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Stepping out of your comfort zone

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"Be different, Be Unique,"

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There's more to people than what is on the outside

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Never give up

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We think the theme of The Misfits is People don't need to be popular to be successful.

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One must believe in themselves to accomplish their goal, or something close to it.

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The theme of the misfits is: People that make a difference have a better life than those who just go along with everything.

1. "I am forty-five years old and I do not understand why I have made the choices that I have. I have always listened to other voices telling me who I am and how I should live." (204)

2. "I think I am spouting a foreign language all the time these days, except that it really is my own language and I am just learning to speak it." ( 205)

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Passage 1:

" ' I will tell you later what a great speech that was," she goes, "but before I lose my nerve and go back to be my shy old self I have to ask you something will you go to the dance with me?' " (255)

Passage 2:

" 'Another thing I think about names is that they DO hurt. They hurt because we believe them. We think they are telling us something true about ourselves, something other people can see even if we don't.' " (250)

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We think the theme of The Misfits is don't judge a book by its cover.

1. ¨Look Around my room, okay? What do you see? (115)

2. Skeezie starts rocking back in his chair, his hands clasped behind his head. ¨Wop,¨ he starts with,¨Greaser, greaseball, slimeball, guinea...¨ (138)

The book has an interesting cover but can be boring.

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We think that the theme of the Misfits is "never give up."

1. :" I am here to remind you that there is no need for a third party, and therefor there is no third party." (184)

2. " Mr. Kiley, she says, it's not fair that our signs were taken down. What they represent is important! And what about freedom of---" (186)

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We Think That The theme Is, "Be Who they want to be, and Don't let anyone Break your Spirit with names."

1." I always listened to other voices telling me I was a sissy and mama's boy," (pg.204)

2. "Sticks and stones May break my bones, But Names Will never Hurt me. Anybody Who belives that, Has never been called a name." ( pg.249)

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We think the theme of The Misfits is People don't need to be popular to be successful.

1."Years from now, people like Kevin Hennessy and Brittney Hobson will say, "You know who that is? that's senator Robert Goodspeed. I went to school with him."(274)

2. "I will tell you later what a great speech that was,"she goes..."(255)

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We think that the theme of The Misfits is that there's more to people than what is on the outside.

1) ¨Yeah, I could be like the image of, you know, the po' old plantation slave and Abraham Lincoln, all wrapped up in one." (70)

2) ¨I got the name Fluff because I ate peanut butter and Marshmallow Fluff sandwiches every day for lunch and also, I guess, because I had started putting on weight.¨ (250)

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We think the theme of The Misfits is to not judge or call people names based on their looks/ appearances or traits because it negatively affects them in their future.

1. Mr Kellerman; "I believed those voices calling me a sissy and a momma's boy" (204)

2. " These are our names. But they are only names. They don't tell you who we are." (249)

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The theme of the is Misfits don't let people define others, and step out of your comfort zone.

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We think that the theme of the Misfits is, one must believe in themselves to accomplish their goal, or something close to it.

1.¨It isn´t always about winning the election...or the race...or the game. Sometimes its about winning something much bigger.¨(260)

2.¨Even if we don´t win this election I think they are winners... I know they are and... well that´s all I have to say.¨ (252)

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We think the theme of The Misfits is one small change can make someone a whole new person.

1. "Mamas boy, sissy. I came home crying so many afternoons. And she would stroke my hair and tell me not to listen to them. But she meant well. She always meant well."(Howe 202)

2. "The no name party wants to put an end to name calling in our school." (Howe 251)

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We think the theme of The Misfits is those who persevere may not win but gain other victories.

Passage 1: " It isn't always about winning the election... or the race... or the game. Sometimes its about winning something much bigger " 260"

Passage 2: "Then he tells me my no name day is more important than winning the election" 261"

Passage 3: " I'm making a personal commitment to seeing that things are different here at P.F.M.S

This pic/quote shows that the misfits may not have won the entire election but they won where it counted with no name calling day and no one being called names.