fishys

I made my fishys certain colours for different characters relating back to the cover. The orange fishys show the people without disabilities or those not impacted by it. The red fishy is Catherine, sort of in the middle of orange and black not exactly sure where to belong. The black fishys are David and Jason different but special because of their disabilities. I think Catherine could be a black or orange because she does not have a disabilities but she is impacted by one. goodbye. Actually did any of you purposefully colour your fish. Goodbye Goodbye.

ending of rules

After just finishing Rules by Cynthia Lord, I realized that the ending left me with new questions wandering in my mind. I also realized finishing the book felt like I was starting it all over again.What minor decisions will impact Catherine later on? Do her reactions to David ever change due to the experience of having Jason as a friend? I also wonder if she finds out that Kristi might not be the best friend for her? My last question is why is Jason hinting that his dream of being able to run is fading away and that he'd rather be himself? Somehow all those questions must relate to the thesis statement, but how? I think Catherine is unique herself because of the others around her that impact her because she lives in two different worlds. On page 200 when Cynthia Lord wrote (in Catherine's perspective) "I let that be enough." That is the sentence that relates back to the first page and makes me realize that she is finally accepting David but at the same time accepting who she is. Catherine did face some some problems because she did not accept who she was or who David was earlier. She did not know how to accept the people around her that were different (Jason) because she was worried what others would think of her and when they found out they wre dissapointed with her. tell me what you think.Bye  

page 132

I think page 132 is powerful because it relates back to the cover which has a strong message. I find it sort of frustrating that the message on the cover was not clear (until pg. 132).My proof from the book is on page 132 the author wrote ( in Kristi's words) "There's a duck in your fish tank." that and the fact Catherine turns around after Kristi says that and sees " David's rubber duck " makes the message on the cover seem clearer to me because before I wasn't positive that David was the duck on the front cover. Now I am more sure and David is more likely to be represented by his toys than Catherine. I think in a FISH tank a duck is more different than a fish because a a FISH tank is where FISH belong, a duck does not belong in a fish tank but it goes in water. I think that means that david's the duck and he is half in half out of the world.

rules

Hello guys! I think that Catherine starts to accept David more because she has a relationship with Jason who is also disabled. I think Catherine has such a a good relationship with Jason because she can relate to him more than other people can. I also think Jason is her friend because she is someone his age. What do you think???????????? bye