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I AM DAVID media type="custom" key="3879803" **My heart song** I used to think maybe you love me, now baby I'm sure And I just cant wait till the day, when you knock on my door Now every time I go for the mail box, gotta hold myself down 'cause I just cant wait till you write me, you're coming around

[Chorus:]

I'm walking on sunshine (whoa oh) I'm walking on sunshine (whoa oh) I'm walking on sunshine (whoa oh) And don't it feel good (HEY!) Alright now And don't it feel good (HEY!) Alright now All right now yeah! (HEY!)

I used to think maybe you love me, I know that it's true And I don't wanna spend all of my life just waiting for you (just waiting for you) Now I don't want you back for the weekend, not back for a day, no, no, no Baby I just want you back and I want you to stay

[Chorus]

Walking on sunshine Walking on sunshine

I feel the love, I feel the love, I feel the love that's really real I feel the love, I feel the love, I feel the love that's really real I’m walkin on sunshine baby yeah (times 2) Chorus time 3 Walking on sunshine till the end

I picked the song WALKING ON SUNSHINE because it is a really fun uplifting song that has a great beat that when I hear the song it reminds me of a lot of fun and happy time including family holidays in Noosa when we play it at the beach, it also reminds me of a story that my mum told me of when the song was played at the conclusion of a funeral service of my mum’s cousin (my 2nd cousin) who was 40 and died from breast cancer so every time this song is played, she is remembered.
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About two or three years ago my brother Oscar and I were sitting in the backyard and we were really bored, we ran over the road with our thongs slapping against our feet to see our friends were home. We got to the door and rang the door bell. Their dad answered the door and we asked if they were home and they came running to the door like a herd of elephants. We ran back and played out the front of my house on the bikes and skate board for ages and it started getting really boring. I saw my friend Imogine in the car and she stopped and stayed at my place for a bit, we stayed out the front and picked leaves and nuts off the trees the put them into a container I could smells the eucalyptus in the container from the leaves. I was holding the container and it had rocks in it as well, we ran around the corner to go inside and because I was running and I’m so unco and as always I tripped over and all of the rocks and nuts clattered to the ground as I hit my head against the concrete. I started to pick everything up (I don’t know why) then mum yelled out the window “Soph can you please put the bikes and skateboard away thanks!” So I grabbed the container and I took it with me and left some of the nuts the rocks still on the ground. I went back inside to play in there instead, we went into my room and we all of a sudden heard the phone ring and I t gave me a fright. I ran down the hall to answer it, I picked it up. “Hello Sophie speaking” “Oh hello Sophie its Imogines mum, I’m on my way home and I will be getting Imogine on the way past” “ok I’ll see you soon””bye Sophie” “Bye” .When Imogine left I was stuck with Oscar again. We heard a knock on the door Oscar and I ran down the hall to answer, we opened it and it was our cousin James and our uncle Andrew. We went outside and I went and got the bike and skateboard and I also brought back my skipping rope, we were out the front for a while, then James had an Idea so we tied the front of the skateboard to the back of the bike with my skipping rope, James got on the bike and Oscar got on the skateboard. James pulled Oscar along the footpath while he was on the skateboard I was told to make sure that Oscar didn’t hit a rock or bump because if he did he would probably fall off, but I didn’t watched and they went around the corner where I had dropped the nuts and rocks I heard him go over them like someone was crushing bones. Then all of a sudden he hit a big rock I yelled out to James “STOP!” I heard the breaks of the bike squeak and Oscar had fallen off head first and ripped the skin off his face before I had yelled out. James kept saying to me “it’s your fault, it’s your fault” accusingly. I felt so bad and that just made it worse it felt like I had done something so bad that I couldn’t fix it but I knew it wasn’t as bad as James made it seem. Oscar was angry with me that night but I explained what happened and he understood. I would be angry to if I had ripped the skin off my face then went to a party and couldn’t eat but the good thing is he was ok and he got over it!


 * I am david **

1. After World War two, fifty million people died, [icluding-including] over six million jews. 2. A dictator is a > 3. List the two dictators mentioned in this selection, and the countries of which they were the leaders. > Joseph Stalin leader of the soviet union and Adolph Hitler leader of Germany. > 4.Who first used the expression “iron curtain”? What is meant by an “iron curtain” ? > Winston Churchill first said the [expretion - expression] 'iron curtain' and it means you have not finished this question - Miss Collis. > 5.What is a “labour camp”? Who was put into labour camps? By whom? Why is David in a labour camp?Labour camp is a punishment camp were the prisioners are made to work and they are put there by the government.Convicts and children without family and people who dont agree with the government as well.David was put in the camp when his parents did not agree with the givernment. > 6. Make up one question of your own about something you think is important to know from reading this selection.Then answer your question. Q. Over how many jews died? A. Over 6 million jews died after world war two.
 * A speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine
 * A ruler who is unconstrained by law
 * Authoritarian: a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner; "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime"

Very good work Sophie. A couple of spelling mistakes. Make sure to do a spell check. Miss Collis 

repulsive - causing repugnance or aversion: a repulsive mask //.// capable of causing repulsion; serving to repulse:  to present enough repulsive force to keep the enemy from daring to attack. thicket thick or dense growth of shrubs, bushes, or small trees; a thick coppice. - grating - a fixed frame of bars or the like covering an opening to exclude persons, animals, coarse material, or objects while admitting light, air, or fine material. catastrophe - a sudden and widespread disaster: the catastrophe of war. dwell - To live or stay as a premenent resdence. dozed - to sleep lightly or fitfully.

1. As in most novels, the first chapter introduces the character and sets the scene for what is to follow. But what you are told in the first chapter of I Am David is some- what mysterious, even outright confusing. A snippet of information here, a tantali- zing bit there. Why does the author do that? Why doesn't she tell you outright who David is and where he was? She wants us to fell  in the story to not now what will happen in the story and the characters that will be indroduced so we want to judt keep reading when she will leave us in saspence.[spelling mistakes] 2. Why does David hate the man? Does this hatred seem justified, considering what the man is doing for him? Explain.I dont understand.... 3. Look up the word paranoid. Would you call David paranoid? Explain by giving exam- ples that might explain David's odd behaviour. 4. In the truck, on his way to Salonica, David experiences a moment of intense fear. How does this sudden fear come about? How does David conquer it? Who is Johannes? What does he symbolize? Why does Johannes "stay behind in Salonica"? 5. Geographically, David has moved from wherever the camp is, to Italy. From where has he moved emotionally? 6. Make a short list, in point form, of the bits of information you have thus far received about David. He is 12 years old He doesnt no were his family is

Sophie, if you are unsure of a question then you need to ask for more assistance so that you gain further understanding. As a result of not answering you have not completed so many of the questions. This really isn't good enough. You must also learn to use your spell checker. Miss Collis. <span style="display: block; font-size: 200%; color: rgb(9,9,185); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">CHAPTER TWO - <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">DUE 04/06/09 **__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">**<span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Vocabulary: Look up the following words and give the definitions ** <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">intermingled - to become mixed together... lithe - young, healthy, attractive and able to move and bend gracefully... irksome - annoy or tiresome ... intervals -Breaks ...spurs -a pricking device... verge -an edge or border... clamber -a difficault climb climb with some difficault.. credit - arancia- Its a friut..apfelsinen is arancia translated into german ... - intricate - very complicated...passionate- showin of moved by strong emotion..

<span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">1. The Chapter begins with a descriptive paragraph. List the descriptive words.Blueness, curved, intermingled, fade, melted and beatful. - <span style="font-size: 135%; color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Very good work Sophie, Miss C. <span style="font-size: 135%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> 2. David gives himself a good scrubbing. But he is doing more than just washing himself. Re-check the meaning of the word symbolic and explain what is symbolic about David cleansing himself. Why is it so important to him? What effect does it have on his relationships with his surroundings? List the words that indicate a change in David.When the men <span style="font-size: 135%; color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">[enterd - entered] <span style="font-size: 135%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">the camp they were very clean and white but as time went on they gatherd dirt and smell of the camp and when David washed him self he washed away the camp,it smell its touch ,now he was David his own master,free - free as long as he could remain so. 3. Why had David thought at one time that he might be Jewish? Because as a rule the <span style="font-size: 135%; color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">[peole - people] <span style="font-size: 135%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> they imprisoned <span style="font-size: 135%; color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">[werenormaly - were normally] <span style="font-size: 135%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">jewish.
 * <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Questions: **

4. Why had there been scarcely any difference between the men and the women in the camp? Find an image showing what people in the concentration camps looked like and upload it to your wiki site. <span style="font-size: 135%; color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Where is your description of what the men and women look like? Miss Collis <span style="font-size: 135%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> 5. What is strange about David's eyes? They are very quiet looking. <span style="font-size: 135%; color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">You need to expand further - Miss Collis

Sophie, you have completed some good work. You must however ask for help when you get stuck. Don't forget that you can send me an e-mail any time to ask for help or come and see me. Miss Collis <span style="font-size: 135%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">

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===**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">__CHAPTERS THREE & FOUR__ <span style="display: block; font-size: 150%; color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">__DUE 05/06/09__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> **=== <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">**<span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Vocabulary: Look up the following words and give the definitions ** <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">exhausting - MAKE SOMEBODY VERY TIRED...terrain - STRECH OF LAND HILLY TERRAIN....dispassionately - CALM AND IMPARTIAL...disconcerted - NOT HAVING A CONECTION ETWEEN ITS PARTS....brevity - SHORTNESS BRIEFNESS....anxious -WORRIED---EAGER..... awkward -DIFFECULT DO DEAL WITH--CLUMSY OR NOT SKILLFUL--EMBARRASSED.......ensnareTO CAPTURE IN OR INVOLE AS IN A SNARE...... - sinister - BAD EVIL OR WICKED.....genuine -POSSESING THE CAMLBED ATTRIBUTED CHARACTER..... conspicuous -EASLY SEEN NOTICEABLE..... lorries -TYPE OF BRITISH TRUCK..............hostage -A PERSON daft - succumbed

<span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">**<span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Questions ** > (a) What purpose would a God serve? > (b) What kind of God does he select for himself? What factors are considered by David as he makes his choice? > (c) Which factor do you think is the most important to him? Explain. > (d) Read David's prayer and tell what he expects from God. > (e) Compare his God with those he rejects. What does this tell you about David?
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Why does David feel he still has to obey the man and go north to Denmark, even though the man can no longer control him?
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">After losing his compass, David decided that he must have a God
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">When David helps the couple he feels: "... a strong impulse to do something quite voluntary for another person... It felt almost like possessing something, something so big that he could give some of it away." (p.63) Explain what he means with that.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">David has a way of deciding if a country is a free one or not. What is his method? Do you think it is a good one? Explain.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Why is it that David cannot teach himself to smile.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">David, till he meets Angelo, had thought that good people must also be clever. Why did he think so and why was he puzzled?
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Why had the prisoners in the camp said: "Don't tell the boy anything they may try to worm out of him afterwards"?
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">When David meets up with the mean little boy, he doesn't fight back. Explain why he doesn't and why he compares the boy with the camp guards.

<span style="color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Sophie, unfortunately you have not completed a substantial amount of work. This is a very poor effort and requires much more commitment. Miss Collis

exhausting - MAKE SOMEBODY VERY TIRED...terrain - STRECH OF LAND HILLY TERRAIN....dispassionately - CALM AND IMPARTIAL...disconcerted - NOT HAVING A CONECTION ETWEEN ITS PARTS....brevity - SHORTNESS BRIEFNESS....anxious -WORRIED---EAGER..... awkward -DIFFECULT DO DEAL WITH--CLUMSY OR NOT SKILLFUL--EMBARRASSED.......ensnare TO CAPTURE IN OR INVOLE AS IN A SNARE...... - sinister - BAD EVIL OR WICKED.....genuine -POSSESING THE CAMLBED ATTRIBUTED CHARACTER..... conspicuous -EASLY SEEN NOTICEABLE..... lorries -TYPE OF BRITISH TRUCK..............hostage -A PERSON daft - succumbed <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">
 * <span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">There is no tmuch more here ! **
 * <span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Vocabulary: Look up the following words and give the definitions **<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Why does David feel he still has to obey the man and go north to Denmark, even though the man can no longer control him? <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> David may think that if he disobeys the man that he may not become free again. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">After losing his compass, David decided that he must have a God. (a) What purpose would a God serve? <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The god would help David find his way without a compass <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> <span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">(b) what kind of God does he select for himself? What factors are considered by David as he makes his choice? <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: TTE1847428t00; msobidifontfamily: TTE1847428t00;"> “He maketh me to lie down in green <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> pastures, He leadeth me beside the still waters.” <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> <span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: TTE1847428t00; msobidifontfamily: TTE1847428t00;">The god of the green pastures and still waters. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> <span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> (c) Which factor do you think is the most important to him? Explain. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msolist: Ignore;">4. <span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> (d) Read David's prayer and tell what he expects from God. (e) Compare his God with those he rejects. What does this tell you about David? <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msolist: Ignore;">5. <span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">When David helps the couple he feels: "... a strong impulse to do something quite voluntary for another person... It felt almost like possessing something, something so big that he could give some of it away." (p.63) Explain what he means with that. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msolist: Ignore;">6. <span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">David has a way of deciding if a country is a free one or not. What is his method? Do you think it is a good one? Explain. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msolist: Ignore;">7. <span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Why is it that David cannot teach himself to smile. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> He doesn’t know what it is. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msolist: Ignore;">8. <span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">David, till he meets Angelo, had thought that good people must also be clever. Why did he think so and why was he puzzled? <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msolist: Ignore;">9. <span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Why had the prisoners in the camp said: "Don't tell the boy anything they may try to worm out of him afterwards"? <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> Johannes used to say it as well and they may have said it because <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msolist: Ignore;">10. <span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">When David meets up with the mean little boy, he doesn't fight back. Explain why he doesn't and why he compares the boy with the camp guards. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">
 * <span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Questions **<span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">

lather – foam formed my soap or detergent agitated in water ….gracious - <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> deception - <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> the act of deceiving; the state of being deceived. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> Absurd - <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue; contrary to all reason or common sense; laughably foolish or false: //an absurd explanation.// <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> Rebuffed - <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">a blunt or abrupt rejection, as of a person making advances. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> contempt - <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> Wretched - <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> Sorrow- <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">
 * <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">CHAPTERS FIVE & SIX **
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 * Questions**

1. Why does Chapter 5 start with an analysis of the word beautiful? Chapter 5 starts with the analysis of the world beautiful because he had never experienced anything that was positive or “beautiful”.

2. Why did the book have to be published before 1917, so that //they// couldn't have made it up? Check what famous historical event - "that shook the world" - took place in that year. Because he didn’t know who he could trust and if anything that was said was true. Europe changed drastically and was in turmoil with the Russian revolution during the First World War. 3. David's hatred for Carlo is described as pure. What does that mean? David's actions toward Carlo "normal" for a twelve-year old boy? Explain.

4. Why are Andrea's questions more threatening to David than Maria's questions? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">

5. Do you think the children are aware that David is different? Explain, using examples from the chapters.

6. Why does chapter 6 end with a discussion on the meaning of sorrow. What is the meaning of sorrow according to Signor Bang? <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">