Wednesday, September 9, 2009
The Life You Save May Be Your Own
I believe that the theme in this book was Alienation, because Mr. Shiftlet was an outsider, and he did things on his own. He traveled around the country to earn money to get by, and he thought more of himself, but also did things differently because he only had one arm. At the end of the book, he met a boy that was hitchhiking and asked him why he left, and Mr. Shiftlet said that his mother was mean to him. He told him the story about when he left his mother and said that he should have never left. The boy got mad at him and he told him to pullover, and he swore at him, saying that he was stupid. This is a good example of Alienation.
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Great job showing how Shiftlet has been rejected by society. This is a key point in supporting the idea that alienation is the strongest theme in this story.
ReplyDeleteBefore I give you a grade, I'd like you make your case a little more strongly. Alienation usually means characters who have been rejected by society (or feel like they've been rejected)... can you describe how being rejected by society impacts the things these characters do or say?
Thanks!
--Mr. McKay
The impacked on what poeple may do or say because they feel as tho they are being alienated may be feelings of depression or feeling alone some poeple can feel this way through being rejected by sociedy because of race or sexual oriontation or maybe even gender.In this story, in this case this man was felt to be rejected by society because he had one arm. Because of this he acted strong since he had only one arm it would seem as tho he was week but this gave him a sense of ambition to be strong and carry on.
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ReplyDeleteThe impact on what people may do or say is because they feel as though they are being alienated, and it may be feelings of depression. Also, it could be feeling alone. Some people feel this way because of being rejected by society because of race or sexual oriontation, or even gender. In this story, the man was felt to be rejected by society because he only had one arm. With this man only having one arm made him a stronger person, when usually other people would be weak. He though of himself as a powerful guy that could do anything, so it gave him a sense of ambition to be strong and carry on.
I wonder if it also gave him the idea that he had the right to take advantage of others because of his disability...
ReplyDeleteWell done. 9/10