https://padlet.com/sd54/2sfhd9uac6hh Author: Lesléa Newman en-us 2019-01-14 19:22:29 UTC 2024-03-26 19:05:06 UTC hello@padlet.com 135116 https://padlet.com/sd54/2sfhd9uac6hh/wish/320493892 The summary of this book is about a Matthew Shepard who is a 21 year old who is gay and goes to the University of Wyoming. He goes to a bar one night and 2 young men beat him very violently and left him to die. Five days later Lesléa Newman (who is the author) gives a speech for the students of his school on the week of Gay Awareness Week. ]]> 2019-01-14 19:32:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/2sfhd9uac6hh/wish/320493892 135116 https://padlet.com/sd54/2sfhd9uac6hh/wish/320494130 The main and really only character is Matthew Shepard.
The point of view is a little bit from a narrator and Matthew.
Matthew is very shy and is sweet and on the small side.]]> 2019-01-14 19:33:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/2sfhd9uac6hh/wish/320494130 135116 https://padlet.com/sd54/2sfhd9uac6hh/wish/320494406 One main event is when he tells us each stage and step that happened before and and while he was on the fence.]]> 2019-01-14 19:33:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/2sfhd9uac6hh/wish/320494406 135116 https://padlet.com/sd54/2sfhd9uac6hh/wish/320494647 The Author's style is poem form not like rhyming but in the form of a poem. The tone of this book is aggressive because, each page is a new chapter and in each new chapter is the point of view of every object of how Matthew was killed. ]]> 2019-01-14 19:33:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/2sfhd9uac6hh/wish/320494647 135116 https://padlet.com/sd54/2sfhd9uac6hh/wish/320495548 The theme of this book is some people get bullied because they are different from other people. ]]> 2019-01-14 19:35:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/2sfhd9uac6hh/wish/320495548 135116 https://padlet.com/sd54/2sfhd9uac6hh/wish/320495720 I can relate to this theme because there was always this one kid at my school was getting bullied because he had a big bandage on his neck and some days I saw him playing with himself or just sitting in the corner ]]> 2019-01-14 19:35:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/2sfhd9uac6hh/wish/320495720 135116 https://padlet.com/sd54/2sfhd9uac6hh/wish/320496072 I give this book a 3.5 out of 5 because the whole time I was reading I was not sure what point of view it was until the very end. What I like about this book is that it explains each object in a different way.]]> 2019-01-14 19:35:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/2sfhd9uac6hh/wish/320496072 135116 https://padlet.com/sd54/2sfhd9uac6hh/wish/320508052 2019-01-14 19:57:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/2sfhd9uac6hh/wish/320508052