Bullying - Growing Up

Make a short physical and psychological description of a boy or a girl who was bullied during your school days. What kind of girl/boy was she/he? How was she/he dressed? What was her/his background?

Why do you think some people are targeted as victims of bullying?

Why do you think some people are prone to bully others?

Why do you think a lot of us have taken part in the bullying, even though we knew it to be wrong?

TEAM 4!

Group 4

Knox Overstreet.

He starts out as nice young boy, following the schools rules.

He meets mister Keating and that changes his view on life.

Mr. Keating teaches Knox about "real" poetry, love and carpe diem.

During a dinner party he meets a girl and falls in love for the first time.

she is occupied but Knox fights for love.

Neil Perry.

Neil is a very talented student, with a bright future.

Neil is very afraid of his father and his passion for acting is suppressed.

During Mr. Keating’s Poetry lessons he is inspired start acting.

Ultimately his father decides to pull him out of school and into a military school.

He then sets himself free by committing suicide.

Group 7: Jamal, Karina, Mikkel and Teresa

Charles Dalton is a young man, who is not afraid to be object of the attention. He is a very social guy, who keeps the group together. He does not always follows the rules and is a rebel and is a non-conformist. He is an original and has courage like when he gets a phone call from “God”. He is a womanizer and charms the girls with poetry. He has to be different and untraditional because it is in his genes and because he is tramped in the school.

Charles "Nuwanda" Dalton

Knox Overstreet

Neil Perry

Todd Anderson

Comment on the character and his Development in Dead Poet's Society

 

 



Just like that Group 5.

Group 5. 

Dead IIII
Just like that II
Well, Do you think you can do it I
If you can't do it now you never will III
Don't walk behind me IIIIII
Watch
Watch were you point that
Dead below the neck, it doesn't feel a thing
Nothing, let them rot
Kill it
Good
Don't ever do that
It's going to be a bloody good day
Re-load II
Well, look for stragglers. Some of them won't have gone far.
Jesus you can shoot
Shoot it II
That's enough for today

We have a man who needs to have control. He has a cold attitude which indicates him to be old fashion. We think he was brought up with discipline, which he tries to transfer to the boy. Who we think he is his son.

He is a complicated man.
He is in control
Cold attitude
Discipline
Old fashion
Dad and son
Hunter …  poacher
Initiation (indvielse)

1. Dead 5
   Just like that 2
   Don't walk behind me 6

We have a man who needs to have control. He has a cold attitude which indicate him to be old fashion. We think he was brought up with discipline, which he tries to transfer to the boy. Who we think is his son. 

We have a man who needs to have control. He has a cold attitude which indicates him to be old fashion. We think he was brought up with discipline, which he tries to transfer to the boy. When he pronouns the word dead, he make it sound like an everyday thing. Just like that indicates that he doesn’t care about what lives in nature and sees the kangaroo like a pest. Don’t walk behind me indicates that he doesn’t trust the boy or that he wants the boy to learn that any man can’t be trusted and that he is carious about that the is handling a gun.  He wants to know where the boy is at all times so he has control over the situation.
In the end where the boy says Dead, we think he kills the man and feel a satisfaction about it.
The effect we get of the story is that you can’t pressure a child to do a grown mans thing.

Just like that Group 1

Group 1.

Surpriced S.25 L 25

Fascinated S 25 L 35

Strong S. 26 L 8

Enjoyed S 26 L 9

Nothing S 26 L 29

Empty S 26 L 29

Disappointed S 26 L 37

Amazed S 26 L 41

Mesmerised S 28 L 17

Entranced S 28 L 25

Calm S 29 L 18

Dead S 29 L 19

The boy, I can do it! S. 25. L 5.

He could not believe it was dead. S 25. L 1

He was surprised how peaceful it looks. S.26 L 25

He had thought that somehow, this would make him a man – but it had made no difference at all. S 26 L38.

The boy was fascinated. S 25 L. 35

The boy felt very strong in the crisp morning. S 26. L. 8

Imagery and symbols in Just Like That. Imagery (quote 1 and 2):

1.We think the reason, the author has chosen to use religious vocabulary is because it describes a hope for the boy. “He felt that he could walk over anything that got in his way”

2.it highlights the meaning of the bad situation, because it is the complete opposite of what actually happens. The Man does not bless the kangaroos he is killing them.

3. In religion …  

Just Like That group 4

Group 4: Jens, Karina, Sanne, Lalitha.

What are the Kangaroos being compared to.

Quote one: Humans

Quote two: Rocks

Quote three: Adventures

Quote four: Trees

We think the author wants to raise the question, “is vermin control ok” and if we as humans have the right to take away life based on the only fact that we are the dominating species. With the comparisons he makes the reader feel sorry for the poor kangaroos, and strikes the point that we need to protect the nature. With the comparison with trees, it makes you think about the circle of life. That world is home for everyone no matter the race.

Just Like That

Short summery:

The story is about a man and a boy and they are out hunting Kangaroos. The man tells the boy that if he doesn’t shoot the Kangaroos he will never be a man.

Group 2:

Kangaroos:

1.     Page 25, line 24: ….Its forepaws were curled like small hands. It lifted its head to caress the boy with its large limpid eyes. Peaceful it looked.

2.     Page 25, line 31: … swivelled its eyes, trying to watch both the man and the boy.

3.     Page 25, line 41: …He reached a hand to the kangaroos breast. It was warm and very soft. The black eyes remained open.

4.     Page 26, line 21: … He lowered the sights onto the white patch of the Kangaroos throat.

5.     Page 26, line 32: …

The Boy:

At first he is nervous and feels sick. He gets a physical reaction of his action and has no contact with his feelings. He shuts down. He is like a machine and after he shoots the first Kangaroo, he finds out that the experience was not like he has expected. It was easier because he does not fell anything at all. In the end the boy feels empty and dead but reacts by tears. He cannot control his emotions inside.

He is a little boy, who wants to become a man. He follows the man’s instructions, by shooting the Kangaroos. He is a human being, who becomes a machine without any feelings.

Just Like That - groupwork 2

Just Like That, Part 2

Med baggrund i de emner, som I gennemgik i matrixgruppeøvelserne, skal  i Jeres nye grupper skrive 100-200 ord til hvert af de 2-3 citater som findes nedenfor for hver gruppe… samt finde min.to billeder, der passer til Jeres tolkning af det pågældende (som de også skal forklare).

Dvs.: Drengen, manden, kænguruerne, gentagelser, symboler.

Find your group number and together answer the questions. Send your answer to our blog. Your answer must have the label (etikette) ‘Just Like That’.  Your entry must be named with the group members and the topic you are working with. For instance ‘Group 1: The boy’.

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Group 2: The boy

 

”The boy swallowed. He cleared his throat. He swallowed again. He braced his legs wide and snuggled the rifle to his eye” (p. 26, l. 18-19).

 

“The boy was disappointed. He had expected more, but didn’t know what. He had thought that somehow this would make him a man - but it had made no difference at all” (p. 26, l. 37-39).

 

“Suddenly the boy felt very calm. His eyes saw his hands lift the rifle. He felt nothing. He felt as if he were dead. The sights, blurred by his tears, danced about the man’s head. They steadied a moment. ‘Dead,’ said the boy” (p. 29, l. 18-21)

Describe the boy’s development based on these three quotes. How do you think he changes and why? (Write between 150-300 words - the important thing is that you all write something).

Find two pictures online that you think fit the boy. Explain how they are connected to his personality. (It doesn’t have to be a picture of a person - if you find something that expresses a mood or a feeling that you think fit him you can use that as well. Just remember to write down how you connect it to him).

 

Group 3: The man

 “The man finished the second kangaroo. The boy asked, ‘What do we do with them now?’ ‘Nothing,’ said the man, ‘let them rot’” (p. 26, l.4-6).

 

“The man kicked the doe in the stomach. It didn’t move. He kicked its face. ‘Dead.’” (p. 27, l. 25-26).

 

“The man rolled a cigarette. He stood aggressively with the rifle hanging loose in his arm. He gestured wildly at the magnificent sky. He said, ‘It’s going to be a bloody good day” (p. 27, l. 31-33).

 

Based on the quotes describe what kind of person the man is. Find some good adjectives (tillægsord) to describe his personality and connect it to the quotes above. (Write between 150-300 words- the important thing is that you all write something).

Find two pictures online that you think fit the man. Explain how they are connected to his personality. (It doesn’t have to be a picture of a person - if you find something that expresses a mood or a feeling that you think fit him you can use that as well. Just remember to write down how you connect it to him).

 

Group 4: The kangaroos

 “Its forepaws were curled like small hands. It lifted its head to caress the boy with its large lipid eyes” (p. 25, l. 24-25).

 

“They came to a large mob of browsing kangaroos. With their heads in the grass and their backs humped the roos looked like rounded red and grey rocks” (p. 27, l. 3-5).

 

“A grey raised its head like a periscope from the grass” (p. 27, l. 8).

 

“The rifle clicked empty. At the same instant the big kangaroo crashed full length. It fell like a tree” (p. 28, l. 29-30).

 

Write down what the kangaroos are compared to in each of the four quotes. Why do you think the author has chosen to compare them to these things? (Write between 150-300 words - the important thing is that you all write something).

 

Find two pictures online that you think fit the way the author describes the kangaroos. Write a few sentences explaining how you connect the pictures to the kangaroos.

 

Group 5: Repetitions in the text

 

Find out how many times the following phrases/key words are mentioned in the text and write it down in your answer.

·         Dead

·         Just like that

·         Don’t walk behind me

What effect does the repetition of these words have on the reader? These words/phrases can be seen as foreshadowing (forvarslende) - consider in what way they are foreshadowing and include it in your answer. (Write between 150-300 words - the important thing is that you all write something).

Find two pictures that are connected to the theme(s) of the text. Write a few sentences explaining how you connect the pictures to the theme(s).

 

Group 1: Imagery and symbols in Just Like That  

“They entered a cathedral of great river gums. The sun filtered through green stained-glass leaves” (p. 26, l. 15-16).

 

“The boy watched in silence. He watched while the man strolled among the cripples blessing each with his wand” (p. 27, l. 27-28).

 

“A solitary crow barked far away” (p. 29, l. 17).

 

Imagery (quote 1 and 2): Why do you think the author has chosen to use this kind of religious vocabulary in the text? What is the effect of it?

 

Symbol: What can crows symbolise (search online for ideas)? If you consider the themes of the text what significance does it have that the crow barks (her: skriger) near the end of the story? Does it foreshadow (forvarsler) anything?

Write between 150-300 words - the important thing is that you all write something.

Find two pictures online that are connected to the quotes above. Explain how you think they are connected.