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As I read The Misfits, I gained empathy for all of the characters because they were being judged and picked on like people who didn't even know them. Joe got picked on for his sexuality, Bobby got picked on for his diet and weight, Addie got picked on for her smarts, and Skeezie was picked on because he looked like some sort of "hooligan". The Misfits made me remember to think twice before I judge a book by its cover.

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In the Misfits, the moral of the story is that you shouldn't let what others say about you bring you down, and that bullying isn't cool. When Chris Singleton came to TJ, he talked about ways to avoid bullying, how to stop bullying, and how not to let the hate get to you. For some people, the Misfits may have inspired and motivated people to do what they want and to ignore hate from others. Chris did the same thing with his assembly.

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The book definitely fits the title. The whole book is about the group being known as misfits. None of the friends fit in with any other group, and that's the main thing they have in common. They all get bullied but at least they all have each other. Towards the end, the bullying fades away as the group rises up to popularity and overcomes their fears. It's then when they name themselves, "The Misfits".

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When reading the Misfits we see how others bullied just how Chris Singleton had explain his past experiences with people and himself. as we know most schools have a hierarchy which the group doesn't fit in any they are harmed instead just because they don't fit in. Just like how Chris had told us his stories and explained he couldn't fit in either.

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I feel like the story gives us a new look at how others are bullied and how although we may not be superhero to stop the day and make everyone happy we can make small actions to help others that can't stan up for themsleves

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This book has helped me understand someone who gets bullied. It puts me in their perspective to see how they live their everyday lives. It helps me to see how they deal with this hardship and how the feel inside. I now see truly how much it affects a person if they are being constantly called names. It brings their self-esteem all the down and they fell hurt and broken inside. This book has helped me empathise with all of those people who are struggling to fit in and are a victim of constant name calling.

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The book title does fit the book because the book is about a group of friends who are labeled as "the misfits". They are ridiculed and bullied almost every day by being called names. If this book was called something like "The No-Name Party" it would give away too much information just from the front page. It wouldn't make it as exciting to read. I think the title of this book was perfectly chosen to not reveal much information.

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A character I would give advice to is Addie. I would give her advice because I do not like how she acts in this book. She is very stuck-up and blunt. I would tell her to give other people a chance to talk and to not pressure them into agreeing with her. She never takes no for an answer, but she must learn to.

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throughout the book I was gaining more empathy for characters like Bobby Goodspeed because throughout the book I was feeling worse and worse for each characters because some of them were getting called horrible slurs and others were getting shamed for how they looked which just made you feel worse and worse for them everytime it happens.

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The song that I think would be fitting for this book would be stronger by Kanye west because in the song Kanye is saying whatever can't kill me just makes me stronger and that lyric fits with Bobby's throughout the book because his mindset was changing in a better way, it was getting stronger.

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I personally think that Jonah Hill would be a fitting actor for the role of Bobby Goodspeed because Jonah Hill can probably put on some weight easily and Jonah hill was made fun of in interviews for the way he looks and for his weight, so he can probably put his heart out like Bobby did.

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In the misfits the group called the misfits are unpopular and get bullied by kevin H. when Chris S came to our school and told about his story it was almost the same as the misifts. Chris S was bullied as a kid. in the misfits Addie, Bobby, Skezzie and joe are also made fun of.

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yes, the book name matches the book and story because the title of the book is the misfits and in the story addie skeezie bobby and joe are the 4 misfits but they call themselves the misfits. i would probaly name the book The Unpopulars or something else beside the misfits but there is nothing wrong with the name.

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I would tell addie instead of skeezie to not let kevin be rude to you about your group. The freedom party group constanly gets made fun off by kevin. I would tell addie to not listen to kevin.

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I think the title does fit the book because it really tells how Bobby and his friends didn't fit in very well but never let that stop them from being who they are. If I were to give it a different title I think I would name it the Outcasts. Because outcasts means the same thing as misfits and really shows that the true meaning of the story is about people who are on the outside of the walls of popularity.

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I would tell Bobby to be more self confident because it's never going to get him anywhere in life if he just sits around doubting himself all day. I would also advise him to try to make friends with all of his bullies so rather than getting bullied he can be a part of the friend group and maybe change their minds on bullying.

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I think young Ralph Macchio would be a great actor to play Bobby in a movie version of the misfits. I think this because Ralph Macchio has already had his fair share of playing bullied characters in movie productions such as the Karate Kid.

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I can make a connection to this book and Chris's assembly because in the book the gang of 5 got made fun of since kindergarten. Everyone always laughed. Chris said that if people stop laughing less people would get made fun of. I think in "Misfits" if people stopped laughing it would not have gotten this far.

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The assembly with Chris Singleton connects to this novel. They both show how one should not make fun of other people because they do not know what is going through their head. Victims of bullying could be dealing with depression or other emotional traumas that other people are unaware of. For example, Chris Singleton mentions that a boy came up to him with a cracked phone during one of his assemblies and a girl laughed at him for it. Chris then asked him why his phone was cracked. The boy replied saying that his parents were arguing and he threw his phone because he could not control his anger and rage. Similarly, Bobby, the main protagonist of this novel, was constantly made fun of in kindergarten because of his weight and the fact that he ate peanut butter fluff sandwiches once a week. What his bullies did not know was that Bobby was eating these sandwiches because his deceased mother loved them when she was still alive. These two stories pose as a great example of how one should not make fun of someone else, especially if they do not know what is happening behind the scenes.

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The title matches the book because the 5 main characters are always singled out and don't have many friends. They are the ones at school who keep to themselves and have few friends. The title puts a label on what they think they are. "Misfits" In my opinion there is no other title that perfectly describes what they are going through and how they feel.

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Advice I would give Bobby is to look at the bright things not just the bad. I would give him that advice because he always saw the bad things. Like when he got a job he didn't think this a great opportunity. All he thought is this place is so boring and how we wished to be with his friends. I think middle school could have went a lot smoother if he saw the good in things not just the bad

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Addie is introduced as an outspoken middle school girl who gets labeled as a "nerd" or "know it all" in the book. She is friends with Bobby and the group of misfits and hosts their weekly forums where they meet up and discuss about issues occurring in school. Once Addie realizes that the student council elections are coming up, she starts crafting the idea of creating a new political party called the Freedom Party. Addie's goal is to represent the "minorities" in her school. However, although Addie believes in justice for all, she refuses to stand for the pledge of allegiance and does not follow her teachers simple directions. This caused her teachers, including the principal, to view her as stubborn and immature. For example, when Addie and Bobby walk down to the principal's office to tell him about the Freedom party, the principal quickly stops Addie from talking because he knows how blunt she is towards teachers. The principal chooses to listen to Bobby instead. Respecting others and thinking about their feelings is one piece of advice I would give Addie. Additionally, I think it is important for her to know that in order to persuade someone, she needs to have the ability to listen to one side of the argument before making any conclusions.

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A song I would use in a soundtrack for this novel would be "Stronger" by Kelly Clarkson. This song would relate to Bobby the most but also Addie, Joe and Skeezie as well. Cleary, Bobby has been through a lot and does not have the easiest time with anything in his life. He is always just trying to make it through school to the next day and ignore all of the horrible comments bullies direct towards him. Bobby has grown to be more confident about himself and to realize that what other people say about him do not matter as much as he used to think they did. Lyrics that repeat in this song that would relate to what Bobby goes through would be, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" These lyrics would show how Bobby has been struggling to not be a bullying target and all along that bullying had made him the person he was at the end of the book. Who knows if he would have won elections, created a whole new party or even would have the confidence to walk onto a stage and speak into a microphone in front of the whole grade. Overall, the bullying Bobby has gone through has helped him become the successful 7th grader he was at the end of the book similarly to the song lyrics that meant the struggles you go through just make you a better person.

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Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) [Official Video]

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For a movie for the Misfits I would cast Steve Carell to play as Mike Godspeed (AKA Bobby's dad). The reason why I would cast Steve Carell is because if you watch The Office, his actor plays very good of losses or brakeups witch is what happens in the book because Mike loss his wife and had a very hard time getting over it, which shows that this could be good actor for Steve to play in. Plus that dad has his funny moments and Steve Carell is very funny.

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The Misfits can relate to the world because there are many people that get excluded in the world today including are school. Kids talk behind each others backs and make fun of them. Many kids feel very left out and empty because kids make fun of them for the smallest things and call them names that actually hurt them.

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I think the title of the book definitely matches with the book because the kids have been outlaws there whole life and have been getting made fun of.  "Misfits" describes the way that every character felt and how left out they were through out the story. None of them had a lot of friends and they only have like 4 people they were friends with.

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This book has helped me understand how powerful calling someone a name is and how much it can hurt them on the inside even if they don't seem like it hurts.  These names that the characters in the book have been called from when they were younger to now they still remembered most of the names they got called. This means that they thought the names that they were being called were true and they got very upset when the other students called them these names.

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A song I would use for the book/movie The Misfits will this is me because the song said that I will be me no matter what and that really describes all the characters in the book like Joe being gay. And this song can spread a special message to everyone telling them to be themselves.

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The Greatest Showman Cast - This Is Me (Official Lyric Video)

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Some advice that I would give Joe is to stick up for yourself and do not let people call you names. Joe could have easily put a stop to the name calling earlier in the book then he and his friends did . If he did this earlier it could not of only helped him and other kids to not be called names too.

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In The Misfits when Bobby was giving his speech he mentioned that he ate peanut butter and marshmallow fluff because it was his mom's favorite sandwich before she passed. Then everyday everyone called him fluff without knowing his mom died. This reminds me of when Chris Singleton metoned that if you make fun of someone you do not know what is happening to them in their life. So if those kids who made fun of Bobby knew what happen to his mom maybe they would have feel sorry for him.

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In The Misfits when Bobby was giving his speech he mentioned that he ate peanut butter and marshmallow fluff because it was his mom's favorite sandwich before she passed. Then everyday everyone called him fluff without knowing his mom died. This reminds me of when Chris Singleton metoned that if you make fun of someone you do not know what is happening to them in their life. So if those kids who made fun of Bobby knew what happen to his mom maybe they would have feel sorry for him.

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It shows me how something you may not think is offensive can hurt someone.This book has helped me relise that you have to be nice to everybody.Even if you say something you think won't hurt some one it still could.The book has made me think before I speak.

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I would have told Bobby to stand up for himself before he did for a long time in the story he doesn't stand up for himself and thats why they dont stop bullying him but once he acutly stood up for himself they where much nicer.

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The book title matches the book because the kids in the book are misfits.It represents the gang of 5 because they are their own group who don't fit in.They are misfits so the title represnts the charecters is the story.

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i would tell skeezie to stop acting the "cool" way he does because he's getting made fun of for it and he's embarrassing himself even more

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In the misfits the group called the misfits does not fit in to the other "Popular Groups". when Chris came to our school and told the school about how he didn't fit it it matched this story

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Yes, this book is called the misfits. A group of friends who don't fit in. they called themselves the Misfits and they always hung out together.

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The song, What Do Ya Think About That, by Montgomery Gentry, perfectly describes this novel. In The Misfits, By James Howe, four kids, Bobby, Skeezie, Addie and Joe are middle school students who have a history of being called names. Each of them are different from their typical school students in many ways, causing them to be vulnerable. This makes them an easy target for bullying and name calling. Bobby, the main protagonist, used to get constantly bullied because of his weight. Skeezie used to be a misunderstood bully in his kindergarten class who just needed a friend. Addie was an outspoken girl who was unusually taller than the rest of her peers. Finally, Joe was introduced as a homosexual boy who used to be constantly made fun of. These four middle schoolers all have one thing in common, and that is that they all are unique and are viewed as "misfits". The song by Montgomery Gentry describes uniqueness and being proud of one's differences. The song mentions, "Some people care about what other people think Worry about what they say...Got a letta roll off-a my back I don't give a darn what other people think," (Gentry lines 10-16). Similarly, the four kids from The misfits try their best to stop people from bullying one another and to accept their differences. Throughout the story, they ignore what others say about them and let the mean comments roll off of their backs.

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Montgomery Gentry What Do Ya Think About That with Lyrics

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Obviously, the title of this book definitely fits with the story. These kids have been outcasts for almost their whole life. Misfits would perfectly describe how each and every one of them felt in the novel until the very end. The ending is when they finally realized that they are not just targets for getting bullied and that they are capable of much more than just sitting around all day and accepting the horrendous behavior of peers. Furthermore, with the cover of the book as well, we can see some clues, or foreshadowing. On the cover there is a pin that declared there is a No-Name party. This clearly helps readers understand the book because they see that the background of the clip is also like a party. This shows what the misfits were going to be planning all along just from the cover of the book. Overall, this group of misfits have had a very long story that helped them to because who they are.

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Some advice I would give a character in my book is to realize that everything is not as bad as it seems. I would give this piece of advice to the main character, Bobby. This is because he had been struggling with getting confident with himself and being proud of who he is on the inside. Bobby is always scared about what other people will say about him, besides his friends, because he had been bullied his whole life since kindergarten! Clearly, this advice would help Bobby in many ways. One of the ways being how he would be able to understand that what is happening in his life is actually coming out good. Bobby and his friends have started a third party called the No-Name Party, and it won! If he had been listening to his piece of advice his whole life, I believe many more positive events, such as this one, could've happened sooner. In conclusion, while Bobby started to believe in himself, he finally got somewhere. This advice would have helped him.

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