The Wednesday Wars By Gary D. Schmidt: Character Analysis

In the book “Hero” by Perry Moore, Thom Creed the main character, is a high school basketball star who struggles in finding his desire, love and the truth about his future. Though, there are many secrets that he is hiding, he then discovers that by facing his own insecurity, he would be able to find his happiness. Hal Creed, Thom’s father has always been supportive of Thom. He would attend most of Thom’s basketball games and cheer him on. However, Thom wasn’t the only keeping secrets, one of his biggest secrets would be him being gay. On the other hand, Hal is in pain after what happened to him in the past, his wife’s disappearance. This made him not really ready to talk about his past and not allowing Thom to speak or even play with superhero figures. Which then comes

Friendship certainly plays a significant role in Chaim Potok's novel The Chosen. This fascinating story follows the lives of Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders as they develop and strengthen an intimate relationship. In addition to befriending Danny, Reuven initiates touching friendships with Billy Merrit and Tony Salvo, two of his fellow patients during his tenure at the hospital. An only child who suffered the loss of his mother after birth, Reuven thirsts for the loving companionship of others. Yet throughout the book, Reuven constantly has to overcome hardships in his dealings with his friends. By highlighting Reuven's relationships with Billy Merrit, Tony Salvo, and Danny Saunders, Potok effectively exemplifies how to foster a successful friendship.

Thief-a person who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence. In the book “The Wednesday Wars” by Gary D Schmidt, there is a thief. This thief stole something precious, not a diamond or one million dollars, but a very good idea. It all started when the Camillo Junior High decided they wanted to redo the school and needed to hire an architect. There are two architects who qualify for the job and both desperately need the job. However, there plans weren’t a secret. Their kids knew what their designs looked liked,but little did they know the consequences that would lead from sharing them with one another. Therefore these plans were passed to opposite sides of the competition.

Have you ever read a book and seen yourself in the main character? This happened to me in the novel The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt. This novel is about a teenager who goes to his first day of seventh grade. In his school, on Wednesdays, the Catholic children go to CCD, or Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, which is a religious education, while the Jewish children go to Hebrew to prepare for their Bar/Bat Mitzvah. However, the protagonist, Holling Hoodhood is Presbyterian, so does not go to either of those classes, whereas he stays with Mrs. Baker, a teacher Holling believes to hate him from the first day of school. Throughout the novel, Gary D. Schmidt, through Holling’s thoughts and actions, is able to distinguish Holling’s characteristics.

Coaches are always trying to push athletes to be able to accomplish the best of their abilities. However, for nine boys it was a little bit more then their coach pushing them; it was dedication and the ability to over come obstacles. In an award winning novel by Daniel James Brown The Boys in the Boat is a true story about nine young men that came from low income families and were able to accomplish something inspiring. All nine boys in the boat that were racing for gold in the Berlin 1936 Olympics came from working class families. Coming from next to nothing and putting the past behind them they won the gold medal in Berlin. The book was primarily focused on Joe Rantz, one of the nine boys that were racing for gold. Coming from a very unstable background, his mother passing away when he was a young boy, and abandonment, Joe used these early life hardships to make him

Baker does not have in a type of teacher I prefer as a teacher are, privacy and less dramatic behavior. A teacher always need their privacy. They should keep it to themselves. Their business is not ours. Mrs. Baker did let the students welcome Lieutenant Baker, but Mrs. Baker should have greeted him herself. Mrs. Baker dramatic behavior is described in the book more often. Holling does refer that she mostly rolls hers eyes when she hears something ridiculous. I would prefer a teacher that makes a comment if they hear something ridiculous from a student. In the book of The Wednesday Wars. Mrs.Baker really loves Shakespeare. She quotes and defines the words of Shakespeare. She mostly talk like him when quoting, but knowing that she loves it, it is a funny way how she explains it. I prefer a teacher that doesn't act like he or she is from Shakespeare's novels, and is more

In the book , “The View from Saturday”, Ethan Potter says “,Had I gained something in the Sillington House ? Or had I lost something there.The answer was yes,” on page 89.

Everyone matures somehow, even if it is only a small change. However, people mature differently. Some still act childish by the time they're in high school, and some already act like adults by then. The director John Hughes and the author John Knowles realized this, and adapted this idea into their work, both having a character that represents the carefree days of adulthood and another that represents the seriousness of adulthood. The movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and the novel A Separate Peace both have characters that are best friends that can be considered allegories for childhood and adulthood.

“A thief is a thief whether he steals a diamond or a cucumber”, Unknown. In the novel The Wednesday Wars, authored by Gary D. Schmidt, the protagonist (Holling Hoodhood) is faced with many complications. Holling was unfortunate enough to involve one of these complications with his father’s work. Holling was explaining his father’s idea (architectural plans for the new school) to a friend named Meryl Lee Kowalski. This poor action resulted in a far greater consequence than Holling imagined. Meryl Lee told her father the splendid idea causing her father to take the design and present it as his own.

This lesson help shape Jesse to think about achieving long term goals rather then just his next race. Jesse didn’t just rely on his natural ability, he put his time in on the track with his coaches to strive to be better and faster. Owens found a freedom in running, it was an escape to him. He was quoted as saying ““I always loved running.... I loved it because it was something you could do all by yourself, all under your own power.

Ashleigh had a tough choice to make that disappointed one of her parents. But which parent did she disappoint? And was it a good choice? She was old enough to know good from bad. Ashleigh had disappointed her father. Ashleigh did not take the money because her dad doesn’t keep promises, she knew better than to give into peer pressure, and her mom is a good role model for Ashleigh. She must not have gone out to her dad within the 10 minute time span on purpose so Ashleigh could avoid doing the wrong thing, and giving her dad the money. So Ashleigh did not take the money because she knew better than to give into peer pressure, her mom is a good role model, and her dad doesn’t keep promises. These 3 reasons tie together to form this logic of her

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As a girl who had grown up in a house with three restless brothers, Christie Wisel has acquired the ability to stay patient and diligent in almost any situation. If she could handle being an only girl in a family of mostly men and teach herself what she had to do in order to succeed, she could do anything. It was in her hometown of Fairbanks, Alaska where she was quickly recognized as someone who was was going to go places in life. Throughout her years at West Valley High School, Christie was a standout student and had become a star when it came to athleticism. As a senior, she was captain of the team in all of the sports she played in and she had just received a “Student Athlete of the Year” award. Every student in the school looked up to her as their role model.

“A thief is a thief weather he steals a diamond or an idea” In the novel The Wednesday wars by Gary Schmidt Holling Hoodhood dad is in a battle to get and renovate the old school. Mr. Hoodhood wants the school to be very modern and new, Mr kowalski however wants the school to be classic. Merrell Lee is the daughter of Mr Kowalski and when she accepts to go on a date with Holling, Holling shares his dad’s idea with her in a few sketches. Merrell Lee took the sketches and accidentally showed them to her dad, her dad liked the idea and decided to copy it. During the presentations Mr. Kowalski shared his idea and Mr. Hoodhood was devastated that he would steal his idea but more mad at his own son for giving him the

The Tempest is an imaginative play written by one of the most well-known and influential playwrights of all time. William Shakespeare tests the boundaries of 15th century literature conventions with a plot involving an island abound with magic, monsters, and spirits. The plot begins with a tempest—a storm of extraordinary aptitude—that brings the enemies of protagonist Prospero ashore an island in the middle of the ocean. Throughout The Tempest, Shakespeare expertly assesses one of life’s most prominent conflicts: the hunger for retribution. A desire for revenge can cause a person to act impulsively or violently; however, one can let go of their vengeance in order to forgive the faults of others in an amicable manner.