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=__Chapter 1 Questions__=

1. what does jerry discover about himself during football practice?
he discovers that he is weak but wont give up for the ultimate reward. DGKALLDAY

Mp913- Jerry realizes his skills and athletic ability are week but his toughness will help him fight through any pain he suffers.

Jerry discovers that he is week but he also discovers that if he gives it all his best people believe in him, for example the football coach. Crazydaog

He discovers that he is not as strong as the other football players. but he can focus -stefano

Jerry discovers that he isn't as strong as a football players, but he can focus on one thing when he is in pain or not. Goober67

Jerry figures many thing out when during football practice. First he discovers that he can give it all, and when he does he gets on the team. He also figures out that he should have more confidence in him self. chinese dumpling

Jerry discovers that he is not as strong as the other players but he can still stay focused even when he is losing. -Cernal Sanders

Jerry noticed that because he tried his best to make the football team, he did. By this, he discovered that if he tried his best to accompliish something he would have a good chance of accomplishing it. T.money 1. Jerry discovers about himself that he can keep his mind focused on one thing even if he is in a lot of pain. Obama 08ahahhaahahhahahahahhahahahaha

>He discovers that he plans one thing and does another. By cookiesandmilk Jerry discovers that he can maybe make the team for football. S.P.E.

He discovers that he is stronger than he thinks he is because he thinks he is going to die, but then gets up and plays again. reesie

He finds out out about his tru self and his true capilibility 0_0

2. How have we seen similes and metaphors in chapter 1?
We saw them when the first words in the book were "They murdered him" when it really meant that they just beat him, or, defeated him...nimrodRPB

They use metaphors alot to describe painand the surronding world.DGKALLDAY We have seen metaphors and similies when jerry say's it's like a grenade exploding in his stomach also in the begining of the book it says they murdered him. Cernal Sanders

Mp913- During the first chapter we can see that similes and Metaphors are a crucial of the book. One simile stands-out though. ”Its like a grenade which explodes in his stomach. The Metaphor that happens to be the first line is “He murdered him.”

When he said he got murded they meant he got hit during practice really hard. -stefano

2. We have seen similes and metaphors in such examples as “he was murdered” or “ the grenade blew up in his stomach” which are all referring to him getting hurt. Obama08hahahahahahah

We have seen similes and metaphors when Jerry was "murdered," it was saying that he got hit badly while practicing. Also when he got hit in the stomach the book said "A grenade blew up in his stomach." Crazydaog

Some of the metaphores we see in the book is the first line of the book "they murdered him." When the author says this he means that he got tackeled really hard. chinese dumpling In this chapters, some of themetaphores that we have seen is "the general blew up in his stomach", "he was murdured" and "the coach's voice scraped like sand papers against his ears". T. money By cookiesandmilk
 * We have seen metaphors, “like a lens focusing, making the world sharp again, with edges.” Another metaphor, “As he turned to take the ball, a dam burst against the side of his head and a hand grenade shattered his stomach.”

We see simlilarities in chapter one when Jerry was murdered which meant that he was badly hit during practice. Goober67 We have seen metaphores in the first part of the book when they say "they murdered him" and we see another metaphor when the author says "like a lens focusing, making the world sharp again with edges. S.P.E.

On page 3 we see a simile “The coach’s voice scraped like sandpaper against his ears.” reesie ** A example of a metaphore would be when he was tackled during his practice, he said It was like being hit by a hand grenade" 0_0

3. How have we seen some of the themes we discussed in class so far in Chapter 1?
We see the themes during when we see the cover of the book. the cover could just show the way the sun casts interresting shadows, but I think that it meant that that boy may look small on the outside, but is strong on the inside, thus, the theme of "triumph" is used right when you first see the book...nimrodRPB

We have seen how some people are good and some or evil also you courage and cowardice. Cernal Sanders.

We have seem some themes, for example how people are nice and good or evil, courageous, or cowards. Goober67

Mp913- In Chapter one the theme referring to good verse evil is established. Good referring to Jerry and evil referring to the football coach. We also see courage in jerry when he continues to practice even though he was getting crushed like a bug.

Themes would be how people act for example when there mean or when they have courage or are scared. -stefano

In chapter 1, we have seen good and evil, good would be referring to Jerry and evil would be referring to the coach. Although the coach let him on the team in the end. Crazydaog

So far in chapter1, we have seen good, evil, and bravery which Jerry expressedc the most during the football practise. T. money By cookiesandmilk
 * We have seen good and evil. This meaning that the coach is evil and Jerry is good. We have also seen courage and cowardice from Jerry through the first chapter or first few pages of chapter 1. **

We have seen the themes of violence and courage and cowardness along with peer pressure. S.P.E.

There are themes of strength and weakness...nim®od®PB

Very important themes would be the themes of good and bad. Jerry would be the good and brave one and the coach would be the bad and strict one 0_0

We see alot of themes in the first chapter. first we see good and evil in the chapter. Jerry is good and the players and the coach are bad. We also see hope when Jerry gets up after being hit really hard, also how he got on to the football team. chinese dumpling.