PRESENTATION OUTLINE
SEPTEMBER
DEFEAT CAN MAKE THE MOST SANE OF PEOPLE GO INSANE!
"Mrs. Baker eyed me all day on Tuesday, looking like she wanted something awful to happen--sort of like what Israel Hands wanted to happen to Jim Hawkins." (Schmidt 10)
OCTOBER
EQUALITY AND CARE CAN CHANGE THE PERSPECTIVE OF ONE'S MINDSET - TOWARDS SCHOOL AND LIFE.
HARDWORK DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED.
"On Wednesday afternoons from now on, we will be reading Shakespeare TOGETHER." (To lighten up his chore-work after school) - Schmidt (40)
"If we both finish in time, you may have one of the cream puffs." (reward) - Schmidt (32)
NOVEMBER
NO MATTER HOW DREADFUL AN EVENT MAY SEEM, THERE IS ALWAYS A POSITIVE OUTLOOK!
"And how I got twenty-two cream puffs for two dollars and eighty cents less than I should have--plus two more free, since they come cheaper by the dozen." (All because of Mrs. Baker's plot against Holling of reading Shakespeare) - Schmidt (10)
DECEMBER
YOU MAY GO THROUGH TROUBLING OR SORROWFUL TIMES, BUT, GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO ARE PATIENT AND KIND!
"My brother-in-law, whom I believe Mr. Hupfer and Mr. Hoodhood both saw the other night following the Extravaganza, has asked me to give you these as holiday gifts, compliments of the Baker Sporting Emporium," said Mrs. Baker.
(After seeing what a tragic thing of a baseball idol had done to Holling; not autograph his baseball just because he had been wearing vibrant yellow tights!)
JANUARY
EVERYONE IS A HERO IN ONE'S MIND, TO SOMEONE ELSE IN THEIR OWN PERSONAL WAY.
"Local hero Holling Hoodhood soars across intersection to rescue sister." (Saving her from a speeding bus coming her way!)
FEBRUARY
WE ARE ALL HUMAN BEINGS, THEREFORE, WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES IN LIFE.
ALSO, WE ALL HAVE FEELINGS THAT CAN BE SHATTERED THROUGH JUST ONE PHRASE FROM THE MOUTH.
"It wasn't my fault," she said. "I just showed him your drawing, because it was so good. I didn't know he would use the same design." "Sure, Meryl Lee." "It's true," she said.
"I'd keep the dark glasses on, Meryl Lee. It's easier to lie to someone if they can't see your eyes."
MARCH
THE POWER OF MOTIVATION MAY ALMOST BE AS STRONG AS MERCY.
"You won't run fast unless you really want to run fast, and really wanting to run fast is what gives you motivation."
APRIL
THE USE OF HARDWORK CAN BUILD UP TO SOME OF YOUR (THE) GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS!
"I was rounding first, and then second, and then third, and Danny Hupfer was waving me home with his shirt, and when I got there, the cheering erupted..."
MAY
YOU DON'T REALIZE HOW MUCH YOU LOVE SOMETHING (OR SOMEONE) UNTIL YOU LOSE THEM
"Maybe the first time that you know you really care about something is when you think about it not being there, and you know--you really know--that the emptiness is as much inside you as outside you." (Schmidt 226)
TREASURE LIFE'S VALUABLE MOMENTS!
"Sweet Eyes (STOP) Out of jungle (STOP) OK (STOP) Home in time for strawberries (STOP) Love Ty (STOP)"
(Mrs. Baker receiving letter from her husband alive!!) - Schmidt 236
JUNE
MIRACLES AND HAPPY ENDINGS, CAN REALLY BECOME A REALITY!
ALL GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO PEOPLE WHO WAIT
THERE IS ALWAYS A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL
"I guess you want to know what Mrs. Baker did when Lieutenant Baker came out of the plane. And I guess you want to know what Lieutenant Baker did when he saw Mrs. Baker on the tarmac...because let me tell you, it was a HAPPY ENDING." (Schmidt 263-264)f