Little Prince's Dialectical Journal by Grace Volkert - Period 2 https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm en-us 2017-10-24 17:46:57 UTC 2025-12-26 19:10:30 UTC hello@padlet.com In part 1 of Conor's book he said, "I hadn't realized until this moment how much I did not want to walk through that gate. What I wanted was to tell people that I had volunteered in an orphanage. Now that I was actually here, the whole idea of my volunteering in this country seemed ludicrous." (Grennan page 16) glvolkert100 https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/200132346 2017-10-24 17:59:53 UTC https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/200132346 In part 3 of Conor's book, as he is writing one of his daily emails to Fraid, he " ended my message with a single line, I'm going back to Nepal." (Grennan page 102) glvolkert100 https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/200132490 2017-10-24 18:00:09 UTC https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/200132490 In the fourth part of Conor's book, he talks about how he got to where he is right now. Conor says, "I could not think of a single thing I would have done differently over the past year, even over the past several years." (Grennan page 131) glvolkert100 https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/200132662 2017-10-24 18:00:25 UTC https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/200132662 "I knew exactly what would happen when I walked out the door. I knew these eighteen children like I knew my own brothers. I relaxed. Godawari was home." ( Grennan page 65) glvolkert100 https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/200133239 2017-10-24 18:01:26 UTC https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/200133239 Personal Response #1: glvolkert100 https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/200136088 2017-10-24 18:05:58 UTC https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/200136088 Personal Response #2 glvolkert100 https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/200136360 2017-10-24 18:06:22 UTC https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/200136360 Personal Response #3 glvolkert100 https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/200136461 2017-10-24 18:06:33 UTC https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/200136461 Personal Response #4 glvolkert100 https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/200136590 2017-10-24 18:06:46 UTC https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/200136590 I think that this passage can relate to a lot of people in more ways than they know. At some point in time everyone wants to impress someone, whether if they like them or they are trying to make them proud. The thing is that when the time actually comes to do something they are scared. This is how Conor is feeling in this moment in front of the gate. I can totally relate to his moment of hesitation and I don't know what I would have done if I were in his shoes. glvolkert100 https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/201875948 2017-10-30 18:26:09 UTC https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/201875948 "I recognized how trivial it all was in the grand scheme of things; I had spent almost three weeks wandering through this desperate country, meeting villagers who had virtually nothing to their name, who had lived through ten years of war, and here I was moaning about having been held up a single day." (Grennan page 201-202) glvolkert100 https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/201974965 2017-10-31 00:55:07 UTC https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/201974965 Everyone has that one place that they call home. For Conor, this has changed throughout his life. He used to be able to call his place in New York his home but that's changed with just a few kids from around the world. These Nepalese children that he grew so close to have become both his brothers and children. He has learned so much about himself from them and realizes he wouldn't be who he today is without them. glvolkert100 https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/203044997 2017-11-02 17:52:27 UTC https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/203044997 glvolkert100 https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/203492607 2017-11-04 00:02:14 UTC https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/203492607 This is one of the most important parts in the book for me. Conor has been back and forth to Nepal several times and just can't seem to stay away. He knows he belongs there but doesn't know how to stay. I haven't quite experienced this before in my life. I have always known that my home is my home, the place I feel most safe and comfortable in. I am not saying this place won't change, but for now as I am growing up it will stay the same. I think this means for Conor that he has grown up. He knows that helping the children of Nepal isn't a career path for him or a way to plan for the future but it doesn't matter to him. Conor knows what he has to do and the only way to do that is from Nepal. glvolkert100 https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/203492931 2017-11-04 00:09:28 UTC https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/203492931 glvolkert100 https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/203493572 2017-11-04 00:24:48 UTC https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/203493572 Personal Response #5 glvolkert100 https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/203493707 2017-11-04 00:27:42 UTC https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/203493707 Every person has that happy moment in their life where everything is just good. I can think of many moments in my life where I am just happy and I know I am in the right place. Those times where I wouldn't want to take anything back because everything just works out. For Conor if he hadn't decided to step through that gate in Nepal nothing would be the same. He doesn't regret anything he did and wouldn't take it back for the world. glvolkert100 https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/203493795 2017-11-04 00:29:49 UTC https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/203493795 glvolkert100 https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/203494001 2017-11-04 00:35:03 UTC https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/203494001 This is my favorite line from the whole book. When I read a book like this it almost makes me cry. To be able to see beyond my little world that I am living in. To see how much more there is out there. These people that Conor visited in Nepal have next to nothing. I complain and complain about how I have to pay for the my own clothes and how it's not fair. When I read this book, I choke on my own words. I am extremely lucky to be in the place that I am with great friends and family. I love this line so much because some people don't know how just lucky they are. Some people take advantage of what they have and can't even see the bigger picture. Even though the Nepalese children barely have anything they can be the happiest of people at the worst times. glvolkert100 https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/203494063 2017-11-04 00:36:47 UTC https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/203494063 glvolkert100 https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/203494647 2017-11-04 00:54:59 UTC https://padlet.com/glvolkert100/ho82yfvwrnzm/wish/203494647