week 4 post b

Analyzing the Protagonist

Sophie Chabot is a main character in this story. Sophie is a girl who is always herself, even when she moves to a new town and has to make all new friends. Sophie lives only with Rita her mom. Sophie has to overcome losing her dad (who died in a forest fire), going to a new school, and making new friends. This isn’t very hard for her though because all the boys she meets seem to like her. This causes tension among her guy friends. But Sophie knows that she wants Crow so she ends up with him. I think that Sophie made the right choice as to going out with Crow rather than the other boys, because Crow is the type of person to comfort her when she needs it and make sure she’s always ok. But the other guys just like Sophie just because of looks. Because Crow cares for her so much I think that Sophie should tell everyone that Crow didn’t have anything to do with the attacks on her. Crow however did end up not getting a jail sentence, but Sophie should have stepped up and told the truth to make the court meetings end sooner. Sophie also needs to learn how to talk to her mother more. She lets her mother decide everything that’s best for her, when she knows that she should tell someone that Crow is innocent. Rita tries to get Sophie to lie and say Crow did the attacks, because she didn’t like that Sophie was dating a boy two years older anyway.

week 4 post a

Vocab

Jaunty (pg. 148): adjective- 1. easy and sprightly in manner or bearing 2. smartly trim, as
clothing

Jarred (pg. 153): verb- 1. to have a harshly unpleasant or perturbing effect on one's nerves,
feelings, or thoughts, etc. 2. to produce a harsh, grating sound

Quote

'"What are you doing, Bobby?" Crow yelled.'

This quote is significant because everyone seems to ask this question lately. At the band meeting Bobby just shows up with a gun in this backpack. He claims that he wants to have good aim to impress his dad whom he never knew and thought was dead. Bobby had gotten a letter from his dad saying how much he wanted to see him. Bobby's mother had lied to him his whole life about his father because he's really alive. Everyone has just noticed that Bobby has become distant from his friends and family lately.

week 3 post b

Letter to the main character:

Dear Crow,

I know that your best friend Bobby is mad at you right now. I know that soon he will forgive you and be ready to talk to you. Just know that people might not want to talk to you because some people just aren’t sure of what really happened that night so all you can do is tell the judge and the court that you for sure didn’t hurt Sophie that night. As for Sophie, I think that soon she will also talk about that night, sometime it will hit her as to what really happened (because she forgot) and then she will want to face you and talk to you. Everyone that knows you well will know that you didn’t commit the crime and you do know someone on the jury, so I’m sure that you will win the case. And you are also telling the truth, so you shouldn’t lose. Even though all of Sophie’s friends don’t like you, you don’t really need to talk to them or be friends with them anymore if they aren’t going to trust you. Trust is a thing you need to keep with your dad. Ask your dad for his trust because that’s what you really need to have. If your dad trusts you, you are for sure going to win the case because you need his support. You also need to the Sophie’s trust and try to make her trust you so that she will tell the truth about what really happened so you don’t have to go to jail!

Carly

week 3 post a

Vocab:

1. Hoax (pg. 95)- something intended to deceive or defraud; hoodwink

2. Azimuth (pg. 96) noun- The horizontal angular distance from a reference direction, usually the northern point of the horizon, to the point where a vertical circle through a celestial body intersects the horizon, usually measured clockwise. Sometimes the southern point is used as the reference direction, and the measurement is made clockwise through 360°

Theme:

Trust can be described in this book when Crow tells his dad that he didn't hurt Sophie.

Trust is needed in this situation, even though his dad doesn't trust him.

Debates

Political Debate: These occur on tv. The purpose is to get their ideas heard or to get more votes to win an election. It sometimes helps arrive at a better decision. The debate is structured, which allows the candidates to get the same amount of time making it unbiased.

School Debate: These occur in school. They allow people to get out their opinions and to persuade others. It's free from violence and it allows both sides to be productive. It can be either structured or unstructured. When it is structured everyone gets a chance to say what they want and if it us unstructured the teacher or one student would probably take over the debate.

week 2 post b

Analyzing Crow is a hard thing to do in this story. Crow is a type of person that is a good kid, but sometimes just wants to have fun. Everyone in the neighborhood agrees that Crow should not be accused for hurting Sophie because everyone knows that Crow isn’t really even capable of committing such a crime. Everyone knew Crow from when he was a little kid, so many know him well. Crow has a lot of friends but he starts to drift from them after Sophie got hurt. Crow starts to hang out with his brother and try to have fun; however he can’t stop thinking about Sophie. I think that Crow is also a little confused because Carl isn’t even Crows real father; however even though they aren’t blood related Carl did raise Crow. Carl has always been Crows father figure. Crow also doesn’t like that his family is really wealthy because I don’t think Crow likes to have that ‘advantage’. He doesn’t really want to take up the family business or anything like that, so he doesn’t really like all that money either. Even though Crow loves his family, he doesn’t agree with them sometimes; especially Carl. Carl tries to change Crow (and Johnny Crow’s brother) into people they aren’t which can be tough on Crow a lot. Over all though I don’t think Crow will be punished for what happened to Sophie because he is a good person and he has never gotten in any big trouble before.

week 2 post a

vocab:

abeyance- (pg. 74)-noun: 1. Temporary in activity, cessation, or suspension. 2. a state or condition of real property in which title is not as yet vested in a known titleholder

fathomless- (pg. 80)-adjective: 1. impossible to measure the depth of; bottomless
2. impossible to understand; incomprehensible

quote:

'"It wasn't Crow," she had told her mother that morning.' (she is Sophie)

This quote is significant because it tells us that Sophie knows that Crow didn't do the crime. Even though Sophie isn't saying anything about what had happened to her, when she does she will tell the judge that Crow is innocent.