter Cronkite, Pony and the gang would go to rumbles. Ponyboy also would eat chocolate cake for breakfast as opposed to Lima beans for dinner. Life in the Curtis household is relaxed while they keep their door unlocked for friends to crash. Just as Ponyboy said “We never could tell who we found stretched out on the sofa in the morning,” (Hinton 105). They never felt the need to lock their doors because they were open to all, compared to Mr. Hoodhood who would most likely call the cops if he found someone laying on his sofa in the morning.

Change can be seen as a form of transformation or conversion. A form of change can be seen in “Victory Lap” by George Saunders, a short story written in such a way that the events that are enrolling throughout the story are being processed and told through the minds of three main characters. Having the perspective of each character allows us, the readers to get a much greater understanding about them and to make a better character analysis. Having said that, this story is simply about a girl, Alison getting kidnapped by an unnamed kidnapper. What were really captivating were the changes spotted on characters as the conflict progresses. One character in particular is very intriguing and his name is Kyle. One of our main character, Alison

The way Father Flynn is around people shows his innocence. He has a positive impact on the school to everyone except Sister Aloysius. Father Flynn creates the message, not guilty by his relationships. Many people find him likable. Teachers trust him and go to him for help. David Mueller is a black student at St. Nicholas, whom does not feel like he belongs. However, David Mueller finds a father figure in Father Flynn and looks at him as a role model. David Mueller’s mom also had great respect for Father Flynn because he included David Mueller and made him feel appreciated at St. Nicholas. “You know, Father Flynn, Father Flynn. He looks up to him. The man gives him his time, which is what the boy needs. He needs that” (Stanley 44). Also, the mother did not hear about David Mueller getting bullied when he came home from

Change is a process that affects individuals and their environments. Some people choose to embrace change, while others resist it. “Macbeth”; the song “The Times They Are A-Changin’” and the episode of the Twilight Zone, “A Stop at Willoughby” all successfully convey the notion of change and demonstrate how individuals and societies can embrace or resist change.

The novel ‘Roll of Thunder, hear my Cry’ conveys the message that there were indeed white people that did want the two races to live equally. Jeremy is a clear example of a character conveying this message.

Change is something you are probably familiar with. In “Beneath the Smooth Skin of America,” Scott R. Sanders talks about many changes in his life. The author starts the story looking throw the eyes of himself as a child. As a child he remembers that all that was in his sight was all he could see. The author’s best example of this is he says, ”Neighbors often appeared…where they came from I could not imagine” (27). As the author begins to see more by leaving the area he was around so often he starts to see more and more things. He started moving around to different places and started seeing the things that he had not see before. The author points out many things that he began to see like the stores

Finny breaking his leg caused him to change. In the beginning of the book, Fin always wanted to be active and even created a new game called blitzball, but he did not care about his academics. “In addition to my own work, I was dividing my time between tutoring Finny in studies and being tutored by him in sports.” (P. 63) Before the accident, Finny didn’t worry about studying and school, he just wanted to play sports, and get his best friend to play sports, so the boys tutored each other. After the accident, Finny became someone who tried to hide the truth with excuses to make himself feel better. “I’ll hate it everywhere if I’m not in this war! Why do you think I kept saying there wasn’t any war all winter?” (P. 190) Fin said the war wasn’t

Webster’s dictionary defines the word “change” rather simply, it states, “to become different”. However to change who you are is quite complicated, it takes persistent dedication and effort. Ishmael Beah is a perfect example of change that not only took dedication but sacrifice. Ishmael Beah was only a young boy living in Sierra Leone when his village was destroyed and he was recruited into the midst of the civil war and forced to kill in order to survive. Beah also shows us that change can make a difference, it can affect human interaction, and shows us our responsibilities as people.

This shows the father’s care towards his business rather than his children. On Wednesdays Mrs.Baker assigns Shakespeare to Holling for him to read and interpret. He reads many Shakespeare plays and starts to interpret and apply the lessons from each one. This then gets him in the Shakespeare play, which seems like it helped him overthrow his fears. Mrs. Baker invites the class to see his play which worries Holling, but this play builds his confidence, and motivation. Related things can be said for cross country and how after Mrs. Baker trained him, he felt more confident and the past experiences helped him defeat his fears and win. Near the end of the story after Danny's Bar Mitzvah Holling has a conversation with his dad. “You think you become a man by getting a job as an architect? My father straightened. That’s exactly how you become a man, he

Love in my opinion love is knowing that the person sees you and can't think of one flaw that does not make you perfect. The person loves you unconditionally, you and the person can share intimate moments without sexual gestures, you have complete trust that no matter what that person will be there sunshine or storm. This quote from “Tuesdays with Morrie” is important to me because it tells me that giving love is not in vain and eventually I will get the love I deserve and more. I also believe it is hard to allow someone to love you blindly and unconditionally because it is hard to know how someone feels especially if you have given out love and have yet to receive it. What this quote signifies to me is that giving out love sets you free

This week we were given a set of subjects and given the task of finding quotes that relate to them. The four that were selected, the Soldier Civilian Divide, War is Hell, Bravery and Cowardice, and lastly, Homecoming.

As I am walking I notice there is a strange young boy prowling along the garden, as I ask him how he is here and why he is walking about, he replies that Estella had let him in and told him he may walk around. I will not take this as a valid answer, it is time ‘“Come and fight’”(88) I say. As I prepare to fight this scoundrel, I realize that “‘ I ought to give you a reason for fighting, too. There it is!”’(89). I say this as I fling my leg behind him, pulled his hair, and hit my head straight into his stomach. He then proceeds to throw a blow at me, but of course, he misses, he tries to hit me again but before he does I spout out “‘Aha, would you?”’(89) and start to dance a bit backwards, although I must have been doing something other than