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“The process or fact of isolating or being isolated. An instance of isolating something, especially a compound or microorganism.” The definition of Isolation. The thought of being alone. With no one to help you. Everyone laughing at you because you have no friends. Isolation. Conor is alone. Conor has no one until the monster comes. The monster changes everything. But at school he is invisible. He feels like no one knows how he feels. Everyone feels sorry for him but doesnt really care. Thats isolation.

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“‘If you speak the truth,’ the monster whispered in his ear, ‘you will be able to face whatever comes’”(203). Truths are what shape us but lies are what destroy us. They will rip you apart. Speak the truth and you will feel a relief. You can get through anything then. Thats what Conor learns and thats what makes him get through it. The truth is all that matters.

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This song “so small” by Carrie Underwood is about how people get distracted with all the things that worry them. They wont share and open up. Their alone but the only thing that matters is love. You can get through anything. This connects to A Monster Calls because Conor wont share his feelings and he has so many opticles in his way that dont matter really. You can do anything with love. Even if its your mother dying.

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Harry pushes Conor and punches Conor in A Monster Calls. He is very physical with Conor and Conor gets hurt almost everytime hes with Harry. This video represents Conor getting tripped by Harry and other more physical actions. “On the first day of the new school year, Harry had tripped Conor coming into the school grounds, sending him tumbling to the pavement”(19). It hurts him and makes him feel bad.

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Harry says really mean stuff to Conor which makes him feel worse. Thats just one of the ways Conor gets bullied and makes his life miserable. It represents many things in Conors life and is the reason his world is Dark. “‘He’ll have to get his baldy mother to kiss it better for him!’”(20). They make fun of his mother. And it tears him apart.

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This Connects to the book because the main part is the yew tree. The monster that helps Conor is a yew tree. The yew tree is in all the stories. “There was the church on the rise. There was the yew tree standing guard over it’s cemetery”(170). This is the part in the book where its explaining the yew tree in the cemetery. The yew tree is pretty much one of the main characters. It is the monster and the monster is Conor. Its what helps him get through everything. His mothers death, the bullies, and all the fear and isolation. It was the yew tree. It was all the yew tree that helped Conor. All him.

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This song is thunder by imagine dragons!
It represents because the song is talking about getting bullied and Conor is going through hardship and getting bullied to. It shows that, though it is hard to get bullied you can get through it. It is better to face it, which is what Conor does near the end of the book.

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This is is a big part in Conors story because he destroys it and it is very cherished to his grandmother. Also, it is one of the many clocks in the story that show 12:07 and thats when the monster comes to Conor. “Hanging over the mantlepiece was his grandmas prized clock, which no one but her could ever touch”(84). The clock is very important to his mother. That is why she lets no one touch it. But it shows 12:07 as when the monster comes, so it truly is a special clock.