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Theme: I think the theme is that you should do what you think is right, even if it goes agaist what other people say.
Text Evidence"Stop him? Major Durand ordered"[Pentacost 58].
Explanation: Even when Mr.Warren was ordered to stop, he still went to save the dog. He knew that it was the right thing to do. This story shows that you can't listen to everything someone tell you, if it goes agaist what you believe.

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I believe that the theme of this book is to be yourself despite what people say.

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For example, on page 59 it states, “. . . It doesn’t take courage to stand up and let yourself get punched in the nose. . . As for Teddy- somebody had to go after him. There wasn't anyone who could but me, so courage or not, I went.” (Pentecost, 59). Pentecost and Mr. warren were talking about how he had shown a ton of courage to rescue the dog though Old Beaver said not to.

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Joe Thachet I think the theme is that if you do something nice it isn’t always good for everyone. I think this because in the text it says “The guys aren’t going to be chummy with a do-gooder like you”(Pentecost 60) This is a good representation of the theme because the boy Pentecost helped his teacher but as a result all of his peers were mean and ignoring him even though he did something kind.    

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Joe Thachet I think the theme is that if you do something nice it isn’t always good for everyone. I think this because in the text it says “The guys aren’t going to be chummy with a do-gooder like you”(Pentecost 60) This is a good representation of the theme because the boy Pentecost helped his teacher but as a result all of his peers were mean and ignoring him even though he did something kind.    

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i think that the theme is do the right thing even if others may judge you.
"Sammy gave me a sour grin. "You and he should get along fine," he said. "And you'll need to. The guys aren't going to be chummy with a do-gooder like you." (Pentecost, 60

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I think the theme is that you should treat others how you would want to be treated, even if it's hard to do or you will be judged for doing it. The main character decided not treat Mr Warren how he would have wanted to be treated and that desicion haunted and disappointed him for the rest of his life

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I believe that the themes are being a bystander is worse then being a bully and don't listen to what your peers say. The text says "I don't like telling the next part of it, but it happened" (Pentecost 60). He is disappointed in himself for not doing anything for Mr. Warren.

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I believe the theme is that being a bystander is just as bad as being a bully. The main character says "You see what I mean when I say it was a kind of murder? And I was the murderer. (Pentecost 60). This shows that the author believes that he is just as guilty for not standing up for his teacher than the kids who were picking him.

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Theme: Kindness can come with a cost.
Evidence: In the book, Pentecost stands up for Mr. Warren and it ends up coming back to haunt him when the kids start snubbing him and saying that "The guys aren't going to be chummy with a do-gooder like you." (Pentecost 60)

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I think the theme is to be kind to others and treat others the way you want to be treated. A text example would be when the story says "

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Sometimes kindness comes with a cost. On page 60, the text states, "In that time I'd found that Sammy was right. I was being given the cold shoulder." (Pentecost 60) The narrator had showed kindness to the teacher who was being bullied, but he, in turn, was being bullied for it. In the end, this causes him to not stand up for Mr. Warren.

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I think the theme of this text is that sometimes the hardest thing to do and the right thing to do, are the same thing. The text says "'Give the guy a chance,' I said." This shows that Pentecost knew that standing up for Mr. Warren was the right thing to do when he did it. But the text also says "...a wordless plea in his eyes.. i well... i looked away. i was 15..." This shows that even though he knew it was the right thing, he stopped to protect his reputation.

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I think the theme is doing the right thing even when no one is watching you, and when you know you will get judged for it.
The other boys in the book treated him poorly and gave him the cold shoulder when he did do the right thing. "I didn't want to be called do-gooder. I didn't want to be snubbed." (Pentecost, 60). He stopped doing the right thing because he didn't want to look wek or bad in front

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I think that the theme is that kindness comes with a cost. "I -- well, I looked away. I was fifteen. I didn't want to be called a do-gooder. I didn't want to be snubbed" (Pentecost, 60). That shows the theme because at first when he did something nice it was alright but if he did it again he could get teased. That means that if he did something kind it would come with the cost. So that's why I think that's the theme of this story.

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I think the theme is that it sometimes comes at a cost if you try to help someone, then there is also the theme of betrayal at the end. It says in the book that they gave Pentecost the "cold shoulder"(Pentecost 60) because he was going to snitch on them if they kept doing stuff or they could fight him, because he was protecting Mr. Warren, but in the end after they gave him the cold shoulder he wanted to still be accepted so Pentecost sat there and didn't help him remembering what the other boys had said, "Mr. Warren was a grown man and he should have been able to take care of himself."(Pentecost 60) Pentecost had betrayed him because he wanted to fit in again and decide what they said was right, not what he thought.

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I believe the theme is that it is better to do the right thing than to do what makes you look cool. On page 60, after Pentecost had already threatened his class mates, Mr. Warren told Pentecost that he was a do-gooder, but Pentecost didn't want to be looked at as a teacher's pet, and in the end he regretted it. "I looked away. I was fifteen. I didn't want to be called a do-gooder... No one ever saw hi again... And I was the murderer." (Pentecost 60) This shows how because he was so caught up in what others thought of him, he became a bystander, and it hurt both him and Mr. Warren in the end.

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to do the right thing and treat others how you want to be treated
this is the theme because the students were being mean to the teacher with a disability and I am sure if they were in his place they would not want to be treated like that.

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Theme: Treat others the way you would want to be treated.
¨Give the guy a chance... He proved he has guts when he when itś needed.¨ This shows that he felt that he should give the man a chance because he thought he should be treated right, and the boys were being mean and unfair.

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Theme: Courage isn't always what you think it is.
"It doesn't take courage to stand up and get yourself punched in the nose, boy. It takes courage to walk away." (Pentecost 59)
I interpret this as meaning that it doesn't take courage to do something that makes you seem tough or brave, but it takes courage to be the better person and not let your pride dictate your actions.

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Theme: I think that the theme of this story is to treat others how you want to be treated.
Text Evidence: "I was fifteen. I didn't want to be called a do-gooder. I didn't want to be snubbed. Mr. Warren was a grown man and he should have been able to take care of himself." (Pentecost, 60)
Explanation: Pentecost didn't want to be called names for helping the old man, so he didn't help him, even though he knew he should've and would've wanted Mr. Warren to help him.

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I believe that there are two themes; taking advantage of others and betrayal. In the start of the story, In the beginning of the story,the students found out that he was almost deaf, and they decided that they wouldn't go easy on him. They even admitted that, "somehow, nobody thought it was wrong to take advantage of Mr. Warren". (Pentecost 56). And so, they played mean tricks on him. At one point, one of the gym instructors even made a fool of him by using him as a boxing "dummy". Nobody treated him ethically until he did something great. He saved the innocent school dog from drowning in a freezing lake. Even the headmaster believed that this would make students show reverence to him. Even so, Hugh was the only one to care. And this is where betrayal comes in. Hugh Pentecost decided to stand up for Mr. Warren, but he got the could shoulder. Hugh was told, "If he can't take care of himself, it's not your headache" (Pentecost 58), so he betrayed him. A bad choice to make, because it left this "murder" on Hugh's conscience.

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I believe the theme is that doing the right thing is not always easy because in the story Pentecost was trying to the right thing but the other kids teases him for it. "I was being given the cold shoulder" (Pentecost 8) . After he stood up for Mr. Warren the other kids started not liking him and turning him away and that caused him to not do the right thing later because he did not want to be known as a do gooder

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I believe that the theme is treat others the way you want to be treated. The text evidence will show how this theme can be conveyed negatively. "He looked down at me, and there was an agonizing, wordless plea for help in his eyes. I - well , I looked away" (Pentecost 60). This shows the theme in a negative way. The other boys were treating the narrator badly because he stood up for the teacher. The narrator in turn, gave those feelings to the teacher, because he wanted to be accepted again back in the group of boys. Pentecost treated the teacher unfairly, and that is what he got in return.

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I think the theme of the story is that it doing nothing to stop bullying is just as bad as doing the bullying itself. This is shown when the main character says, "Mr. Warren was a grown man and he should have been able to take care of himself" (Pentecost, 60). This shows that the main characters doesn't believe that Mr.Warren should be bully, but just thinks that he should deal with it himself, the main character doesn't want to get involved. We later learned that this was the breaking point for Mr. Warren when even the one person who stood up for him looks away when he needed his help the most, making the main character just as bad as any of the boys bullying Mr. Warren.

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Theme: Sometimes kindness comes with a cost
Explanation: Pentecost decided not to help Warren in the end because he knew that being kind to him would result in him being known as a "do-gooder", and that would be a consequence of his kindness. He didn't do the right thing by not helping, but if he did there would be a small consequence for him.
Text evidence: '"The guys aren't going to be chummy with a do-gooder like you.'" (Pentecost, 60).

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I believe that the theme is sometimes you have to do what's right no matter what people think of it. Pentecost helped Mr. Warren at first but when the same thing happened to Mr. Warren again, Pentecost didn't help him because he cared what people were going to think about him if he stood up for Mr. Warren and helped him. " He looked down at me and there was an agonizing wordless plea for help in his eyes. I - well, I looked away... I didn't want to be called a do-gooder. I didn't want to be snubbed" (Pentecost 60). After Pentecost saw the after effects of him to helping Mr. Warren he felt guilty and realized that he should have helped Mr. Warren even if he would have the consequence of the being teased and bullied

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I believe the theme is how you should do what you think is right.
" If he can't take care of himself it's not your headache"{Pentecost 60}.
Pentecost helped Mr. Warren at fist but then he did what he thought was right.

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I believe that the theme is accepting others and treating them how you want to be treated. This is shown throughout the book when Mr. Warren came and was partially deaf, he could not hear most things. Pentecost stood up for him and said, “‘ If there is one more sound in this room, I'm going after Old Beaver...And after that I'll personally take on every guy in the school if necessary, to knock sense into him”’(Pentecost 57). This shows that Pentecost wants the teacher to be accepted even though he is different.

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I believe that the theme is that being a bystander is as bad as being the bully. It states, "He looked down at me, and there was an agonizing, wordless plea for help in his eyes" (Pentecost 60). This shows that Mr. Warren is the one being bullied, and Pentecost is the the bystander. Earlier in the story he stood up for Mr. Warren, and this made Mr. Warren feel better, and feel like he belonged. Now that no one stands up for him, he lost that feeling and chose to leave. This would apply to any other bullying scenario, the person being bullied feels that the people that are bystanders are also the bullies in a sense that the are not willing to help or support the actions of the bully. Once some one stands up for him though, he feels like he belongs, if no one stands up for him, he feels like he doesn't.