Life can be crazy and pandemonium sometimes. Especially for 14-year-old Summer who is balancing life as a famous child. In the book Panda-monium by Stuart Gibbs, Summer and Teddy our excited to see a panda at the FunJungle zoo. But when the panda goes missing, Teddy and Summer our determined to figure out what happened to the panda. Throughout Panda-monium, Summer shows us that she is smart, brave, and kind. Summer shows us that she is smart in a very cunning way. One way she shows that she is smart is that she “steals” from the gift shop. This sounds bad, but she thought that if her dad was in charge of the zoo, that it would be ok. In the book, Marge states “Summer shoplifting would probably get a couple of million hits easily,” (Gibbs 90.) …show more content…
Teddy and Summer go to the same school and there is a really bad bully at the school that picks on Teddy. In the book, Summer comes up with a plan to humiliate the bully in front of the whole school and show Teddy that he can stand up to his bully's. The go through with the plan and it works perfectly. This shows that Summer is smart because she came up with a plan that made the bully look bad and showed Teddy that he could stand up for himself without her. Lastly, another way that Summer shows that she is smart is that she helps Teddy solve the panda case. This is the main point of the book and Summer plays a big role in it. Summer helped Teddy come up with good plans to try to figure out who kidnapped the panda and how to get the panda back. She also helps encourage Teddy that he can solve the case, even when the FBI is telling him otherwise. Summer shows us that she is brave in a very courageous way. One way she shows her bravery is in front of her dad. In the book, Teddy is trying to tell Summer’s dad that he is not responsible for an event that happened in the book. Summer in the book stand up to her dad by saying “Daddy,” Summer says sternly. “That’s not fair. Teddy wasn’t responsible for any of that.” (Gibbs 259). This shows Summer’s bravery because she could have just let Teddy get the blame for the event that happened. But Summer stepped up and told her dad that it was not Teddy risking …show more content…
Like I said before, Teddy and Summer go to the same school and there is a big, bad bully at the school. Towards the beginning of the book. Anytime Teddy was getting bullied in the book, Summer would stand up to the bully. This shows that she is brave because she risked getting bullied herself. She also did this more than once which shows true bravery. Lastly, Summer shows bravery by helping Teddy with the panda case. Like I said before, Teddy and Summer are helping solve the panda case, which is a lot on its own. But, more pressure was added on for Summer and Teddy because they could not tell anyone they were solving the case. The FBI had already said that the could not help solve the case. But that did not stop Teddy and Summer from solving the case. Summer shows us that she is kind in a very thoughtful way. One way she showed kindness was not telling anyone that she was Teddy’s boyfriend. When most girls have a boyfriend. The blab all about to everyone. But if Summer were to tell everyone, Teddy and Summer would be all over the news, and Teddy did not want that. So, Summer did not blab. This was really hard for her because Teddy state's, “Most people don’t know Summer was my girlfriend. Even our closest friends,” This tells us that she could not tell anybody that she was dating
...inds love along the way. She makes rash decisions in bad situations, faces the truth that she has been avoiding, and finds her place in the world. While her journey takes some unexpected twists, Lily learns to make the best of what she has, and go for what she wants. She learns to move on from the past, and make a brighter future. But most importantly, Lily learns to accept that life is unpredictable and that by doing her best Lily is living life the way she wants to.
Courage is having to stand up for people who are being treated unfairly or if they have different skin color. In Mildred Taylor’s book Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Stacey has to show courage by standing up for his friends and family. Stacey is a seventh grader at Great Faith Elementary School and is the oldest Logan kid. when Papa is gone he feels like he needs to be the man of the house and watch out for his younger siblings. Stacey had to show courage when he helped Little Man get back at the bus, takes the blame for the cheat notes, and took T.J. home when he was injured.
Bravery is a very important theme in To Kill A Mockingbird. Many of the main characters show bravery in many different situations. These characters aren't always brave in the same ways, for example Atticus does the right thing even if he knows it won’t work out, Scout does scary things, while Calpurnia is courageous in general. This novel shows how important courage is in real life as well.
She tells the story with much curiosity of the era she is in, unable to understand the world she lives in and why the black were inferior to the white people. Her soft childlike sense brings comfort to the readers. As we come to the end of the book Scout is older but still gives us a kids perspective.
Summer is kind to Auggie because she sat by him in the first day of school at lunch. When the kids went to lunch all of them were trying to avoid him and Summer went over to where he was sitting and sat by him when no one else would. When she did this everyone looked at her like she was a freak just like they called Auggie just because he was a bit different. Another reason why she is nice to Auggie is because she stayed by him during the ‘plague’. The plague is what they did for Auggie when he came to Beecher Prep. It is when you touch him you only have 5 seconds to wash off your hands or you catch the ‘plague’ to. My last
“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies, but just as much to stand up to your friends,” remarks J.K. Rowling in her book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Jem Finch, a boy from a small town in the South struggles to fully understand this idea. To Kill a Mockingbird suggests that real courage is standing up for others regardless of the what it may cost you. As a young boy, Jem’s understanding of courage and bravery are wrapped up in how others might view you, rather than who you really are inside. A little later he sees courage as having a clean record with others. Then Jem learns that courage is not giving up on someone or something even if you know you’re probably not going to win. Finally, Jem uses
August has never been to a real school before, until his first day in 5th grade. This is one big change that August made in this story. Since August has never been to a real school he doesn't know what is feels like to be a real student , Because of this he doesn't really know what it is like to be bullied or made fun of. August does struggle at first with school but he learns how to get through with it. Another change with August throughout the story is him and his sister's relationship. It was Auggie's first year at a real school but , it was also his sister, Via’s first year in a=high school, and those are both big changes. Miranda seems to become more distant from him because she doesn't want people to find out about August because she doesn't want people to be afraid or know as the ,” the sister of the freak” or anything like that. Miranda also gets caught up with her new boyfriend and new
Through being educated about courage, the children are able to be more courageous. In the earlier parts of the novel Jem gets into an angry confrontation with Mrs. Dubose while passing her house. Jem gets mad and later in the story cuts the head of all the flowers in Mrs. Dubose’s garden thinking that this action was an act of courage. As a punishment Atticus made Jem read to Mrs. Dubose for a month. At first Jem thought that it would be the worst thing ever but after a while he realizes that she is not such a bad person. After the death of Mrs. Dubose Atticus tells Jem about Mrs. Dubose’s courage. From this Jem learns the meaning of true courage. After the death of Mrs. Dubose Atticus told Jem, “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun” (Lee 149) Atticus is telling Jem what real courage is and about Mrs. Dubose morphine addiction and how she had vow...
Throughout the rest of the school year, Julian, one of August’s classmate, bullied him by putting the letter with mean notes in August and Jack’s locker; they write back in defense. However, things begin to change during a class overnight Nature Reserve camping trip when August and Jack are attacked by seventh-grade students from another school who insult August. But then, the person who were on Julian’s side become either neutral or August’s side and several other classmates come to his defense and befriend him. He becomes braver and feels happy about his friends fighting for
From all of these, she learns to look at the individuality of the others. For Scouts, courage is most often something with physical activity and involves personal danger. It is very difficult for Scouts to see that greater courage is often required in other places of life. Scout learns that the greatest courage can be found in a situation where a person knows that he is going to lose and still continues to fight. To prove this, Miss Lee first had Scout observe her father perform a physical act of courage when he shoots the charging mad dog.
One way he has been showing courage the throughout the book was by keeping the secret of Laura Wishart, and not telling anyone. That alone takes a lot of courage to be able to keep that big of a secret hidden. Another thing that he does that displays courage is when at the start he went with Jasper Jones, and snuck out of his house “This is the first time I’ve ever dared to sneak away from home. The thrill of this, coupled with the fact that Jasper Jones needs my help, already fills the moment with something portentous.” (2, Silvey). The reason why that shows courage is because he would be helping someone who the whole town is against and sneaking out of his household with the cost of being caught after curfew! That is why that takes a lot of courage. Another way Charlie shows courage is by being able to talk to Eliza with the fact of knowing her sister is dead and not telling “Yeah. Well it's less suspicious than pretending to browse outside a bookstore. What's that supposed to mean? She shifts her weight into one leg and tilts her head.” (90, Silvey). Why this shows courage is because Charlie was able to manage a conversation with Eliza, who he liked, and was able to not tell anything about Laura. That takes a lot of courage. Charlie displays courage in. The book as well by standing up to her mother; “And I march off, with her close behind. I don't know what's wrong with me.” (96, Silvey). The reason why this shows courage was because he was able to express how he feels to his mom, which took a lot of
Jack feels bad for August being deformed and going to middle school. He feels bad because when he went for ice cream with his little brother Jamie they saw August for the first time and this is what Jack said “It was because when I heard Jamie talking about how he had run away from August. I suddenly felt really bad. The thing is, there are always going to be kids like Julian who are jerks.”“But if a little kid like Jamie, who’s usually nice enough kid, can be that
Jem's definition of bravery changes as he grows up; he gains insight and experience of the world around him. At the beginning of the story, Jem only thought of bravery as touching the side of the Radley house, only because "in all his life, [he] had never declined a dare. (pg 13)" However, as the story continues, Jem learns about courage from several events. Upon hearing about a trial where a black person's been prosecuted, Atticus decides, as a lawyer, to defend that person. Atticus chose to defend Tom Robinson, an African American, because it's the right thing to do, and no one else wanted to ,or had the bravery to. "Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win, (pg 76)" he said to Scout and Jem when Scout asked. Atticus was courageous for doing something just, even though it's not encouraged. Jem also learns a different kind of courage after learning about Mrs. Dubose's fight with a morphine addiction. Jem and Scout disliked Mrs. Dubose because she was quite a mean person. Later, they were glad they didn't have to read to her anymore. Atticus told Jem that Mrs. Dubose simply had her own views on things, and that her fits were from her addiction. Atticus made Jem read to her and explained, "I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway According to [Mrs. Dubose's] views, she died beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew. (pg 112)" This is similar to Atticus's choice to defend Tom.
Scout believes at the beginning of the book that courage is all to do with physical feats like fist fighting. Scout and Jem though Atticus was courageous when he shot the mad dog, but Atticus just shrugged it off telling his children that that is not ?real courage?. The children soon see that moral courage is more valuable after Miss Dubose said "Your father's no better than the niggers and trash he works for!" Chapter 11, Page 113 after they walked past her house. On the way back Atticus just walked by and told Mrs. Dubose, ?you look as pretty as a picture? Mrs. Dubose was so stunned that she could not say a word back to him. Later Jem and scout leaned how courageous Mrs. Dubose really was after Jem cut up her camellia bushes, the kids found out that she was a morphine attic brave enough to get off the drug that killed her.
This shows that Ms. Caroline’s way of teaching discriminates against how Scouts have learned to read. Ms. Caroline is narrow minded when it comes to teaching and does not get the way of the small town. Also she does not know that the kids there are intelligent and that the kids are used to a harsher environment which leads to no education being taught to the kids at all throughout the book. This means that throughout the book little is taught to Scout in school, but mostly by her father and her surroundings. Getting taught in school is not the only thing that affects Scout throughout the book.... ...