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Justin goes to high school with all rich kids. Justin and other kids notice their is a kid in school that has poor clothing and a shaved head. His name is Michael but he wants to be called by his spiritual name, Jinsen.  They called him a freak and a weirdo. because he looked different then them. At lunch time Justin noticed Jinsen sitting by him self by the lunch line, and Justin and his friends found out that he can't get food because he did not have money. McManus is the cool kid in school and head of student of leadership. McManus is also a bully to Jinsen. At lunch McManus and his friends threw pennies at him and said for him to go get food. When Justin was in history class he had to do a project with your table buddy and it had to do with art. Justin buddy was Jinsen so Justin was going to ask the teacher if he can switch because he thought he will be made fun of, but he left it alone and stayed with his partner Jinsen. Justin thinks he is going to get a F because he thinks Jinsen is a failing student and bad art. After that, Jinsen was also in Justin art class and he let Jinsen sit by him self but when Justin looked through his journel and he noticed he was amazing at art. Next, Justin started to talk to him and let Jinsen sit at his art table.After that they got a very good grade on the project. After they got a good grade on the project, Justin wanted to know more about Jinsin in his religion. Justin had to make a decision to be friends with Jinsen and be bullyed or not be his friend and watch people bully him. Justin made a descision to be friends with Jinsen and not care what the other kids thought. Justin was getting bullied for being friends with Jinsen. Jinsen had a golden rule to never fight back or hurt anything or anyone. Justin also followed Jinsen's Golden Rule.  Then Justin had to go to Jinsen's house to work on the project and Justin asked where is his mom and dad and he explained to him that their dead and he also goes to church, and he lives with his aunt. Jinsen explained what the banner he was making and Justin said that he could do it. After that when they were working on the second project, McManus
(The Bully) through the work in the toilet because he thought it would be funny. When Justin and Jinsen started the art project their idea for the banner was a tiger. After the hard work of the tiger, Justin and his friends invited him over for a real dinner. Jinsen never had a real dinner he had only snacks all day. The next day was the ward ceremony and McManus was called up for student leader ship and Jinsen and Justin where called up for best banner for art class. When Jinsen was up on stage he made himself more visible and everyone was surprised because he was very shy in the beginning of the year so senior girls bought him lunch for a week and he was very thanked that all the kids did this for him. After he spoke they realized he was no different then everyone else. When everyone was started to be nice to him McManus was still a bully everyone turned on him. The next day everyone started to relized he is not different from anyone else. The next day Justin went to go look at the banner and he noticed it was ripped and he found out that McManus did it because he was jelious. Jinsen gave Justin a sketch of Justin in his sketch book because he told Justin he was moving schools and Justin was very sad because he found a new friend and he is moving again. From that day forward Justin always has the Sketch book to remember Jinsen.

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I'm making connection through out the book.
Text to Text; One of the reasons Jinsen is treated unfairly because of his religion ( Buddhism.) This reminds me of the book I read called, "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas." In this book, a boy by the name of Shmuel was put in a concentration camp because of his religion (Jewish.)
Text to Self; In book Buddha Boy, Justin was paired up with Jinsen on a art project. Justin did not want to be his partner because he thought he was a bad student, and he would not get a good grade. I remember a time when I was parred up with another student to do a project. I Thought he was a bad student because he did not do his homework and always missed school.
Text to World; In this book, Jinsen is being bullied by other students in school. In the real world kids are being bullied everyday and becoming depressed and thinking of committing suicide.

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The main character Justin changes overtime because when he first saw Jinsen he was mean to him and made fun of him like everyone else. Then, when Justin was paired up with Jinsen on an art project he started getting to know him. They became friends. Justin wanted to learn about Jinsen's religion. Justin started not caring about what other people thought. Justin was thoughtful by making Jinsen a real meal. In the end, Justin learned to be nice to people even if they are different.

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Justin goes to school where the rich kids go. Justin saw a new kid named Jinsen that looked and acted different from everyone else. Jinsen was wearing a dragon shirt and he had his head shaved. Jinsen was being bullied by McManus and other kids. Justin and Jinsen had to do a class project together, and Justin thought he would get a bad grade because of Jinsen, but, they got a good grade. Then, Justin wanted to learn about Jinsen's religion and had to make a decision to be friends with Jinsen and be bullied, or not be friends with him, and stay friends with the popular kids and see him get bullied. Justin made a decision to be friends with Jinsen and didn't care what other kids said. At the end of the year Jinsen got an award for best banner. Jinsen spoke up at an assembly and all the kids noticed he is not different from anyone else. At the end of the year, Jinsen moved schools and, Justin was sad because he lost his new friend.

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The conclusions I'm drawing from events in the book are that the kids were surprised that Buddha Boy painted a perfect tree in art class. They thought his drawling of the tree was amazing and they found out his talent of art.  I can infer that Jinsen is an artist. Also, Jinsen had a Golden Rule not to harm people, animals, cockroaches or even himself, he said, "Its not the right thing to do." I can infer that Jinsen is kind and caring.

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The passage that helped me visualize is when the students ripped down Jinsen's scroll of a tiger and threw it down the toilet. I can visualize him being upset and also hear people laughing at him. Another passage that helped me visualize is when Jinsen won a reward on his banner of the tiger and then he got more attention and the high schools girls bought him free lunches. I can visualize Jinsen being grateful and happy,

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The theme of the story is that you can't judge someone by what they are wearing , what they look like, or what believe in. If you meet a person, you may find out, that even if they are different they may be a very nice person.

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I'm wondering why some people in the book judge Jinsen even though they don't know anything about his personality or what his talents are. The questions I'm asking myself is, why do kids in the book bully Jinsen because he is poor, wears mismatched clothing, oversized tie-dyed dragon t-shirts, shaves his head and is always smiling? The book Buddha Boy is making sense.

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Author's Craft/Writing Style #9 - whole book-100%

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Author's Craft/Writing Style #9 - whole book-100%

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The authors writing was very creative and descriptive because while reading the book, the author Kathe Koja made me feel like I was in Jinsen shoes. She was creative by  helping me to understand not to judge a book by its cover.

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My opinion of this book is that it helped me to become more understanding about bullying and to be kind and respect people. The book tells me to never judge someone, by wha their wearing. You should get to know someone  even though they are getting made fun of.  You should stick up for them  and you will find the real personalities of yourself and other people. I feel like the book Buddha Boy by Kathe Koja, everyone should read so they understand about bullying, and everyone should be treated the same even though they are different. The book talks about karma, that means once you do something bad it will come back to you the same way. If your nice, good things will happen. This teaches me not to be mean to others.