1. During their interaction outside Convenience Farms, Richie is clearly mean to Russ. Why do you think Russ wants to be like Richie, given that the interaction was such a negative one? Make a claim, based on inference, and using evidence from the text. Paraphrase text from the book to support your claim/opinion.
2. How does Russ stereotype Richie Tucker? Make a claim, and provide a quote from the story to support your claim/opinion.
2. How does Russ stereotype Richie Tucker? Make a claim, and provide a quote from the story to support your claim/opinion.
3. What is Russ's attitude towards Elliot so far (what does he think of Elliot). Make a claim; use a quote from the story to support your claim/opinion.
4. On p. 37 Russ talks about platypuses and evolving. Why does he talk about this, and how do you think it relates to the bullying he, Catalina, and Elliot are experiencing. Explain.
5. On p. 44 Richie carries Russ off the street after he punches him. Using the 6 levels of moral development we discussed in class, explain what level you think Richie is on when he carries Russ to safety after bullying him. Make a claim, and use evidence to support your answer.
He wants to be like him because he will not be the the target of bullying
ReplyDelete1.) Russ wants to be like Richie, because he is powerful and everyone respects him and know he exists. He also thinks that if he buys Richie's signature jacket will, make him popular and all his friends that left him would be jealous. He thinks people at school would know he existed if he was friends with Richie, who is powerful and gets what he wants. As well as power over past people who bullied him.
ReplyDeleteOn pg. 5, Russ says "I was thinking maybe I could get a jacket like that, I wondered where you could buy one, when Richie turned his head and looked at me.” I think this quote shows that Russ wants to be like Richie and he thinks that the jacket will help him achieve that goal.
DeleteRuss's stereotype of Richie is that he is a bully
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ReplyDeleteQ1)We think that Russ wants to be Ritchie because Russ wants his leather army jacket. We could tell because his thought that he could get a leather jacket like that. this means that he wants this jacket and thinks he can get it
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ReplyDelete1. Russel wanted to be like Richie so the 2 of them would have their own little group, and then Russel would be popular instead of a 'nobody'. A quote from the text on Page 5 is "I was thinking maybe I could get a jacket like that, I wondered where you could buy one, when Richie turned his head and looked at me".
Russ thinks Elliot is a major target of bullying and knows what it feels like to be bullied
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ReplyDelete2. Russel stereotyped Richie in front of the convenience store in the first chapter. Richie accused Russel of putting his bike in Richie's way. Russel then said " Bad bike! Don't ever do that again! "
Russ thinks Elliot is a major target of bullying and knows what it feels like to be bullied
ReplyDelete2. Russ stereotyped Richie by say that he did nothing to diverse it, and "What if somebody did this to you?" "What would you feel like if somebody tried to make your life ------- and you didn't know why?" People usually bully people because they were usually bullied before. Richie was probably bullied before and that's why he carried Russ of the street.
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ReplyDeleteWe think that Russ wants to because Richie can stand up for himself and Russ can’t. Also, he wants to be known in the whole school. ~Flaming Phoenixes
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ReplyDeleteRuss stereotypes Richie tucker because Richie is a big bully and Russ assumes Richie is really mean and strong.
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ReplyDeleteRuss stereotypes Richie tucker because Richie is a big bully and Russ assumes Richie is really mean and strong.
1. He wants to be like Richie because then he wouldn’t get bullied anymore; he could be feared by everybody. The book states, “All of a sudden he had this power over me. He was kind of lording it over me, too and that, frankly, was what got to me.” This shows that Richie has a kind of power which scared people away, and Russell wants this power because he wouldn’t be bullied anymore.
ReplyDeleteQ3. We think Russ thinks Eliot is a nice person and is helping him because Eliot is acting happy and nice around Russ. ~Flaming Phoenixes
ReplyDeleteQ4. He was talking about evolution so he can compare the three of them to dinosaurs that could survive.~Flaming Phoenixes
ReplyDeleteQ5. We think Richie is on number five because when he pulled Russ of the road he didn't want that to happen to happen. ~Flaming Phoenixes
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ReplyDeleteRuss wants to be like Richie because he wants to have the black jacket. He also wants to because nobody was cool enough or strange or scary enough to hang with Richie Tucker. The last thing is that Richie Tucker looked like he was not lonely even though he was always by himself.
Q1) We think that Richie has had a troubled past. He's a bully now and everyone knows him, so Russ wants to be like him so everyone will know him as well. Richie has probably been bullied before, so he wants to get someone back for it.
ReplyDelete1:He wants to be like Richie because he thinks that being like Richie will be really cool and he won't get bullied. Also, he wants his personality to be like Richie being able to kind of tell the future.
ReplyDelete1) Russ wants to be like Richie because then he won't be bullied anymore. He wants the power to defend himself, just like the power Richie used to scare away other people. Russ said, "All of a sudden he had this power over me. He was kind of lording it over me, too - and that, frankly, was what got to me." This means that Russ didn't want someone controlling him, he wanted to be able to defend himself and not get bullied.
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ReplyDeleteRussel thinks he is actually a nice kid.
He believes that he had to pass some kind of test to earn Richie's respect.
He did not.
Addition to #1: Pg. 11 Russel says that it felt like Richie knew everything about who he was and what he was doing.
ReplyDeleteQ2) On page 38 Russ says "...[Richie] always finds me when he wants to." Basically, he's saying that bullies have control of you. We disagree with this because you can always stand up to bullies.
ReplyDeleteYou can also not be followed and choose the less dangerous path.
DeleteQ1. Russel thinks that he is not scary or cool enough to hang around with Richie, and it seemed like that Richie is not scared of anyone especially mine awesome face. :(
ReplyDelete#1.) He wanted to be like Richie because he didn't get made fun of or bothered.
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ReplyDeleteRuss thinks that Elliot is brave for standing up to his bullies/predators. He also thinks he is kind of geeky.
quote: "We'd be like detectives solving a mystery."
I agree with what you said, but I don't understand your quote, so far Russ acts like Elliot is a total nerd and in the book he talks a lot about how obsessed with dinosaurs Elliot is. On pg. 22, Russ says “ Like I said, Elliot pretty much lived in the reptile age.” This quote shows how much Elliot loves dinosaurs.
DeleteQ3) Russ thinks that Elliot his a total geek/nerd and is a freak about dinosaurs. On page 22, Russ says to the reader, "Like I said, Elliot pretty much lived in the reptile ages."
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ReplyDeleteRussel talks about platypuses and evolving. He does this because they created a strategy for surviving from predators. That means he wants them to evolve and find a way to stop bullying.
Q4) They want to evolve just like platypuses did so they couild solve their problems with their bullies.
ReplyDeleteQ2: Russ stereotyped Richie from his attitude and size-- Richie was big, hostile, and seemed to have confidence about what he was doing-- which Russ categorized as "mean." On page 20, Russ says to Elliot "'It's kind of about predators. I'm suddenly sort of the target of one.'" Russ means that Richie is a predator to him
ReplyDeleteQ5) Russ wants to be safe and not be noticed by teachers. He doesn't want to get into trouble so he's on the scale of 1 on the scale of moral development.
ReplyDeleteQ4) The platypuses evolving is related to them getting bullied because the platypuses escaped dinosaurs so their must be a way for them to escape bullying. This is because Russel said, "Yeah- the creatures that did survive. They created some strategy right? For surviving."
ReplyDeleteQ5) It would be a 5.5 or even a 6 on the moral development scale if Richie didn't punch Russ, but since he did it would be a 1. That is because if he left Russ there and Russ got hurt even more he would be blamed for doing things to Russ.
ReplyDeleteQ2) Russ stereotypes Richie Tucker because as yolo.
ReplyDeleteQ2) He says that Richie is a mean guy, but still has feelings. He says that Richie,"likes it when I get hurt." But he also says, I think he felt bad.
ReplyDeleteQ5: Richie definitely gets a 5 on the moral development chart for carrying Russ off of the street, because level 5 is 'I am considerate of other people," and moving another person to safety is very considerate. We aren't sure if it really counts as a 5, because Richie had just punched Russ and made him go on the street in the first place. NOT COMPLETE-FINISH TOMORROW
ReplyDeleteQ5 Continued: Richie is a bit more considerate than just dragging Russ of the street, because he laid him down gently and put down Russ's backpack beside where he was laying (still a 5). The evidence of Richie being a nice guy for once is on pg 44; "Someone picked me up by my armpit and one leg and carried me off the street. Laid me down. The grass was cool and soft. The person's feet went away, then came back, and my backpack was dumped beside me. The feet hurried off. I looked up. It was Richie, quickly walking away.
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ReplyDeleteRuss stereotypes Richie because he is mean to him, and in his eyes, a bully. On page 20 Russ said to Elliot, "It is kind of about predators, though. I'm suddenly sort of the target of one." Russ is talking about Richie, so this means that he thinks Richie was a predator.
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ReplyDeleteRuss thinks that that Elliot is the kid at the bottom of the social hierarchy because that is what everyone at their school thinks. He said "I wasn't really sure why he was the one, but the fact was that in Parkland School seventh grade, no matter who you were, Elliot Gekewicz was lower on the social scale than you." This means that Elliot was "lower class". Russ also thought that Elliot was nice when he wanted to be and is a dino geek.
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ReplyDeleteRuss talks about platypuses evolving because he, Elliot, and Catalina also had to try to "evolve" to make sure that they wouldn't be bullied. They had to make a strategy to protect themselves. Russ said, " They all created some strategy for surviving." He was indicating that they could also do this to "survive" the bullies.
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ReplyDeleteWe think that Richie is in the first level of moral development because he moved Russ out of the street just because if Russ got hurt by cars in the street he would be in deep trouble. Richie didn't want to get in trouble, so he moved him. Russ said, "I think he felt bad" and "He helped me. After he hit me." If Richie didn't care about getting in trouble, he wouldn't of moved Russ off of the street.
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ReplyDelete1. Russ wants to be like Richie because he wants to be popular and have power over other kids. If Richie is his friend, then no one will bully Russ again. Plus, Russ will be popular.
ReplyDelete2. Russ stereotypes Richie because Russ thinks that Richie is very tough, but maybe he is nice and has some heart. Richie might have been bullied in the past, which is why he was being such a jerk to Russ. In the book, it doesn't have a quote that proves that Russ stereotypes Richie. The reason we know that Russ stereotypes him as a mean, touch guys is because we "read between the lines."
ReplyDeleteWe think that Russ respects Elliot a bit for putting up with so much bullying for such a long time. But on pg. 54, we think that Russ is kind of worried for Elliot because he just went a bit mad ("I'm not going to forget about it! I'm sick of what people do ok? I'm sick of it!").
ReplyDelete1.Russ wants to be like Richie because he thinks Richie is really cool and if they were friends, he wouldn't get bullied anymore. When Richie told him to come to the store, he thought that "maybe he wants to be friends. Maybe I had passed some kind of test or something. Maybe thats why he told me to come to the farms. After feeling how it is to be bullied, Russ probably wants to be friends so he could not get bullied anymore.
ReplyDeleteA1. He wants to be like Richie because then he wouldn’t get bullied anymore; he could be
ReplyDeletefeared by everybody. The book states, “All of a sudden he had this power over me. He was kind
of lording it over me, too and that, frankly, was what got to me.” This shows that Richie has a
kind of power which scared people away, and Russell wants this power because he wouldn’t be
bullied anymore.
A2. He stereotypes Richie Tucker as the classic school bully, as Richie regularly harrasses
him, gets mad easily, and it dumb. The book states, “Richie Tucker. Whoa. Now he was
someone you stayed away from,” which naturally states that he was afraid of Richie Tucker and
that he was this big school bully.
A3. He thinks of Elliot as an acquaintance, because they both get bullied all the time. It has
happened more to Elliot so Russell asks him for help. The book states, “I wasn’t going to be
friends with Elliot, I only wanted to ask him a few things.”
A4. He was relating the platypuses to themselves, because he said that evolution changed the
platypuses so they survived. Then he suggests that evolve to survive middle school. The
predators that feasted on the platypuses are like the middle school bullies who prey on Catalina,
Elliot, and Russell.
A5. I think he is on level one, because he is trying to cover the evidence that he was beat up in
the street, because he doesn’t want to get in trouble. he probably thinks that anyone who
witnessed it will see him in the street and report abuse, and if he carries him off of the street,
then people will just think that he is resting.
Russ talks about platypuses and evolving because Russ wants to evolve into a more popular and less bullied person that has more friends. He talks about platypuses evolved into what they are today. It relates to the bullying that he, Catalina, and Elliot are going through because they need a plan to "survive" the 7th grade while being bullied.
ReplyDeleteWe think that Richie Tucker is on number 5 (I am considerate of other people) because after punching Russ, he probably felt bad for him and put him on the grass. He shouldn't have punched him in the first place, but showing consideration for Russ, in a way, canceled out his bad deed.
ReplyDelete2.Russ stereotypes Richie Tucker by from his attitude and size because Richie was big, He thought that Richie was also cool, because Russ thought that the jacket that Richie was wearing was cool. Quote:
ReplyDeleteI was thinking maybe I could get a jacket like that, I was wondering where you could buy one, when Richie turned his head and looked at me.
Q3. Russ thinks that Elliot is totally crazy about dinosaurs. He thinks that all he ever does is talk about dinosaurs. Quote:
ReplyDelete"Eliot himself was obsessed with dinosaurs."
4. Russ talks about playtpus and about evolving because he thinks they are some of the only creatures that survived in the dinosaur age. This relates to the bully problem because Russ wants to find out how to survive Tyranno. He talks about evolving because he wants to try to change Richie's attitude about him.
ReplyDelete5. We think Richie is at level one because after punching someone, he obviously doesn't want to get in trouble of living Russ in the street to die when a car runs him over. In the book, we think Richie carried him off the street because maybe he regrets what he has done. Or that he feels Russ's pain because he got bullied once before.
ReplyDeleteQ3) Russ thinks that Elliot is not as bad as people say and is brave and kind, yet on the bottom of the social hierarchy at school.
ReplyDelete1) I think Russ wants to be like Richie, given that their interaction was such a negative one, because it seems as if Richie has no troubles and is fine doing anything. Also, everyone is so scared of Richie that nobody does anything mean to him, and Russ wishes he would be noticed in a good way at school. Also, Russ thinks Richie looks cool and is cool. In the book, Russ thinks that Richie is a person who did not really have to be in a group with anybody. Also, Russ thinks that nobody is "cool enough" to hang out with Richie.
ReplyDelete2) Russ stereotypes Richie Tucker because of his body language, his age, what he wears, and what others say about him. Russ thinks Richie is strange and scary because he is an eighth grader that leans on walls as if he is a gangster. Not every eighth grader that leans on walls in a certain way has to be strange and scary. Maybe the person is just tired, but in this book, Richie is actually strange and scary. Also, Russ thinks Richie is "cool" because of his black jacket. Russ feels, "I was thinking maybe I could get a jacked like that ... " Lastly, many people say that you don't want to e around Richie Tucker, so Russ listens to them and forms an opinion about Richie, which happens to be also his final opinion.
ReplyDeleteSo far, Russ thinks Elliot is not as bad as people at school say he is. Elliot is nice and is a pretty good friend to have, especially for advice when you get bullied (because Elliot knows a lot about dinosaurs and their predators, which can be related to bullies and their victims). On page 41, Russ tells his mother about Elliot and Catalina, "Well, yeah. I mean they're kind of out there, but I think they're okay."
ReplyDelete4) On page 37 Russ talks about platypi and evolving because the platypi were the prey of the dinos but just like Russ, Catalina, and Elliot want to stop being bullied. The platypi could keep away from being killed alot by evolving so Russ, and Catalina want to be able to evolve to keep away from being bullied.
ReplyDelete5)When Richie carries Russ off the street after punching him I would say he is at either level one or level five on the six levels of moral develepmont. I think so because Richie carried him off the street because he didn't want to get in trouble for hurting Russ, or he could be a level five because he was being considerate and he didn't want to hurt him badly he just wanted to make an example to him.
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Delete1: Russ wants to be like Richie because he doesn’t want to be bullied. Russ likes Richie’s black army jacket(P.6 Ch.1).
2: Russ thinks Richie is a bully. Richie wants to be a bully. He looks like a bully with his black army jacket(P.5 Ch.1).
3: Russ thinks Elliot is a nerd. He thinks Elliot is an expert on bullies(P.17 Ch.3).
4: Russ talks about the platypuses & evolving because he, Elliot, & Catalina are trying to evolve, but they need luck. The platypuses survived/evolved with luck.
5: I think Richie is on level 1. Level 1 is “I don’t want to get in trouble”. He doesn’t show any of the other levels.
Q1) Russ wants to be like Richie because he feels left out. " It was like everyone else took a secret summer course in how to act, what to say, what group to be in and I never found out about it." [p.1] This quote proves that Russ felt like he didn't fit in and on top of that he never seems to say the right thing. Russ hopes that if he was like Richie he wouldn't be left out.
ReplyDeleteQ2) Russ stereotype Richie as a cool popular person.
" Probably nobody was cool enough, or strange or scary enough, to hang around Richie Tucker anyway". [p.5] This shows that Russ stereotype Richie as a kid who is intimidating even without a gang behind him.
Q3) Russ thinks of Elliot as the perfect stereotypical nerd. " He was small, and that wasn't good; he had a horrible name; and he was smart, which only made things worse. And anyway, somebody has to be on the bottom and in our class it was him." [p.17] This quote illustrates why most of the students at Parkland react to him as the one kid that anyone can trash.
Q4) I think Elliot relates to platypuses because they found a strategy to survive even if the dinosaurs didn't. " I mean all those helpless dinosaurs weren't really helpless, were they? ....they all created some sort of strategy for surviving." [p.37] This quote shows that Russ is trying to find some sort of strategy to stop getting bullied.
Q5) I think Richie is on level 1 because bullying is really low in the first place, and he could have gotten in serious trouble. The only reason he carried Russ off the street is because it could have affected Richie to a major extents. For example, he could have gotten expelled.
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ReplyDelete1. I think that Big Chris had a change of attitude when he saw the damage that he had caused by throwing Elliot of the bridge. He tried to get help and he himself went into the river to rescue Elliot. I also think that by doing that he was trying to make up for all of the bad things that he had done to Elliot, I think that as the story progresses he will change into a better person.”Chris jumped ahead from rock to rock. Out in the middle he put his hand on a rock and hopped down into the water. I slipped and banged my knee, but I got in. Under the bridge Chris was in swirling water up to his waste. He was kneeling back against the current and he had Elliot by the shoulders, trying to pull him out of the water. Elliot’s head was rolling, I slid down and into the water, I guess it was cold. I didn’t notice.”This quote shows how Chris tried to help Elliot after he fell from the bridge.
2. I think that violence should only be used if it is absolutely necessary, otherwise it just hurts people. An example of that is when Elliot is kicking and punching and flailing so that he won’t get thrown from bridge, which could be fatal. I didn’t think he had a very good reason to go to the Jock Rots and attack them, he might have wanted revenge, but in the end he also got hurt .
3. I agree with what Russ’s mom said. I think that Russ’s mom is thinking about what happened to Elliot, but she is also thinking about the people who are supporting Elliot. She is also telling Catalina and Russ that if Elliot didn’t have his friends and family to support him and help him, it might have been worse than one hospital trip.
4. I have to agree with Russ’s mom, emotional bullying hurts more than physical bullying. Physical bullying can scar your skin for some time, but emotional bullying will scar your heart for the rest of your life. Also if boys get physically bullied by their best friend, they just laugh about it, but for girls if you get emotionally bullied by your best friend you get very offended and emotional.
Russ wants to be like Richie because he thinks Richie is "cool". Russ thinks that if he was like Richie, people wouldn't bully him and he would have power. He says, Richie Tucker. Whoa. Now he was someone you stayed away from." showing that he was afraid of Richie. Russ wishes if everyone was afraid and stayed away from him, non of the bullying would of happened.
ReplyDeleteRuss stereotype Richie as a scary, distant person. Riche always seemed to be there, watching, and nobody bothered him. He wears cool clothes like a big leather jacket Russ wishes he had, and just seemed like a predator. He says “All of a sudden he had this power over me." showing that he is intimidated by Richie's appearance.
ReplyDeleteRuss thinks of Eliot of a bigger bully magnet than him. He says." I wasn't going to make friends with Eliot, just ask him a few questions. Showing that he is embarrassed by Eliot. However, later he makes friends and says "Well, yeah. I mean they're kind of out there, but I think they're okay." Meaning that later he makes friends and has a bit of fun with them
ReplyDeleteRuss talks about platypuses evolving, saying that they needed to get smarter and "evolve", i.e. get smarter an stand up. He talks about platypuses because their nearly related to dinosaurs, and Eliot loves dinosaurs Russ says "The creatures that did survive. They created some strategy right? For surviving."
ReplyDelete1. During their interaction outside Convenience Farms, Richie is clearly mean to Russ. Why do you think Russ wants to be like Richie, given that the interaction was such a negative one? Make a claim, based on inference, and using evidence from the text. Paraphrase text from the book to support your claim/opinion.
ReplyDeleteI think russ want to be like richie because Richie is strong and powerful. I don’t think that Russ wants to be a bully, but he wants to be strong.
“I saw his fist pull back and I wanted to say No, Please I didn’t mean to, but i just watched his fist drive into my stomach.” This quote shows that russ is in fear. And fear only happens when the opponent is stronger than you, so Russ is sure that Richie is strong.
2. How does Russ stereotype Richie Tucker? Make a claim, and provide a quote from the story to support your claim/opinion.
I think Russ is calling Richie as a Tyranno.
“What DID tyranno pray do?” This quote proves that Russ is calling Richie a Tyranno because Richie acts like a dinosaur.
3. What is Russ's attitude towards Elliot so far (what does he think of Elliot). Make a claim; use a quote from the story to support your claim/opinion.
I think that Russ is thinking that Elliot is small and smart.
“He was small, and that wasn’t good; he had a horrible name ; and he was smart, which made things worse.” This quote saids elliot is small and smart.
4. On p. 37 Russ talks about platypuses and evolving. Why does he talk about this, and how do you think it relates to the bullying he, Catalina, and Elliot are experiencing. Explain.
I think the dinosaur relates to Richie because they are both bullying somebody and hurting somebody.
5. On p. 44 Richie carries Russ off the street after he punches him. Using the 6 levels of moral development we discussed in class, explain what level you think Richie is on when he carries Russ to safety after bullying him. Make a claim, and use evidence to support your answer.
I think Richie is in level 6 in the moral development because he is making a decision very quickly.
“It was Richie, quickly walking away.” this quote tells he walked quickly.
A1. He wants to be like Richie because then he wouldn’t get bullied anymore, everyone would be feared by him. On pg. 5, Russ says "’I was thinking maybe I could get a jacket like that, I wondered where you could buy one,’ when Richie turned his head and looked at me.” I think this quote shows that Russ wants to be like Richie, and Russ thinks that he could get the jacket and that would help him be like Richie so Russ wouldn't get bullied anymore, everyone would be feared by him.
ReplyDeleteA2. Russ stereotypes Richie because Russ thinks that Richie is very tough, but maybe he is nice and has some heart. Richie might have been bullied in the past, which is why he was being such a jerk to Russ. On page 3, “Someone picked me up by my armpit and one leg and carried me off the street, Laid me down. The grass was cool and soft. The person’s feet went away, then came back, and my backpack was dumped beside me. The feet hurried off. I looked up. It was Richie, quickly walking away.” This relates to my claim because after Richie punched him, he laid Russ on the grass and put his backpack next to him, too.
A3. Russ feels worried for his friend because Catalina was his first friend. Russ is worried that Elliot might lose his first friend. On page 43, “Catalina was (along with me, more or less) the first kids who had been nice to Elliot in a very long time.” This quote supports my claim because
A5. We think that Richie Tucker is on number 5 (I am considerate of other people) because after punching Russ, he probably felt bad for him and put him on the grass. He shouldn't have punched him in the first place, but showing consideration for Russ, in a way, canceled out his bad deed. This claim supports my quote on page 3, “‘Someone picked me up by my armpit and one leg and carried me off the street, Laid me down. The grass was cool and soft. The person’s feet went away, then came back, and my backpack was dumped beside me. The feet hurried off. I looked up. It was Richie, quickly walking away.”