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Why wasn't Ben scared about the badger even though his dad said it could hurt him?

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Lilly Smeltzer Chapter #3  Contrast & Contradiction

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Lilly Smeltzer Chapter #3  Contrast & Contradiction

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In Chapter #3, Pg.62 I found a Contrast & Contradiction. It was the fact that Ben MacDonald was talking to his father, where usually Ben only would occasionally talk to his mother.

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In chapter 2, I love how the author describes the female badger. He knows how to write description. You can tell that he knows how because, well, he wrote 14 pages of description.

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I think that the badger that Ben met was the one in chapter 2.

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I was surprised that the badger let Ben pet her. On average, badgers don't even tolerate a human near them, let alone touch it.

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I was SURPRISED when Ben started conversing with his parents.

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I know the female badger will be a big part in the story because the author took all of Chapter #2 to explain what she does and what has happened in her life so far.

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Our first plot event would be when Ben meets F.B. We couldn't say it was a turning point YET, but we do think that she will play an important part in the plot.

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I found another Contrast & Contradiction when George Burton's dog didn't hurt Ben when he met him, but the dog was taught to be mean.

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I was surprised when Ben interacted with Burton's vicious dog instead of getting hurt by him.

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I found another Contrast and Contradiction when Ben fed the living mice to the FB, but usually Ben won't hurt anyone or anything.

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I am surprised that Ben isn't mad at his dad because of the Burton incident. Then again, he stopped talking as his dad mentioned Burton at dinner at the end of Chapter 3.

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I found another Contrast and Contradiction when the FB let Ben touch her when she could have easily hurt him.

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Is F.B. going to die from the Burton trap he set?Is one of her babies going to die? Is Ben going to disable the trap? Is Ben going to rescue one of the badgers from the tap if they were already caught? WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE TRAP OUTSIDE THE DEN?

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I think Ester might be mad at Bens father, even though he unintntially hurt bens feelings

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I think that William MacDonald had an aha moment on page 90 when he realized that Ben was so small.
How might this change things?
This might change things in a good way. In a way that William MacDonald understands his son a little bit more and can bond with him as opposed to what he normally does. Yelling, being disappointed, judging, ETC.

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I found a contrast and contradiction on page 87 when MacDonald hit Ben. MacDonald doesn't usually even touch Ben more or less hit him. This sign post makes me wonder if Ben is going to be more protective or touchy around MacDonald later in the book.

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I wonder if Ben will want to leave home because of his father hitting him. I wonder if he will try to find the female badger later in the story and if the badger will try to find him.

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We thought that Ben getting lost in chapter 7 was a turning point because he is not going to be with his family anymore. He was not an independent character and now he will have to provide for himself.

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We found a contrast and contradiction in chapter 7 when ben yells at the Female Badger to get out of the burrow.
Why is the character doing that?
Ben did that because he was scared and ina bad mood due to rain, frustration, hunger, and exhaustion. Also his father had said that a badger could seriously hurt or kill him. Ben did not know that it was F.B in the burrow with him, o he was scared.

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I realize now that it was important that William McDonald let Burton trap on his land. If he had't Burton probably wouldn't have tried to look for Ben.

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I wonder if when Burton was there when Ben saw him and if he was going out for the search party

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Lilly Smeltzer Chapter #9 Contrast & Contradiction

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Lilly Smeltzer Chapter #9 Contrast & Contradiction

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I found a C&C in Chapter 9 when was calling to his father when he got lost. This is different than Ben"s normal act because usually Ben would be depending on his mother in these situations not his father.

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When Ben saw Burton in chapter 8,
I thought he was setting out traps. I got really scared that Burton was going to come over to the burrow that Ben was in and put a trap on it, but when I read chapter 9 I figured out that Burton was actually looking for Ben and I was relieved.

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This isn't a Turning Point but goes with the post listed above. We said that Ben will have to become independent, but it was actually F.B. who got Ben the food.
Anyways, he is still becoming more independent.

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I was surprised when the search party, other than the MacDonald family, quit the search for finding Ben. I know they weren't that close to him, but if your child was lost, wouldn't you continue the search?

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Why didn't Ben call or go to Burton for help when he saw him in chapter 8?

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I can't wait to read the next chapter and one from the badgers point of view/feelings, we've read one about Ben's feelings(Chap 8) and the MacDonalds feelings(Chapter 9)

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This is adding on a tiny bit to what Advaya was saying. On page 141-142, Billington, one of the search party members said, "I'd feel the same it one of mine."
Then why don't the people continue the search? William feels that they shouldn't stop, so why are they?

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I'm surprised that he's eating animal.
Than again he has to survive, and I guess the animal was already dead.

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I think that when the Female Badger gets caught in the trap, is pretty good description.

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SPOILER ALERT Timi and Audrey don't read

What happened to the badger? Did she survive? What happens after? OMGGG

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We thought a plot event was when the rest of the MacDonald family found Ben. After being in the wild for 2 months, o