Misjudging People

Examples from the book

• "Shelly's nice, and she's nice, and she's got a lot of hair."
• "...taking off and showing off like only Juli Baker can."

What is the author's opinion on this topic?

• The author thinks it should be dealt with. For example,
• at the beginning of the book, Bryce thought Juli was
• annoying and a show-off, but towards the end of the
• book, he doesn't think that anymore. Therefore, she's
• saying that you should cope with your misjudgements.

Why did the author use this topic?

• I think the author used this topic to
• emphasize how wrong Bryce was of
• Juli, and how wrong Juli was of Bryce.

RwP: Summarize the article

• You should not judge someone on their appearance, for
• example, if someone doesn't talk, you could think they
• are just shy. But if you get to know them, they could turn
• out to be extremely nice.

Discuss the RW example

• I don't think it was very relevant to Flipped as much as I thought it would.
• Bryce didn't judge Juli for her looks, besides the one time she was covered
• in mud and he thought as was always muddy and disgusting. Bryce didn't
• look at her appearance, because what he saw was a girl with a very high
• self-esteem and lack of Bryce's hints that he didn't want to play with her.

opinion on rwp

• My opinion is I think that the author is right. You shouldn't
• stereotype someone if you haven't talked to them. And the
• author did the right thing to try to befriend her. Most people
• don't even speak to them, having their provided stereotype
• stored in the back of their head whenever they see them.

How would the author react to the article

• I think the author could agree in some ways and
• disagree in others. I don't know, in writing she would
• disagree. She would believe that people should
• disagree. She would believe that people should
• think what they want to think, which is true, but
• they should review all the evidence first.
• they should review all the evidence first.

*Continued*

• But overall, I think she would agree with it,
• because at the end of the book, all their
• stereotypes dissolved. Juli didn't hate
• Bryce anymore, and Juli wasn't a show
• off to Bryce.