3. The poem is titled "The Border." Explain whether or not this title is the best one for this poem. If it is, tell why; if it's not, tell why. Support your thinking using text examples.

 

 

2)      The story the border is a story about conflict. It is a conflict as the two groups of boys that live across the stream from one another do not like each other for no reason and to almost have a form of war between them. This causes them every weekend to gather by the stream and throw rocks at each other to try and hit the other group to hurt them, if they hit each other they cheer because they do not like the person that they have hit. This is a conflict that has kept going because nether group understands the other and doesn’t want to. 

 

 

 

3)      “The Border” is a good title for a story and I wouldn’t change it because the two groups that are having the conflict aren’t on the same side of the stream. This stream acts as a border between the groups and keeps them from crossing into the enemy’s area of land. It acts like there are two countries at war separated by borders as the boys are the countries at war and the stream is the border separating them from having a close up battle instead they have to throw the rocks across the stream to hit each other. 

2.       The text “The Border” written by Al Pittman is most definitely a story about conflict. Even just the choice of words and phrases like “battle”, “weapons” and “draw blood” can show you that, but if you read through the entirety of the story than you can also see through the storyline that it is about conflict. It is mainly about attempting to hurt and injure people that they never knew or never bothered to get to know, they have no reason to fight with them, they simply throw rocks in response to the other side throwing rocks.

3.       I feel that as far as titles go “The Border” is a very fitting title being that it does stick with the storyline as well as the theme that the story takes. A border implies that there are two sides which don’t get along and need something to divide them (in this case the brook), which fits into the rest of the story perfectly.

1.        Conflict is a normal part of life and it can have many ways of solving it and in this case, this is what you can do to resolve the conflict.  A great way of resolving conflicts, is to talk it out with the other person or group, because you don't know what they are going through or why you're fighting them. By talking to them you can get to know them better, stop the conflict and possibly become friends with them. Also, another way to resolve conflict is by respecting each other.  To respect each other, you need to learn to leave each other alone and not retaliate when they start something. These are just some ways to resolve conflict.  

2.       The text, "The Border" by Pittman is about conflict. Three examples from the short story that tell me the text is about conflict are.  The author used words like "battle" and "weapons" to show that they were going to war. Also, they were throwing rocks at each other with the intent to draw blood and when they did, the ran down the hill yelling and laughing. A lot of conflict is the cause of hate and because of the last sentence "Their offence was they lived across the brook and they hated us for the same reason," it shows that they hate each other.  That is why this short story is about conflict. 

3.       I think that the title, "The Border" is the right title for this short because it signifies that there is something, in this case the brook, that is dividing two sides. The people are using the brook as a border and are fighting the people on the other side because they live on the other side.  By calling the brook a "Border, it sounds more like a war between two sides that is caused by people living on the other side.

3)      “The Border” is a good title for this poem because just by reading the tile you could already tell what it is going to be about. And the story tells us that they live across the brook which separates them and let’s them from not getting close to each other which supports the title.

1. Resolving conflicts can be easy if you have the right strategies. A few ways we can solve conflicts are not pushing the main conflict forward. If we can isolate the conflict, we can let it go and forget about it. Though, sometimes the conflict can be larger than that, and can’t just be buried or forgotten. Sometimes, when a conflict is a lot larger than we foresee, it can make your world stressful. We can also solve our conflicts and issues by just talking it out, that’s how the truth can be set free. 

 

2. The text "The Border" by Pittman has multiple examples of conflict. One example is, the characters of the text made it a goal to injure the opposite side and most likely vice-versa. Though the characters fight, they have no actual reason to do so.  From the text, you could say that these characters­­­­ had an older generation who taught them to fight with the others across the brook, like a social normality. 

 

3. I think that instead of the title being “The Boarder”, It should be something along the lines of “The Other Side”. I think the title should be changed because “The Boarder” could mean so many things besides what it really is. For example, reading the title, you could assume it was something having to do with a character of a different race or someone crossing a boarder. When using a title that sounds a bit more neutral, that leaves the reader open, and curios for what’s about to come. 

When solving conflicts, it does not always mean to have an argument and scream at each other’s faces or throw stones. There are plenty ways on how to resolve conflicts instead of facing the consequences. I’ve provided a few examples of how to resolve conflicts.

1)    Get to know the person first and later debate if you like them or not.

2)    Ignore the fact that they are ‘probably’ starting up the conflict. 

3)    Talk it out and respect each other. 

In the poem, it was crystal clear that the short story was about two sides having conflict with on another. The way the author pieced this poem like; “our pockets filled with stones carefully selected from the roadside gravel.” And “They would form up on the far side.” Made it seem like a war has begun between the two sides. Then, part way through the poem that’s when the actual conflict began; “If by chance we did draw blood we’d jump for joy all up and down the bank.”

 

 

By looking at the title “The Border” It symbols conflict and two sides with dramatic roles. If I was the author of the poem I’d stick with the title. Sure, other people would suggest “Two sides” and such. But that just sounds too plain in my opinion. This title was quite creative and got some thought into it. 

 

 

2)      The text “The Border” is a story about conflict because as they said on the story, two groups divided by the border which is the brook, hate each other and throw rocks at each other every Saturday afternoon. They don’t know why they hate each other, the conflict is caused just because they live across each other. The part where the author said “I don’t know why we fought them. The only thing they had ever done to us was to return stone-throw for stone-throw.” The conflict was caused because they hate each other because they live across each other and they started stones at each other.

 

3)      I believe that the title “The Border” is a best fit to the story because two groups fight each other with a border, the brook in between them. The brook became a border in the story, so when two groups throw rocks at each other, it sounds like they are having a war. When the author said, “The brook was the border”, it clearly showed how two groups are divided. The reason why two groups hate each other is because they live across each other with the brook in between them. ” Their only offense was they lived across the brook. They hated us for the same reason” I believe that the border is basically the cause of hatred for two groups and that the word border well describes the story so that is why the title “The Brook” is the best title for this story.

Some the ways we can resolve conflict is to talk to the other person/ persons and try to find a mutual ground. We could also list what the problems are and try to solve them without being judgmental to the other people/persons involved. We could also ask questions about what is happening and why it is happening.

 

2.     Is the text “the border” a story about conflict? Explain with examples from the story.

Yes, the border is a story about conflict. It shows this when the author says they filled their pockets with stones  so that they would throw them over the border to hit the other people at the other side of the brook and when the stones hit the people they would laugh and dance.

 

3.     The poem is titled "The Border." Explain whether or not this title is the best one for this poem. If it is, tell why; if it's not, tell why. Support your thinking using text examples. 

I think the title the border is the best title because it is talking about how the people throw stones across the brook which is kind of a border if you think about it because it separates the two groups from each other. 
The definition of border meaning a line that divides two thing .

1.       What are some ways we can resolve conflicts (strategies)? 

A way of resolving conflict is to listen to what the other person is saying because in some conflicts the people arguing even want to listen to what the other person is saying because they just want to think that their way is right. Another way of resolving conflicts is to talk it out and get to know the persons side of the story and maybe the arguing can resolve the issue 

2.       Is the text "The Border," a story about conflict? Explain with examples from the story. 

Yes, it is a story about conflict because the author said that they filled their pockets with stones to throw at the people. Another example in the poem is that the author said that they would rejoice when they hit someone with a stone. 

3.       The poem is titled "The Border." Explain whether or not this title is the best one for this poem. If it is, tell why; if it's not, tell why. Support your thinking using text examples. 

I think it is a good title because it explains gives you an idea of what the poem is saying. 

1) What are some ways we can resolve conflicts (strategies)?

Some ways we can resolve conflicts is by figuring out what the problem is between the two people. Ask the person questions, keep your voice low, and try to stay calm. If you do all of these things the conflict between the two people will be calm and steady and that will help to resolve the conflict faster. Also allow the other person to talk too because if you will let them talk that can help you understand where the conflict began. If you stay ask questions, keep your voice low and stay calm your conflict will resolve way faster.

2) Is the text “The Border” a story about conflict? Explain with examples in the story.

The text “The Border” is a story about a conflict. This is a conflict because the Christian and the Catholics were throwing rocks at each other. They don’t even know why they are fighting all they know is that they have to throw back the rocks when they throw the rocks at them. One side would get happy when the other side bleeds to death. Lots of innocent families were getting hurt because they don’t like each other. They don’t even know anything about each other all they know is that they have to throw rocks at them. They didn’t just threw rocks they also threw stones and patrol bombs.

3) The poem is titled “The Border”. Explain weather or not this title is the best one for this poem. If it is tell why? If it’s not, tell why? Support your thinking using text examples.

I wouldn’t change the title because it fits perfectly with the story. There are Christians and Catholics people who can’t stand each other so they had to build a big Border between them so the Catholics can live on one side and the Christians can live on the other. That Border is made of a fence, a fence that divides the city into two parts. Even after they build a border they kept throwing rocks at each other so then they build a bigger border so the people won’t be able to throw rocks at each other. First it was just a small fence to separate them then they made it a little bigger when they could still throw rocks they decided to build up to the point where people can’t throw rocks.

- some ways we can resolve conflict is trying to understand the other persons point of view. We could also compromise. We can make a deal with the other person/party. We could also talk to them. Sometimes conflict happens because they feel disrespected, so we should learn to respect other people and avoid conflict.

2. Is the text "The Border," a story about conflict? Explain with examples from the story.

- yes, the text “The Border” is a story about conflict. It is very easy to know this because in the story it talks about how they throw stones at each other. It also talks about how happy they were when they hit the people on the other side and how they cheered and celebrated.

. The poem is titled "The Border." Explain whether or not this title is the best one for this poem. If it is, tell why; if it's not, tell why. Support your thinking using text examples.

-the title “The Border” is a good title for the story, because it talks about how the had the Brooke as the border between the two sides. And what happens on both sides of the Brooke which makes the title a good title.

 

2.       Yes, of coarse it’s a story about conflict. It’s a story about conflict because how they said they through stones because they are two sides that dislike each other for absolute no reason.

 

3.       Personally. I would stick with the title because, there’s a border that happens to be a stream. Two sides, that happen to be Cristian’s and Catholic. Gather around with there pockets filled with stones and throw over the ‘border’. And that’s why it should be called the border.

1)      You can talk about it with the person by remaining calm and listing your reasons. You should

Allow the other person to talk. Prove your points and try to stop the argument/fight. Actually, listen to what the other person has to say and, admit if you’re wrong. Don’t say unnecessary and or useless things, instead talk it all through.

 

2)      The story “The Border “in my opinion is a conflict story because there is a huge fight 

Between two groups for no legitimate reason. They built giant walls and people would still throw rocks and stones over to hurt the people on the other side. If the landed a shot the group would jump in joy. They never understood why they were fighting but all they knew was that’s what was right. If there was no border you can only imagine what would go down.

 

3)      I would name this short story “Above the Falls” because that is where they would meet the

other group and throw the rocks. I chose this title because it gives you a better picture in your head of what is going on. You can picture two groups throwing rocks at each other above the falls while the border is sitting in the middle. To me personally, the title “The Border” is too plain and simple and wouldn’t really catch anyone’s eye. 

1.)    Some ways that we can resolve conflict are by first figuring out what the problem or issue is, then we could talk to the other person or people involved. By talking to the other “side” of the conflict we might see our argument in a new light. Another way to resolve conflict would be to look back and see if you are at fault, like if you said or did something that could upset another person. 

2.)    Yes, the text “The Border” is about conflict because there are two different groups of people fighting. Even though they both don’t know what the other team or side did they would throw stones from the gravel road at each other. The conflict occurs when they both meet up on the two different sides of a river and begin throwing stones. 

3.)    I think that the title: The Border is the best title for the poem since the boys on each side of a border fight with stones, in this case the border is the brook or stream. The title “The Border” signifies that there is a line or divide between something, like the land or people. So yes, I think that “The Border” is the best title for the poem.

1.)    Some ways we can resolve conflict are taking the high road in an argument to stop it from going further. Even if you don’t want to, taking the high road could still be the best solution. Another way to resolve a conflict is by discussing it. Talking about it can make you and the other person feel better about the argument. There are many ways to solve conflicts, these ways are very simple ways that can resolve the problem before it becomes a big thing when it doesn’t have to be.

 

2.)    The story “The Borderâ€� is about conflict. The first reason why I know this is because the hope is that they draw blood from someone on the other side. Secondly, the word “battleâ€� is used, this means they have the intent of fighting people. The last reason is that they hate the people on the other side and that means there is conflict.

 

3.)    I think “The Borderâ€� is a good title for this story. I think this because “The Borderâ€� says that it is dividing two sides. The two sides hate each other just for being on the other side of the border. I think that the name “The Borderâ€� is a very good choice for this story because it mentions a very important part of the story.