https://padlet.com/aidanburke22/6m71bi9vgvlf Made with a creative frenzy en-us 2019-03-19 17:27:34 UTC 2019-03-28 02:54:50 UTC hello@padlet.com aidanburke22 https://padlet.com/aidanburke22/6m71bi9vgvlf/wish/343003664 1. My parents believe that I should take a similar path to what they took in terms of their career. For myself, this is not a problem because the interests that I have align similarly to those of my parents so taking the same career path would not be difficult. For other children on the other hand, this may not be as easy because they may want to do something different, and their interests may be in a different field than that of their parents. If the parents force a career path on their children, it may lead to the child not doing their best work in their job or completely failing. Parents should be allowing their kids to choose their own path because it leads to the child finding something that they enjoy, and something that they can benefit from, leading to a happier and better life for the child.

2. The consequences of those who do not conform to the society that they live in are that they get outcast by the rest of the people living in that society. Being a non conformist can be easy or difficult, but it depends on the person and their personality. The people that find it easy do not look for approval from other people, so they do not worry about what other people have to say if they are not conforming to the society. The people that find it difficult are those who look for acceptance and need the approval of the others in the society. The people who find it difficult may also want to blend in and not be noticed by the people around them, and standing out may make them feel isolated and alone or put too much unwanted attention on them.]]> 2019-03-19 17:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/aidanburke22/6m71bi9vgvlf/wish/343003664 aidanburke22 https://padlet.com/aidanburke22/6m71bi9vgvlf/wish/344661099 1. “She carried me out onto the front porch, stoking my hair and hushing me. ‘No you’re not,’ she crooned just loud enough so only she and I could her. ‘No you’re not” (Hickman 13). This quote displays how Sonny’s mother does not want her youngest son to grow up and become like his father. This develops upon Sonny because he becomes more invested in science and engineering type activities. This also displays how Sonny’s mother wants her son to make his own path and not become a miner or take over the position that Sonny’s father has at the mine. It can be inferred that Sonny’s mother does not like the decision that her husband has made and does not want her youngest son to turn out like him. This conflict of interests among the parent may lead to future problems in the family that may also affect the children.

2. “A single name was the only lyric to the song in my brain. Over and over again it played: Dorothy Plunk, Dorothy Plunk” (Hickman 27). This quote displays how Sonny is starting to grow up now that he is in high school. This girl may add to the plot of the story by giving him something that may distract him from the original plan of building a rocket with his friends. Sonny’s friends might also start making fun of him once they find out about her.  This is significant because Sonny could also start to distance himself from his friends or cause a argument among them. Sonny may also end up going through the high school phase of becoming obsessive over a girl and believing that he has fallen in love and then gets his heart broken.]]> 2019-03-25 02:55:17 UTC https://padlet.com/aidanburke22/6m71bi9vgvlf/wish/344661099 aidanburke22 https://padlet.com/aidanburke22/6m71bi9vgvlf/wish/345968984 Sonny believes that family should be supportive of a child’s dreams and try to encourage what their child’s dream is. Sonny’s mother, Elsie, is the only one within the family that tends to be supportive of what Sonny wants to do and this is evident when Sonny is laying in his bed, reflecting on his conversation with his mother, and he reflects on how “Mom had said for me to build a rocket, show [Dad] what I could do” (Hickman 46). This is one of the few times that someone in his family is being supportive of his dream and immediately after the original conversation with his mother, Sonny seems to have some sort of hope from the encouragement. Furthermore, when Reverend Lanier explains to the church about how sons must obey their father, and fathers must support their sons, “Sherman and O’Dell and [Sonny] looked at one another and grinned” (Hickman 106). Their happy reaction to what the Reverend was teaching displays their obvious support of what he was saying towards both the fathers and sons of the community. In conclusion, Sonny’s ideas that a family should be supportive is supported by his reaction to the his reaction at the church and how he reminisces about his mother supporting his early dream of building a rocket.]]> 2019-03-28 02:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/aidanburke22/6m71bi9vgvlf/wish/345968984