Austin-Jim+Robins

 = Week 4 Adult: Jim Robins = Student: Austin Angel Book Title: The Outsiders Pages Read: 119 - 180 Johnny is in the hospital in critical condition from burns received in the church fire. He later passes away a hero for saving the kids. We find out how much Dally and Ponyboy love him. Dally the tuff guy later indirectly commits suicide when his friend dies. There is a big last rumble between the socs and the greasers. Ponyboy is hurt and is also sad about his friend dieing. When ponyboy gets well, things are not the same without his dead friends. He is able to stay at home with his brothers and is cleared of all charges for the death of the soc in our last reading. He is still not happy, his school work goes down hill, he has fights with his brothers. He figures out how much they both love him. In the end he turns his life around after reading a letter from Johnny written before he died. Johnny told him to stay the same and continue to be a good person not a hood.

I did enjoy the book. It was very real. I could see the story unfolding from page to page.

I think everyone should read this book. It gives us a message that a good person can still make it in this world.

Ponyboy does a lot of growing up in the end. Life is what we can make of it. It is our choice how to use our gifts that we have been given. We can go down the path we choose

Did Ponyboy become a famous author? Was he successful in his life?

I think it was a great ending.

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Austin I sent your week three last week but messed it up. It is on here now. I look forward to hearing from you. You have some great observations on this book…..Jim

= Week 3 Adult: Jim Robins = Student: Austin Angel Book Title: The Outsiders Pages Read 68 -118

Ponyboy is the main Character. He is smart, hansom, and a pretty good person. He deals with being from the poor side of town and being labeled a greaser just because of where he lives. He seems to be in the wrong place at the right time. Ponyboy reminds me of a lot of people that I know that think they are less of a person because of their perception or understanding of the way people see them. Ponyboy has good heart and that is something I definitely try and want to have. I would like to be friends with Ponyboy and try to help him get more self-confidence. We are what we think we are. If we look down on ourselves then that is the way others might see us.

Hi Austin, I can relate to Ponyboy and others in the book, from the standpoint they have problems in their lives and so does everybody else. Our problems might be different ones but are still just as important to us. I think you will like Louis’s books and I’m excited to hear you are going to try to read one when you get time. It’s very nice of you to tell me thank you for my time in the sevice. I think kindness starts with one person and then grows. There will always be unkind or  mean  people in the world but we don’t have to be is we choose not to. Would I save those kids? My first thought is that yes, in a heartbeat. From experience I can tell you we really don’t know what we would do unless we were there. No, I didn’t play sports we were farming and lived out of town. I go on a fishing trip to a strip pit in Indiana that has a cabin on it every summer.

= Week 4 Adult: Jim Robins = Student: Austin Angel Book Title: Outsiders Pages Read: 119-180

This week was all about the book tying up the loose ends. The action starts when the Greasers and the Socs have their fight. The Greasers get pretty beat up but they win the fight. Right after the fight Dally takes Ponyboy to the hospital to see Johnny. Johnny ends up dying from his injuries. This really affects both Ponyboy and Dally. Dally runs off and just leaves Ponyboy there at the hospital. Ponyboy finally makes it back home and when he gets there he finds out that Dally had the police after him, so the gang runs and tries to help him but Dally pulled his gun out and the police immediately started firing. In one day the gang had lost two really good friends. After all this Ponyboy still has his trial to go to and the judge lets him stay with his brothers. At the very end we find out that the book is actually Ponyboy’s writing assignment.

I liked the book a lot because it had tons of action and was a great life story. The main character starts to change because he realizes that his brothers and him are different from the rest. They don’t want to stay Greases; they want to become something better. I think the life lesson he was trying to get across was just because you might grow up different from somebody else doesn’t give you the right to treat them like there lesser than you. The only question I would like answered is what happens to Ponyboy later on in his life. I don’t think I would change the ending at all. The ending was a big surprise and it was perfect. Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. I forgot to look and see if you had posted your week 3 and week 4. It is cool that you get to go on fishing trips. I like fishing when I can actually catch some fish, but when there not biting it can get frustating. =Week 3 Student: Austin Angel = Pages Read: 68-119

This week is all about characters, and the protagonist of our book is Ponyboy. Ponyboy is 14 years old and is very smart. He is a greaser, which is anybody who doesn’t come from a wealthy family. Ponyboy’s only family is his two brothers because his mom and dad died in a car accident. Ponyboy has light-brown hair and greenish-gray eyes. His hair is always long because he say’s he looks better with long hair. I can’t really think of anybody that reminds me of Ponyboy. I would like to acquire Ponyboy’s calmness’ because no matter what situation he is in he is always very calm. I would like to be friends with Ponyboy because he seems very trustworthy. One antagonist that I like a lot is Johnny because he kind of reminds me of myself. He is quite, but if he needs to get his point across he knows how. He always sticks up for his friends and he seems like you could always trust him. In this section Johnny and Ponyboy saved kids from a fire. Johnny got hurt in the fire and was taken to the hospital.

So far it just doesn’t seem like Ponyboy can catch a break. I don’t really think anything in our school goes on like it does in the story. I don’t know if we could be kind to everybody, but it sure would make everything a lot easier, wouldn’t it? Some day though I hope that it will just happen where nobody will judge you just on where you live, what you look like, or how much money you have. Do you think we could all be kind? Do you think you would have ran in and saved the kids from the fire?

My plans for the summer are to spend a lot of time swimming and we will probably go to Six Flags a few times. What do you think you will do over the summer? My freshman year I think I am going to do football and track. Did you do any sports in highschool?