https://padlet.com/gabbie16/brzkb3vmlv0l poem project en-us 2018-04-30 01:14:41 UTC 2025-10-24 21:57:29 UTC hello@padlet.com gabbie16 https://padlet.com/gabbie16/brzkb3vmlv0l/wish/256373501 John was a American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic. He was born in Reading, PA on March 18, 1932. He died in Danvers, MA on January 29, 2009. He wrote several book throughout his life.]]> 2018-04-30 01:41:02 UTC https://padlet.com/gabbie16/brzkb3vmlv0l/wish/256373501 gabbie16 https://padlet.com/gabbie16/brzkb3vmlv0l/wish/256376222 The first characterization was behavior in the poem there is a line that says "Most days you'll find Flick Webb, who helps Berth out. That shows his behavior because he helps out Berth. The second characterization was when it stated "In '46 he bucketed three hundred ninety points," that is setting it told us when it was and when it happened. ]]> 2018-04-30 01:57:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gabbie16/brzkb3vmlv0l/wish/256376222 gabbie16 https://padlet.com/gabbie16/brzkb3vmlv0l/wish/256380457 Metaphor is a literary element. It makes the story more interesting. a metaphor is a comparison between things with out using like or as. An example from the poem is "the old bubble-head style, Their rubber elbows hanging loose and low." which is them calling them not the best or smartest people.]]> 2018-04-30 02:21:43 UTC https://padlet.com/gabbie16/brzkb3vmlv0l/wish/256380457 gabbie16 https://padlet.com/gabbie16/brzkb3vmlv0l/wish/256385971 The unhappiness the protagonist faces that he is not being remembered as the great player he was and is being washed up. For example "But most of us remember anyway" like only some of them remember him playing and not everyone remembers]]> 2018-04-30 02:50:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gabbie16/brzkb3vmlv0l/wish/256385971 gabbie16 https://padlet.com/gabbie16/brzkb3vmlv0l/wish/256392782 Flick and Willy are similar in some ways. They were both best when they were younger. Flick was a good basketball player when he was younger and when he grew up he was kind of forgotten about. Willy was a good salesman when he was younger and people liked him but as he got older people just just did not know him. Another similarity is that Flick never learned anything special he just sold gas "He never learned a trade, he just sells gas." Willy never learned anything special he was a salesman his whole life]]> 2018-04-30 03:51:28 UTC https://padlet.com/gabbie16/brzkb3vmlv0l/wish/256392782