NOTES FROM THE DOG

GARY PAULSEN2009

REALISTIC FICTIONBlake Van Noort

Period 6

Setting

Fine Loner is at his dads house in the summer and doesn’t have any friends and he is trying to find a job.

CharactersCharacter Physical

CharacteristicsAdjectives of Personality

Text Evidence /Explanation of Adjectives

Fine Loner 1 14years old 1 cooperative 1 He helps people with there personal problems .

2 brown hair 2 friendly 2 He helps out his friend with cancer.

3 blue eyes 3 loyal 3 He gives advice on what they need help on.

Matthew 1 tall 1 friendly 1 He helps out a friend that is real sick.

2 black hair 2 helpful 2 He helps out a lot of kids that need help.

3 brown eyes 3 easy-going 3 when people ask for something he gives it to someone.

Conflict

Johanna has cancer but her friends don’t know. When Johanna goes somewhere she falls and doesn’t know where she is. So here friends go out to look and they find her on the ground near the bathroom and she cant get up. Man vs Man

Summary of Plot

There is a boy that had to move in with his dad and he makes some friends and one of his friends has cancer .

Theme

One sentence theme for the book. Never give your work to someone

else .page 54 Never have a friend over when the have

cancer. page 61 When someone has cancer at your house

call there parents. page 29

Point of View

This is first person point of view because if it was in third person it would not make any since.

Symbolism

I chose a ribbon because she has brace cancer and her friends help her.

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Recommendation

I would recommend you to read this book if you like a book where friends help each other with people that have cancer.