3. Tammy and Sammy were both students in Mr. Morton's reading class. Mr. Morton wasn't too strict about deadlines, and Sammy took advantage of that. Sammy did all his homework in his other classes. But
he never bothered to complete Mr. Morton's reading assignments. He figured that he could complete them
later. Tammy, on the other hand, completed each assignment Mr. Morton had assigned every night. She had
to stay up a little later, but she knew that reading was the most important subject. She knew that if she
learned to read well, then she could teach herself anything. So she always worked hard in her reading class.
When the end of the quarter came, Tammy and Sammy had both planned on going to the Magic Castle
amusement park. They were both so excited. But then Mr. Morton called Sammy's mother to report
Sammy's grade. She grounded Sammy and that weekend was horrible for him. He stayed up until 2:00 AM
each night, yet he still couldn't complete all the assignments. Meanwhile, Tammy had a great time eating
pizza at Enchanted Castle. After that she stayed up late and watched movies. She enjoyed her weekend free
of stress and pressure. At the end of the quarter, Sammy was lucky to squeak by with a C minus. Tammy
earned an A. Yet, Sammy still hasn't learned his lesson. He may not complete this activity either.
What is the theme of the story?
What happens in the story that leads you to believe this?

innocence can be defined as the lack of sin, relating it with the lack of guilt, also it can be a synonime of naivety. most people agree that sins are made out of experiences, intentionally or not, as well as you stop being naive once certain things happen to you throughout your life. so, with this explained, the chosen answers are:

when the boy saw the effects of war, he no longer viewed life as innocent.

the loss of innocence is a result of gaining experience and making mistakes.

one way to define innocence is as a lack of worldly experience or sophistication.

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assignment

analyzing characters

respond to the following questions in one paragraph for each. use specific examples from the text to support your responses.

1. there is a set of twins on the island named sam and eric. however, when describing them, golding regularly refers to them as samneric. how does this way of describing the twins relate to their behavior and the way that readers understand their characters? what examples of their behavior readers see that samneric is really the appropriate way to refer to them?

2. as the boys set out to search for the beast, ralph allows jack to lead the way, and he sinks to the back of the pack, " to have escaped responsibility for a time." what does this moment lead you to infer about ralph and about his feelings about being the group’s leader? what does this moment foreshadow?

3. while part of the party searching for the beast, simon realizes that the notion of the beast that the other boys have does not make sense. a beast sitting atop a mountain with claws, a beast who did not leave tracks, could have easily caught the twins. simon has a different picture of the beast: "there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick." how does this picture relate to the beast that samneric saw? how does it relate to what simon said earlier about the beast being "only us"?

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