The Tuesday Wars Summary

Goldman is probably not married, since he is always in his shop. He is always seen there, even when it snowed and Holling got injured after saving his sister. Mr. Goldman’s favorite hobby is likely to go to the theatre and watch plays by Shakespeare when he is free from work. Also, I believe that he most enjoys running his bakery. I think that Mr. Goldman enjoys dessert and other sweets because he bakes them for his bakery. He has a sweet tooth for cream puffs, most likely since that is a popular item at the bakery. Benjamin is his first name and it is likely that he spends his Sundays working at the bakery like other

She lost another love by the name of Oluf, could not find much work, and lost hard-earned money through a bad business investment. After all this peril she took Russell and Doris and moved to Baltimore. Another move equaled more stress, less money, and more struggling to get by. With what seemed to be the world against her, she made it. She remarried, bought a house, and became the success she demanded of herself. Every step of the way Russell was exposed to all the ups and downs. His mother’s life during those times shaped and influenced his own.

Have you ever been to a baseball game with your teacher? In the book The WEDNESDAY WARS the main character Holling Hoodhood is a seventh grader that goes to school during the Vietnam war in 1967. The theme of this book is coming of age. The mood of the book is humorous.

An important theme in The Wednesday Wars is to being compassionate is an critical to a healthy friendship which is supported by three examples in the book: The first example is when Danny Humfer stands up for Holling when Mickey Mantle wouldn't give him a signed baseball. The second example is when Holling helps his sister get home, the last example is when Meryl Lee is crying when Holling brings her cokes. When Holling went to get a baseball signed by Mickey Mantle he is devastated because Mickey Mantle won't sign him one. Then Danny steps up to the plate and shows some compassion toward Holling. "Danny Humfer who stepped up to the table and slowly placed his baseball-- his baseball signed by Mickey Mantle-- back in front of the greatest baseball

In the very beginning of the book, Heather, Holling’s sister does not seem to be interested in creating a friendship between her and her brother. For example, on page 77, when Holling shows Heather the tights he must wear during the play, Heather says, “Keep telling yourself that, and… I’m your sistre.” In this quote, Heather is threatening Holling about wearing the yellow tights in the play. She states that if any pictures of him spread throughout the town, she will be extremely frustrated with Holling. She claims that he better pray that no one knows that she is his sister, because if people find out that she is related to the “boy in the yellow tights,” her reputation could be ruined. This shows the hatred that Heather seems to have for Holling, and how little she cares for his concerns compared to hers. Clearly, Heather is not fond of Holling in the very beginning of the novel. Despite that, as the story continues, Heather begins to appreciate Holling and treat him better than before. Particularly, an example of how Holling and Heather's relationship changes by the end of the book can be found on page in the end when holling helps her to get home when the parents wouldn't and she hugs him and is excited to see him and introduces her

Now it is known that Mrs. Baker's husband, Lieutenant T. Baker, is missing in action. One day, Mrs. Baker, coached Holling on how to run and correct his form which she thinks will help him. Pretty soon, Holling is running faster than before and he is the fastest on the team. Reading a lot of Shakespeare, Holling uses many terms from his books such as “toads, beetles, bats, light on you”. So, after a while, Holling has learned many things from Shakespeare, such as curses and quotes. Though Holling was very tired because he had to get up early for his meet, he still ran very well winning the meet. Until, his sister ran away to California, Holling was starting to enjoying his seventh grade year. Very soon, however, Holling got a call from his sister saying that she needed money so that she could come back, so he got his savings bond and cashed it in for $52, which he then sent to his sister. When Holling went back to school the following day, Mrs. Baker had received great news that her husband was alive and coming home from the war. Xenocurrency was held with the soldiers in Vietnam, but when he came back to the United States, he could use it once again. Yarn was weaving in and out while Mrs. Baker was knitting something for her husband for

She realizes that maybe that was not the best choice. Right after Holling was talking to Mr.Hoodhood they all got in the car to drive away. “My mother blew me a kiss-really-and then she got in, too. And my sister got in last of all. She was smiling” (261).

The Civil War caused a shift in the ways that many Americans thought about slavery and race. Chandra Manning’s What this Cruel War Was Over helps readers understand how soldiers viewed slavery during the Civil War. The book is a narrative, which follows the life of Union soldier who is from Massachusetts. Chandra Manning used letters, diaries and regimental newspapers to gain an understanding of soldiers’ views of slavery. The main character, Charles Brewster has never encountered slaves. However, he believes that Negroes are inferior. He does not meet slaves until he enters the war in the southern states of Maryland and Virginia. Charles Brewster views the slaves first as contraband. He believes the slaves are a burden and should be sent back to their owners because of the fugitive slave laws. Union soldiers focus shifted before the end of the war. They believed slavery was cruel and inhumane, expressing strong desire to liberate the slaves. As the war progresses, soldiers view slaves and slavery in a different light. This paper, by referring to the themes and characters presented in Chandra Manning’s What this Cruel War Was Over, analyzes how the issue of slavery and race shifted in the eyes of white Union soldiers’ during Civil War times.

“We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas” -Steve Jobs. Have you ever thought your ideas weren’t exceptional? Have you thought that you could be better by using other’s ideas for guidance? In “The Wednesday Wars,” by Gary D. Schmidt, the protagonist is a boy named Holling Hoodhood. In the novel, it is Valentine’s day and Holling decides to take Meryl Lee (a girl in his class) to the Festival Theater to see “Romeo and Juliet” a play by Shakespeare. Afterwards they go to Woolworth’s, where Holling unintendedly shows Meryl Lee the format of his father’s new school design. If that isn’t worse enough, Meryl Lee is the daughter of Mr. Kowalski, who owns Kowalski and Associates, who also happens to be

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.

But, that's not what holling wants to do, not at all. He wants to find himself and be what he wants, he’s evolving into this confident, and determined young adult, he is no longer an unsteady, average seventh grade boy. Holling’s father is all about his business, Hoodhood and Associates, he wants to always be on top of all the architectural firms in Long Island, New York. He wants everyone else to go out of business and this next quote shows that, “I’ll probably be moving. Where? I said. To my grandmother’s house. In Kingston. I nodded. Another minute or so of not saying anything went by.” (187). In conclusion, this highlights the motivation and determination to confront his father on how arrogant and smug he is about his business. This makes Holling see how his dad treats and thinks about other people when they run for the same job as him. In the chapter “April,” when Holling’s dad didn’t show up to take Holling to the opening day at the Yankee’s stadium, Holling was very disappointed. When Mrs. Baker offered to take him she said, “Call your mother and see if it’s all right.” (193). They went on their way down “The Long Island Expressway driving towards New York City.” (194). Imagine how bad Holling felt when his father didn’t show up, imagine what he thinks of his father after how he acts about his job and now the Yankee’s

In the novel “Tomorrow When the War Began” written by John Marsden, one important idea that was developed throughout the written text was how life events change people. People develop the most during their teenage years which is when they are affected the most during their life.Major life events change people and teenagers need to understand this. In this novel, seven teenagers go camping and when they emerge from the bush there are fires everywhere, the power is out and the animals are dead. The small town of Wirrawee has been invaded by the army. The idea of how life events can change people is shown through the technique of characters. With the events of war, Ellie showed how she grew up and lost her innocence because of the choices she

In the novel Tomorrow When the War Began written by John Marsden, we as the readers are asked a continuous question, would you love someone to the point where you would sacrifice your life for their safety? Marsden helps us understand love, innocence and maturity through the way he outlines this question in his novel.

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“Tomorrow When The War Began” by John Marsden, is a novel of survival, friendship, love and war. He uses many language techniques (e.g. simile, metaphor, personification, oxymoron, irony, symbol, allusion etc.) to get across to the reader the importance of each of the themes discussed. He also uses these techniques to set the mood in each chapter and to help emphasise each major point in the novel. “We’ve learnt a lot and had to figure out what’s important- what matters, what really matters.”- Ellie