Group+Four+Montana

 **Book Group Template** DATE: 3/21/11 GROUP #: 4 MEMBERS:Evan Reiff, Wade Schwarz, Robert Ewing

For your reading of //Montana 1948// , book groups will meet four times to discuss the novel and address each aspect listed below. Take notes on your wiki for each of your meetings and save it to your group’s Wiki, noting the date and members names at the top.

**This is the reading/book discussion schedule. Be sure you have completed each part prior to the book discussion day.**

1) Part One, Monday, March 21st 2) Part Two, Thursday, March 24th 3) Part Three, Monday, March 28th 4) Afterward/Epilogue, Wednesday, March 30th

**Directions: Write your notes for every category below on your group’s wiki space. Be sure to discuss in your groups:**

· Imagery/Symbolism

//The book Montana 1948 is full of imagery and symbols. Some are about the way of life back then and others are talking about the town or about David growing up and his parents feelings about what is going on. Here are a few examples://

//Imagery showing what David is like...// //“The problem was that I wanted to grow up wild. Oh, not in the sense wildness is used today I wasn’t particularly interested ,on the cusp of adolescence, in driving fast cars (pickup trucks, more accurately in Bentrock), smoking (Sir Walter Raleigh roll your owns the cigarette of choice), drinking (home-brewed beer was so prevalent in Mercer County that boys always had access to it), or chasing girls (for some reason, the girls from farms-not towns or ranches had the reputation of being easy.) In fact I came late to these temptations.”// //“I did what boys usually did and exulted in the doing: I rode horseback (I had my own horse at the ranch, an unnaturally shaggy little shorrel named nutty); I swam I fished; I hunted (I still have deep in a closet somewhere my first guns from those years- a single shot bolt action Winchester .22 and a single shot Montgomery ward .410 shotgun); my friends and I killed more beer cans, soda bottles, road signs, and telephone insulators then the rabbits, squirrels, grouse, or pheasants we said we were hunting; I explored; I scavenged (at various times a brought home a snakeskin, part of a cows jawbone an owls cough ball, a porcupines quill, the broken shaft, and fletch of an arrow, an unbroken clay pigeon, a strip of bark with a squirrels tail embedded in so tightly that it was a mystery how it got there, a perfectly shaped cotton wood leaf the size of a mans hand, and a myriad of river rocks chosen for beauty or odd shape.)// //It sounds like David had a good childhood.//

//Imagery about Bentrock// //Even our small town - really, in 1948 still a frontier town in many respects -tasted to me like pabulum.//

//Imagery about Life in 1948// //The harshness of the land and the flattening effect of the wind and endless sky probably accounted for the relative tranquility of Mercer County. Life was simply too hard, and so much of your attention and energy went into keeping your crops and cattle alive, that nothing was left for raising hell or making trouble.//

For Part one you **must**  focus on characterization of the main characters listed below. For each character, discuss all three modes of characterization: 1. What the character says 2. What the character does 3. What others/narrator says about the character You must use textual evidence for each of these three elements of characterization

Narrator’s Father //David’s father, Wesley, says things like, “She’s an Indian-why would she tell the truth?” Even though he is the sheriff, he does stuff like a lawyer. For example, he carries a hat and a briefcase. Also, he likes to drink. Gail thinks Wesley is crazy for not believing Marie about Frank molesting Indian girls.//

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Narrator’s mother (Gail) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Gail is a smart and caring mother who believes Marie. One of her fears is disease; she will avoid it anyway they can. People trust her decisions most of the time because in fact, she is always right.//

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Marie and Ronnie Tall Bear <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Marie is an Indian, and for some reason, she says she doesn’t need a doctor. She literally flips out when Frank comes into the room. She is scared for her life. Gail believes her when Wesley doesn’t. David has feelings Marie, but she is already going out with Ronnie Tall Bear. Ronnie Tall Bear worked on a ranch north of town. He graduated from Bentrock High School and he was one of the finest athletes the region had ever produced. He served in the Army, and is thinking about going on the rodeo circuit.//

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Uncle Frank (and Aunt Gloria) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Grandfather <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//He did many different terms as the county sheriff. He had a ranch, that he had worked by hands while he was in office. He returned to the ranch every six years because Mercer County had a statute that a sheriff could serve only three terms consecutively.//

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Interesting Passages (at least two passages, cited in proper MLA format) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//“Now I’d like to bring my son up here.” My father was standing next to me when Grandfather said that. Grandfather did not say, “my son the veteran,” or “my son the war hero,” or “my son the soldier.” He simply said, “my son.” And why wouldn’t the county sheriff be called on to make a small speech? But my father didn’t move. He just stood there, like every other man in the crowd, smiling and applauding, while his brother stepped up to the table. Uncle Frank had not hesitated either; he knew immediately that Grandfather was referring to him (Watson 37)// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> //“What’s wrong?” My mother was instantly alarmed. She feared nothing more than disease, but she was not cowardly or meek in its presence. No disease, common or exotic, faced a fiercer foe than my mother. She spent a good deal of energy avoiding it or keeping it away from herself and her family. She would not accept or extend invitations if she knew it meant someone sick might get too close. If we were walking down the street and someone ahead of us coughed or sneezed, my mother slowed her pace until she thought those germs had dissipated in the air. It all sounds sill, but it must have worked (Watson 27)//

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> · Questions/ Predictions you have: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> //Our prediction is that what Marie and Gail said is going to happen again; Frank is going to molest another Indian girl, and Wesley is going to have to do something about it.//

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> · Connections to modern life or your personal life <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> //Nowadays, doctors don’t go on house visits, we go to them.// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//People still hunt and live in very out of the way places but not as much as in 1948.//

__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**Directions: Write your notes for every category below on your group’s wiki space. Be sure to discuss in your groups:** __

__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">· <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Imagery/ Symbolism There was even more imagery in part two then one.Which is very surprising because there was a lot in the first. I think there is more imagery because there is much more drama mostly about Frank and Maria. It is interesting to see how David felt throughout the book mostly through the hard times __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Imagery about Frank __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I smelled my aunts perfume again.But the lush sweet floral scent - so out of place in the rough timbered room among all the odors of food - did not excite me this time.This time it made me so sad it made me want to cry. __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Frank could have a great and much more happy life if he did not have problems.He needed to realize how lucky he was to have a great family but so far he has not and is continuing to do bad things and digging himself a deeper hole.This makes David sad because he realizes he is wrong and also because his aunt is such a caring person who loves Frank.He is somewhat mad what frank is doing to his family __

__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Imagery about life in 1948 __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Like almost every kid in Montana i had my own little arsenal - a .22 for plinking at prairie dogs and snakes ; a .410 gauge shotgun for hunting pheasant grouse ducks geese ; and a 30-30 for hunting deer. __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> this shows that life is much diffrent then a then because not every kid has guns.It also does not help that we live in Bergen county.I am sure in some places today in Montana many kids have a arsenal of guns for hunting. __

__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Imagery about Daivid __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> When i saw the car from Undsets, i did not have to run to our house in fear and curiosity.I did not have to.I knew i knew immediately what happened.Whats more i could have kept going out of town away from my family away from my childhood.I could have kept going and taken with me the truth of what happened in that house. __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I think this paragraph was very sad because it shows David knew more then most thought and that he was very sad.I think it shows that his childhood was taken from him by Frank it is very sad to know how David felt without Marie. __

__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Imagery about David’s father __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I had not realized until that moment how large a part of my fathers job this was.When someones son rolled his pickup truck on a country highway or someones father shot himself climbing over a fence while deer hunting or when some womans husband dropped dead of a heart attack in a hotel in miles city.It was my fathers job to notify the family. __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> This shows that Davids Fathers job is more important that he thinks and is very sad because now his father has to notify the family of someone he cared for and someone whos brother may have killed there daugahter. __

__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">· <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Character Behavior or Psychology: __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> For Part one you <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**must** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> focus on characterization of the main characters listed below. __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**For each character, discuss all three modes of characterization:** __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**1. What the character says** __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> **2. What the character does** __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> **3. What others/narrator says about the character** __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You must use textual evidence for each of these three elements of characterization __

__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Narrator’s Father __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//He went on an investigation to the Indian Reservation, but he never actually came out and told his family that he was going to the Indian Reservation. They were able to figure this out because he asked Gail if she wanted honey from the farm. He always stops at the honey farm because it was on the way to the reservation.// __

__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Narrator’s mother (Gail) __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//From North Dakota, she is the one usually cleaning up the family dinner table. Once she started to stack the dishes, Leslie told her to go for a walk with David while he talked to Marie.// __

__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Marie and Ronnie Tall Bear __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//She is recovering after being raped by Uncle Frank, but does not recover for long before she suddenly dies. There is a good chance that she was once again raped by Uncle Frank.// __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Uncle Frank (and Aunt Gloria) __

__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Grandfather __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//He had always said that Uncle Frank had a fetish for Indian girls.// __

__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">· <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Interesting Passages (at least two passages, cited in proper MLA format) __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Then Frank took a sudden step toward my father. Frank’s arms were spread wide, beseechingly, yet his movement was so quick it seemed threatening.// __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//I still had my grandfather’s pistol, tucked inside the waistband of my jeans. I took it out, thumbed off the safety, and rested the gun against the stub of a branch. My view of Uncle Frank was unobstructed, and I steadied the sights on his head right in front of his ear.// __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//The gun was unloaded, of course, but I wondered at that moment what might happen if it weren’t. And my first question wasn’t, could I pull the trigger; it was, could I, from that distance, with that weapon, under those conditions - the wind, the slope of the hill - hit my target. Only after I decided, probably not - an unfamiliar gun, its small caliber, my poor marksmanship - did I wonder what might happen if I killed my Uncle. Would everyone’s problems be solved? Would my father be relieved? Could I get away with it? (Watson 83).// __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Uncomfortable in our presence, Doris left almost immediately. Marie announced that she was going back to bed. Before she left the room she turned to me and asked, “Did you ride today Davy?”// __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//I nodded.// __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//“Did you ride far?”// __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//I nodded again.// __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//“And did you see a coyote?”// __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//How did she know I was given a pistol for hunting coyotes? “No,” I said, “but I was looking.”// __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//“He’s hard to see when you look for him.” Those were the last words Marie spoke to me (Watson 86)// __

__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">· <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Questions/Predictions you have: __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Did Frank kill Marie?// __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> //What is Wesley going to do with Frank if he is guilty.// __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> //In Len in love with Dave’s mother?// __

__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">· <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Connections to modern life or your personal life __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//People still hunt and fish, but not like they did in 1948 because not every kid has a gun.// __ __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//David enjoyed fishing very much he was doing it the day Marie died.The way he described// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> going into the garage with his pole, tackle box, and stringer full of fish reminds me of when i come home from a fun day fishing.Many people still fish today. It is one of my favorite things to do with my friends in the spring and summer. __ ___

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">· <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Imagery/ Symbolism <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Throughout the book there was a lot of imagery.It made the book more exciting and you could really picture what was going on.Some of the my favorite or what i thought was the most powerful symbols and imagery where in the 3rd section. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Imagery about the Grandfather <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> You-Investigating ? in those 2 words i heard how little respect my grandfather had for my father and anything he did. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Even though this quote does not seem like much along with the rest of page 118 it is.It is very sad that Davids Grandfather has no respect for his son other than Frank.He lots of times made Davids father look bad by bring up things about frank going to war but he crossed the line on page 118.I think that he was so mad he could not beleave his favorite son had done something very wrong and needed to be punhished.It is sad to see Davids family get mistreated for trying to do the right thing <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Imagery about Father <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Then my fathers tears broke loose ,one more briny fluid to mingle on the basement floor. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> It was very sad to hear when Frank died.David understood how sad and mad his father had felt.Even though Frank killed himself he was still wrong.You could tell that Davids father was having a very hard time jailing his brother let alone see his brother die in his own house.You could tell the whole sitation took alot out of him David even said one day that the days when Frank was in the basment he realized how much his father was ageing because of it he even stated that was the day he realized his father would die someday.It was alos sad to see even years after when Davids wife even brought up Montana how mad his father got.You could tell that he stil blamed himself for ruing his brother and his famly’s life. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Imagery about David <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The emptiness inside me made it difficult to see in. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I think David had a very hard childhood knowing what went on in his house.It is very sad toknow how he felt throughout the story.I thought it was very interesting why he became a history teacher,and the ways he thought about things <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">· <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Character Behavior or Psychology: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> For Part one you <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**must** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> focus on characterization of the main characters listed below. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**For each character, discuss all three modes of characterization:** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**1. What the character says** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> **2. What the character does** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> **3. What others/narrator says about the character** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You must use textual evidence for each of these three elements of characterization

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Narrator’s Father <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//While investigating he figures out that his own brother was raping Indian women including Marie an too killed her. Since he is the sheriff in town he is stuck in a sticky situation considering it was his brother.//

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Narrator’s mother (Gail) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//When she came home one day, she saw Uncle Frank locked up in her basement.//

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Marie and Ronnie Tall Bear <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Marie - Dead// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> //Robbie Tall Bear -//

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Uncle Frank (and Aunt Gloria)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Grandfather

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">· <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Interesting Passages (at least two passages, cited in proper MLA format) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//“Ever since the war,” Grandfather began, “ ever since Frank came home in a uniform and you stayed here, you’ve been jealous. I saw it. Your mother saw it. The whole goddamn town probably saw it. But I thought you’d have the good sense not to do anything. Now you pull a fucking stunt like this. I should’ve taken you aside and got you straightened out.” (Watson 119)// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> //“My God. My God, boy. Stop this now. Stop this before I have to.”// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> //“This isn’t for any of us to stop or start. This has to go its own way.”// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> //Not for any of us? I though again of how I held my uncle in the sights of my pistol, of how I held my uncle in the sights of my pistol, of how I held, even tighter, the secret information that Uncle Frank had been in our house the afternoon Marie died. (Watson 122)// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">· <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Questions/Predictions you have: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Did Uncle Frank’s suicide really solve all of their problems?// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">· <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Connections to modern life or your personal life <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//A lot of people commit suicide to “solve”//

<span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; white-space: normal;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**Introduction:** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ü <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Background information (topic, why it is important, author and title of work discussed) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Power was and is still a huge thing to have. If you have power, most of the etime you are well respected. In Montana 1948, a novel by Larry Watson, power was everything. But actually having ti much power could be a bad thing// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ü <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reasoning (3 reasons to support your thesis statement) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//The Grandfather loves to be in charge of anything that goes on around him and is a very successful person.// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Frank went to war and is now a doctor, and he enjoys the attention he gets for being a war veteran. His father often talks about him not his brother.// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Wes is the town sheriff and likes his job because it gives him power and makes him feel better because it makes him look just as important as Frank.You can argue that he wanted to arrest Frank to show his power in the town.// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ü <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thesis statement (one sentence that you will prove in your essay - answer to the essay question “who or what is to blame for all three Hayden men’s problems?”) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Power was to blame for all three Hayden men’s problems.//

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**Supporting Section #1:** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ü <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Topic sentence (character 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Julian, the Grandfather, has always loved having the power and authority he has because of being sheriff.// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ü <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A specific example or quotation (cited properly) that supports your reasoning <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//“And now that it is too late to ask anyone, I wonder: Why did my grandfather first run for sheriff? This one I can probably answer, from memory and knowledge of him. He wanted, he needed power. He was a dominating man who drew sustenance and strength from controlling others.” (Watson 20)// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ü <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A second specific example or quotation (cited properly) that supports your reasoning. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//“I think they’re from Grandpa’s ranch. I saw them drive down the alley.” (Watson 131)// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ü <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">An explanation of how your quotes and examples support your reason (commentary—not on the slides, but verbalized by group members.) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//When talking about Wesley and how he got the badge, he mentions his grandfather and how he needs power, basically to keep him sane. After all is said and done and Wesley does not release Frank, Julian sends men, with the power that he has, and tries to free Frank with force.//

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**Supporting Section** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//**#2:**// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ü <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Being a very excited war veteran, and later becoming a doctor, Frank was favored more than his brother Wes.// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ü <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//“Ever since the war,” Grandfather began, “Ever since Frank came home in a uniform and you stayed here, you’ve been jealous. I saw it. Your mother saw it. The whole goddamn town saw it. But I thought you’d have the good sense not to do anything.” (Watson 119)// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ü <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//“After a long, reverent pause, Grandfather announced, “Now I’d like to bring my son up here.” My father was standing next to me when Grandfather said that. My father did not move. Grandfather did not say, “my son the veteran,” or “my son the war hero,” or “my son the soldier.” He simply said, “my son.” (Watson 37)// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ü <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//These quotes show how Wesley is jealous of the bond that Frank has with his parents, because of his power.//

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**Supporting Section #3:** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ü <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Topic sentence (character 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Ever since he was given the badge, Wesley has had a lot of power in the town.// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ü <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A specific example or quotation (cited properly) that supports your reasoning <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//“He’s in the basement. Goddamn it! Don’t you get it - I’ve arrested him. He’s down there now.” (Watson 109)// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ü <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A second specific example or quotation (cited properly) that supports your reasoning <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//“That’s right. Why? Are you telling me this because I’m Frank’s brother? Because I’m your husband? Because I’m Marie’s employer?” He paused. “Or because I’m the sheriff?” “I’m telling you, Wes. I’m just telling you. Why? What part of you doesn’t want to hear it?” “I wish,” my father said, “I wish you wouldn’t have told the sheriff.” (Watson 48)// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ü <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">An explanation of how your quotes and examples support your reason (commentary—not on the slides, but verbalized by group members.) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Because of the power he has, he can arrest his own brother. Frank eventually dies because of this power that Wesley has inherited.//

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**Conclusion:** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ü <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A rephrasing of your thesis and three main ideas <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//In the story Montana 1948 you can see the good and bad effects of power. Everyone wants to be the most powerful, but it is dangerous and can hurt the people around you. Julian, the Grandfather, has always loved having the power and authority he has because of being sheriff. Frank went to war and is now a doctor, and he enjoys the attention he gets for being a war veteran. His father often talks about him not his brother, Wesley. Ever since he was given the badge, Wesley has had a lot of power in the town. Power slowly broke a once close family apart.//

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ü <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Summarize but also synthesize. Answer the question, “So what?” Why is this important to think about? What larger questions or truths are suggested by what you have discussed? What is the “bigger picture” here? Make the reader feel satisfied that he or she has just viewed something worthwhile.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is important to realize you are doing something wrong before it is to late. The characters in this book did not realize the danger of being powerful until it took Franks life. It made everyone realize how wrong they were. After Franks death David and his family had to move away