The next day Aaron came over and he and Billy went to go scout out the talent on the town team. Billy left him at their practice saying he was going to see his father at the jail, but instead he took a trip down to the beach to see Suzy Langen, his crush. Billy saw Tim Loren at the beach too and negotiated a deal with him about the game. Billy agreed to throw him an easy pitch if he told him who all was coming to the game. Billy went to see his
Later, Tommy convinces Emily to play soccer with him and they talk for a little bit, this helps Emily and Tommy realize that they can be happy and have a good time even though their dad is gone. Tommy finally got back to being the football player that he was before and his team starts to win. Tommy’s team, the Brighton Bears end up making it to the championship game. During the first quarter of the game, Tommy injures himself making a touchdown saving tackle.
Joy rediscovers the motherly love inside her and develops strong bonds with the three children. Skip, similar as Carl, frees himself from the misery through rebuilding strong relations with others. Carl, Joy, and Skip were rescued with the support of each
Nevertheless, eighteen years old is the age of a man, and Ben and his father both know that he’s going to be taking off from his family one day. “Opening his locker, Ben unpacked his uniform and stared at the new Converse All Stars Bull had bought him, a purchase that had gone unreported to the iron-fisted keeper of the books, Lillian Meecham.” (Conroy ___) Bull Meecham wants the best for his children, which is why he is a strong disciplinarian, a firm martinet both at home and with his
The story is written in third person, but John Okada gives the thoughts of multiple characters in great detail, giving the reader the ability to see every characters point of view. He is able to do that because he can provide evidence and facts that happened through the internment camp process. The text makes claims of the poor treatment and displacement internment camps caused to Asian American citizens, as well as the negative after effects it caused to their lives. It shows the struggle Japanese Americans went through as there two worlds broke into
He struggles with his emotions because he feels nothing will be able to top this experience and it can only go downhill from this point. Cody, Ben’s brother, walks into the game and is met by thunderous applause. Cody assures Ben that “this one belongs to you.” Coach Banks confronts Ben after the dance and tells him that he’s going to be a starter from here on out. Ben tries to deny again because he doesn’t want the
They start to save money in a piggy bank and Brian even pitched in. They eventually both make it to New York and invited Brian to join them. Over time all four siblings live in New York together. Jeannette has become a successful journalist and author. All three of the oldest children are thriving.
Presently we contemplate the worth of a life. The life of Mary Warren; a petrified child standing here as a murderer. At her hand many innocent people were killed. Nevertheless, she was the only girl to have attempted to change the ways of the court. Isolating herself in faith that the court would surrender and abandon the principles of eradication.
When they go back to school Budgie denies everything and bullies Derek even more. Derek gets really upset and ends up vandalizing a wall. He ends up getting in substantial trouble. He gets grounded from
Benjamin does all he can to protect the rest of his
Ben is nervous or even in a panic when they are having an abnormal relationship. However, the bad date scene implies a turning point that makes Ben become a more powerful character which has initiative in the second part of the
After lunch they went back to the church , it was on fire. While pulling up, Ponyboy overheard how a bunch snuck into the church before it set flames. Jonny and Ponyboy knew it was their fault, so they jumped out of the car and bolted into the church. As Ponyboy was getting the last kid out of the window, the roof started to cave in while Jonny was still inside. Jonny had a broken back, sever burns and ended up
The scene then cuts to a medium shot of Ben looking over the shoulder of Mrs. Robinson, while she is laughing with a blank expression on Ben’s face. Overall this scene start to explain one of the main themes in the movie. The idea that Ben is someone with no relationship experience what so ever and he idea that the women are the sexual aggressor in the movie. This relates to my theme of the youth looking to change their life and revolt from their parents beliefs, in the concept that a fling with an older woman is unheard of and no one would approve of
With Ponyboy and Johnny being the nice kids they are the tell Dallas to leave them along making get upset and leaving. After that the girls hang around with them for awhile until their boyfriends show up drunk and angry that two other guys are talking to their girls. The girls go home with them and Ponyboy and Johnny leave. Later that night they run into them again and they remember them starting a fight. Bob one of the Socs gets killed in the fight by Johnny in fear that he was going to kill Ponyboy.
They also make fun of Ben’s inability to use new technology, relating this to the fact that he is older. The second topic which was also covered in our class would be the idea of life transitions, which all older people go through. As one ages, there is a risk of losing connections to daily life when one retires or loses a spouse or friends to death. At the beginning of the movie, Ben has the risk of losing this connectivity because he has retired from his long-term job at the phone book company. He has also had the funerals of both friends and his wife.
