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5th Day Entry

2005-04-28T10:13:00.000-07:00

Theme is the central idea or insight revealed by a work of literature. What is the author trying to say about life or the world? Identify an important theme for your book.

The main theme of the Pigman is that there are things in peoples lives that effect them so much that they will never ever forget what happened to them or the advise they learned from the whole experience.

4th Entry Day

2005-04-21T10:14:00.000-07:00

2. An antagonist is the character or force which blocks the main
character. Who or what is the antagonist of your book? How does the
antagonist work against the book's protagonist?
John Colan is the antagonist character in this book because he always causes trouble for instance his nick name is the bathroom bomber because he has bombed the bathroom 23 times and has never gotten caught. He also smokes and drinks which is not very healthy for a kid only in high school.

3rd Day Entry Pigman

2005-04-14T10:15:00.000-07:00

So far in the book the two main characters are Lorraine and John, they just talk about each other and their school. Lorraine talks about how handsome John and how he's gonna be a great actor. John talks about Lorraines beautiful green eyes that can scan like a nervous radar and how shes gonna be a terrific writer.

1. A protagonist is the main character. Who is the protagonist of your book? Describe him/her.

A protagonist character in the book The Pigman is John. He is a handsome young man that has a good attitude about himself. He thinks that he is gonna be an awesome actor when he is older.

2nd Day Entry Pigman

2005-04-07T10:18:00.000-07:00

The main characters so far are John and Lorraine. They keep alternating chapters. John was elected by his class the Bathroom Bomber. He's a different kid. He smokes and drinks to assert his independence. Lorraine wants John is stop smoking and drinking, she has her mother bring home pamphlet with information about how smoke is bad for your lungs.

1st Entry Pigman

2005-04-07T10:03:00.000-07:00

Novel: Pigman
Author:Paul Zindel
# of Pages: 158
Publisher: Harper & Row Publishers, Inc.
Copyright:1968 by Paul Zindel
I selected this novel because it's a different kind of book than I usually read.
I can it's gonna be a different book.

9th Day Entry

2005-03-29T09:57:00.000-08:00

The main character of the novel is Andy Jackson. Andy changes a lot throughout the story. He starts turning away from his family and friends. Andy seems like he's a really laid back character.
Andy Jackson was driving one night after the game. He and his friends were drinking and Andy crashed. Andy was killing Robert Washington. Now weeks later Andy cannot stop blaming himself about his friends death.
The story takes place in Hazelwood, Missouri. The basketball court keeps occuring in the book. The setting of the basketball court relates to Andy because he plays basketball. The era is about in the mid-90's. Because it seems like it just happened in the 10 years. The basketball court because thats where he relaxes the most.
The climax occurs when Andy crashes his car and kills his friend Robert Washington.
The author wrote this book because it has a really good story to it. The point that the author was trying to make was not to drink and drive.

7th Day Entry

2005-03-22T10:05:00.000-08:00

The next thing that will happen in the book is that Andy will be really depresed.

6th Day Entry

2005-03-03T10:15:00.000-08:00

"Hey, Marty, what's up? Watcha doin' there, little brother?" said Andy
"Hi, Andy. I'm colorin' this picture for my teacher. It's real live homework, just like you do."
"Yeah, I wish mine was still that easy. Is that a poster for Brotherhood Week?"
"Yep. It says, "All for one and one for all." I said
" Hey, that's pretty good reading for little dude." said Andy
"This is nothin'. Last week, my teacher gave me a book with chapters in it. Watcha think of that?"
"Chapters? I didn't know they put chapters in first-grade books. You too heavy for me. How come all the people in your picture got yellow hair." said Andy.
"'Cause that's the prettiest color hair. These are special people in my picture and I want then to look real nice, so they gonna have yellow hair. " I said.
"You crazy, kid. What about this little girl here? She looks black to me-she's got fuzzy little braids and a real nice smile. Don't you have any brown crayons?"
"Nope. She gonna have fuzzy little yellow braids."
"Why don't you make her look like Keisha? She's got pretty brown skin and curly black hair. You like Keisha, don't you?"

Fifth Entry

2005-02-24T09:58:00.000-08:00

The setting of the novel is in Hazelwood, Missouri. The sense of place that is used in this novel is the school. The shcool shows support for Andy. The school shows support. The Psychologist room shows stress.

Quotations

2005-02-17T09:56:00.000-08:00

"Not so good, Coach. It was rough. I feel okay, I mean, I ain't really busted up that bad. I got a few bruises and burns left over on the outside of me, but the inside of me is hurtin'. You know what I mean?"
I think Andy is telling the coach that he stills needs to wait to play basketball. He still hasn't gotten over the death of his friend Robert. He also still has to recover from the crash. He still has some burns and bruises.
pg.23

"I liked school all that much anyway. I like gym and I like lunch and I even like history, but don't tell my history teacher that. I got her fooled. She thinks I'm not paying attention, but I could tell her every wife of Henry the Eighth, what he did to each one and why. Btu she never asks.
I think this is saying how depressing school is for him. I think that he probably enjoyed school until Robert died.

character analysis

2005-02-10T11:57:00.000-08:00

My character analysis is about Andy. He crashed his car and he killed his best friend Robert Washington. Andy is a very athletic kid, he plays basketball. He also is a very smart student in the class room. The author characterizes him to me like his very sad and lonely.

First 30 Pages of Tears of a Tiger

2005-02-03T09:55:00.000-08:00

The first 30 pages of "Tears of a Tiger" is about Andy Jackson. After a big win Andy, Robert, Tyrone, and B.J. went drinking beer. When they were driving they ran right into a car. Killing Robert Washington. He went right through the window. They tried to save him but the car exploded into flames. After that they had to give reports to the police. They forfeited their next two games because Roberts death. Andy had to pay a psychologist for the first time.

Tears of a Tiger

2005-01-27T10:26:00.000-08:00

1.Tears of a Tiger
2.Sharon M. Draper
3.180 Pages
4.Aladdin Paperbacks
5.Copyright 1994
6.It was a true story about a kid that might have done something wrong.

practice

2005-01-18T10:37:00.000-08:00

THIS IS A TEST!