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In the beginning of the novel, Katherine Paterson shows us a typical day in the life of Jess. Here are some questions to get you thinking: How is Jess's home life similar or different from your own? How well does Jess fit in with other kids at school? What is important to Jess? In other words, what does he value?
I really liked the beginning of Bridge to Terabithia, since it shows how girls can be as strong, or as fast, as the boys. It also shows how there are some boys that dont know how to loose, and some that do. I also liked the part which Jesse protects Leslie, by telling them to let her run. I though it was really sweet of him.
Well, Jess lives in a farm, away from the city. He is in fifth grade and works at the farm. There are many differences between our life and his. Firstly I, for one, live in a house in the city and the school is much smaller in number of students. Also Jess is fairly poor. In his school, there are bullies, seats for each class and even the play ground is divided while here in ISC there are technicaly no bullies, the recess is free and there are no bathroom bullies. Jess's school's monitors aren't really good or the school isn't strict because there are many fights and violence. Our lifer is very different since we are richer, our school has less students and more materials and ISC doesn't tolerate violence
I feel sorry for jesse because he has like 3 sisters and he does all the work like cleaning the house and his mother has a bad temper, she is always screaming at him and he does everything, I understand why him and leslie want a place only for them.
Responding to Paul: I agree with you since one sister is already enough, imagine for him who is poor, has to work on a farm and also has school problems. At least he gets Leslie as a friend or else his life would be "screwed up" completely
Jesse has a passion that is for running and my passion is soccer. He loves running, he compete with other kids. He is really good at it. But than Leslie arrived and she was fastest than him but hr didn't cared and they became friends.
I think that my life is not similar to Jesse's life. First I don't have so much sisters, i only have one and that's enough. His mother is always in a bad temper mine is sometimes but not all the time. I don't do the dish washing and cleaning cloyhes. My mom do it. For me its the opposite my sister work and I don't do anything.
Well, my life is really different form Jesse's life, since I have only one sister and i dont have to work alot like him. I do have to wash the dishes sometimes and do my bed, but his parents make him work to hard. Its not fair how they use him, his siters should also work at least a little, like by washing the dishes and helping their mother at the house. They do help a little, but I think they should cooperate more so their mother could calm down and maybe not be so stressed, and Jesse wouldnt have to work that much.
Commenting on Klaus, Yes I agree, our lifes are realy different form Jesse's life like our education. You can see by Jesse's school, where there are not enough materials and at the same time many bullies, which we dont have at our school. We are also really different in where we live, most of us like Klasu said, live in houses, since we have more money then Jesse, but even though he is poor, he still has a really good personality, since he is a really good student and a good son.
Responding to Paul, I also feel sorry for Jesse since he has so many sisters. I do have one sister and its not bad, but it must be really hard for a fifth grade boy to live in a house with many sisters which dont help him at work, and a mother which is always with a bad temper. He should feel happy when his father is home, but he doesnt, since his father is always screaming at him telling him to work. Then when he get to school there are many bullies.
I'm really glad Jesse met Leslie, since she is also a really good person, which has vivid imagination just like Jesse. I'm alo glad they became good friends, because Leslie is making Jesse's life better, since he finaly has a friend to talk to. They invented this place called Terabithia so they could escape from their problems and have a place far away from reality and inside their own magic kingdom. They use Terabithia to read, draw and have a time of their own. I think it really helped Jesse and Leslie, since they go there and have lots of fun and get to be who they actually are without anyone judging them in any way.
Well I think Jess values running since it's like a sport to him and the only thing he had to do at recess before Leslie came. As it explained in the beggining, the school's recess area was divided in the soccer place for middle school and high scool, a place in like a courtyard for the girls, a hard, bumpy ground for boys in elementary to play. After all what else could they play since there was only a bumpy field and no other ball.
Responding to Klaus, I agree that Jesse values running since he considers it a sport, and it is a sport he is really good at. I also think he likes running because he haves fun while he runs, just like some people have fun while playing soccer or other sports. Also, since they had no other thing to do, since there were no balls or gyms so they could play in, Jesse started to run and to get better at it every time.
I think that Leslie's death was really bad for Jesse. Leslie was his only friend, and now she died. But if it had happened to "old Jesse" it would have been really different, since Jesse changed alot durring the story. This "new Jesse" wasnt afraid, he was brave. I think that he dealed with Leslie's deaht really well, yes, he was sad on the beggining, but after he decided to move on and continue to rule Terabithia.
I think it was really sweet of Jesse to turn his siter into the new queen of Terabithia. May Belle always wanted to go paly with Jesse and Lelsie, but he never let her, sicne she was too small. But now that Lelslie was gone, It was really nice of him to let her "play" with him. It was good for May Belle and for Jesse, since he wasnt lonely anymore and she finally got what she wanted.
I feel quite sorry for Jesse that Leslie died, but I also feel happy that he atleast got to meet her. Since he met Leslie, he changed alot and I feel glad they became friends, it is sad that she had to go but they atleast were good friends and had fun together. There is a quote that is like this: "Dont cry because it is over, smile because it happened." It goes really well with Jesse, since he shouldnt cry because Leslie died, but smile because he got to met her.
In the beginning of the novel, Katherine Paterson shows us a typical day in the life of Jess. Here are some questions to get you thinking:
ReplyDeleteHow is Jess's home life similar or different from your own?
How well does Jess fit in with other kids at school?
What is important to Jess? In other words, what does he value?
I really liked the beginning of Bridge to Terabithia, since it shows how girls can be as strong, or as fast, as the boys. It also shows how there are some boys that dont know how to loose, and some that do. I also liked the part which Jesse protects Leslie, by telling them to let her run. I though it was really sweet of him.
ReplyDeleteWell, Jess lives in a farm, away from the city. He is in fifth grade and works at the farm. There are many differences between our life and his. Firstly I, for one, live in a house in the city and the school is much smaller in number of students. Also Jess is fairly poor. In his school, there are bullies, seats for each class and even the play ground is divided while here in ISC there are technicaly no bullies, the recess is free and there are no bathroom bullies. Jess's school's monitors aren't really good or the school isn't strict because there are many fights and violence. Our lifer is very different since we are richer, our school has less students and more materials and ISC doesn't tolerate violence
ReplyDeleteI feel sorry for jesse because he has like 3 sisters and he does all the work like cleaning the house and his mother has a bad temper, she is always screaming at him and he does everything, I understand why him and leslie want a place only for them.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with you since one sister is already enough, imagine for him who is poor, has to work on a farm and also has school problems. At least he gets Leslie as a friend or else his life would be "screwed up" completely
Jesse has a passion that is for running and my passion is soccer. He loves running, he compete with other kids. He is really good at it. But than Leslie arrived and she was fastest than him but hr didn't cared and they became friends.
ReplyDeleteI think that my life is not similar to Jesse's life. First I don't have so much sisters, i only have one and that's enough. His mother is always in a bad temper mine is sometimes but not all the time. I don't do the dish washing and cleaning cloyhes. My mom do it. For me its the opposite my sister work and I don't do anything.
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ReplyDeleteWell, my life is really different form Jesse's life, since I have only one sister and i dont have to work alot like him. I do have to wash the dishes sometimes and do my bed, but his parents make him work to hard. Its not fair how they use him, his siters should also work at least a little, like by washing the dishes and helping their mother at the house. They do help a little, but I think they should cooperate more so their mother could calm down and maybe not be so stressed, and Jesse wouldnt have to work that much.
ReplyDeleteCommenting on Klaus, Yes I agree, our lifes are realy different form Jesse's life like our education. You can see by Jesse's school, where there are not enough materials and at the same time many bullies, which we dont have at our school. We are also really different in where we live, most of us like Klasu said, live in houses, since we have more money then Jesse, but even though he is poor, he still has a really good personality, since he is a really good student and a good son.
ReplyDeleteResponding to Paul,
ReplyDeleteI also feel sorry for Jesse since he has so many sisters. I do have one sister and its not bad, but it must be really hard for a fifth grade boy to live in a house with many sisters which dont help him at work, and a mother which is always with a bad temper. He should feel happy when his father is home, but he doesnt, since his father is always screaming at him telling him to work. Then when he get to school there are many bullies.
I'm really glad Jesse met Leslie, since she is also a really good person, which has vivid imagination just like Jesse. I'm alo glad they became good friends, because Leslie is making Jesse's life better, since he finaly has a friend to talk to. They invented this place called Terabithia so they could escape from their problems and have a place far away from reality and inside their own magic kingdom. They use Terabithia to read, draw and have a time of their own. I think it really helped Jesse and Leslie, since they go there and have lots of fun and get to be who they actually are without anyone judging them in any way.
ReplyDeleteWell I think Jess values running since it's like a sport to him and the only thing he had to do at recess before Leslie came. As it explained in the beggining, the school's recess area was divided in the soccer place for middle school and high scool, a place in like a courtyard for the girls, a hard, bumpy ground for boys in elementary to play. After all what else could they play since there was only a bumpy field and no other ball.
ReplyDeleteResponding to Klaus,
ReplyDeleteI agree that Jesse values running since he considers it a sport, and it is a sport he is really good at. I also think he likes running because he haves fun while he runs, just like some people have fun while playing soccer or other sports. Also, since they had no other thing to do, since there were no balls or gyms so they could play in, Jesse started to run and to get better at it every time.
I think that Leslie's death was really bad for Jesse. Leslie was his only friend, and now she died. But if it had happened to "old Jesse" it would have been really different, since Jesse changed alot durring the story. This "new Jesse" wasnt afraid, he was brave. I think that he dealed with Leslie's deaht really well, yes, he was sad on the beggining, but after he decided to move on and continue to rule Terabithia.
ReplyDeleteI think it was really sweet of Jesse to turn his siter into the new queen of Terabithia. May Belle always wanted to go paly with Jesse and Lelsie, but he never let her, sicne she was too small. But now that Lelslie was gone, It was really nice of him to let her "play" with him. It was good for May Belle and for Jesse, since he wasnt lonely anymore and she finally got what she wanted.
ReplyDeleteI feel quite sorry for Jesse that Leslie died, but I also feel happy that he atleast got to meet her. Since he met Leslie, he changed alot and I feel glad they became friends, it is sad that she had to go but they atleast were good friends and had fun together. There is a quote that is like this: "Dont cry because it is over, smile because it happened." It goes really well with Jesse, since he shouldnt cry because Leslie died, but smile because he got to met her.
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