A Summer's Reading Reflection page – 49
1. I enjoyed reading the story, because I learned that lying can cover the truth

George lied him picking up his education, it made him feel bad about himself, about the lie he told Mr. Catanzara.At the end he raised about those feelings and he started to pick up his education.

2. Learning about the skills of Explaining Cause and Effect and Uncovering Motives influence my understanding of the story, it helped me understand the character's behavior and their intention in the story.

The Uncovering Motive helped me to understand why Mr. Catanzara helped George and not told that he lied, why he covered his lie by another lie to help him.

I uncover the intention of Mr. Catanzara to help George improve his life.

The Cause and Effect skill helped me to understand why George had to lie about him reading books.

He wanted people to respect him and treat him as a big boy, but he knew that he had to lie about something that will make him seem as he grew up and not the little boy, immature that drop out from school.

3. The characterization of character will add to my enjoyment of the story, because it helped me the characters in the story, their role in the story and how they affect each character in the story.

With the characterization I could predict the character's behavior and what they will do in the future.        

 A Summer's Reading Post reading page – 49 option 1

June 15, 1920

Dear diary,

Today I told Mr. Catanzara that I'm(gr.-was) planning to read a hundred books in the summer, so I could pick up my education. Of course I lied to him, I wanted him to respect me and treat me as a big boy.

I hope he won't tell anyone in the neighborhood about our conversation so no one will ask me questions about it and discover that I lied.

June 16, 1920

Dear diary,

Today, when I went (out) to the street for my regular walk at night in the neighborhood, something strange happened.
The shoemaker on the next block stopped me and said that I'm(gr.) a good boy, I thanked him and continued my walk across my neighborhood.

After a few moments, I realized that Mr. Catanzara had told the shoemaker about me picking up my education. Now that the lie had been told(gr.) it won't cause any trouble.

June 17, 1920

Dear dairy,

Today, when I woke up, my sister Sophie behaved very strangely, she was kind to me and she gave me a buck instead of a few nickels.

I realized that she also heard about the lie that I'm(gr.) trying to pick up my education and wanted to support me.

I think the lie about the books helped me, it helped me gain the respect of the people in my neighborhood, and they started to treat me as a grown up.

June 18, 1920  

Dear diary,

Today was not a good day. I went again for my nightly walk, when I saw Mr. Catanzara

I noticed from his walk that he was drunk, so I thought I could pass him without him noticing me, but I was wrong.

Mr. Cattanzara noticed me and started to ask me about the books I was reading. I was calm but inside I was crumbling, I feared that he discovered  that I had lied about the books and so he would be angry at me and that he is(gr.) going to tell everyone that I was lying  and they are going hate me.

I didn't say much about the books, instead, I pushed him aside and I ran from him.

The next morning I was walking in the street and people were treating me kindly and they told me they were proud of me.  I guess that Mr. Catanzara told them that I had finished reading all my books.

I thought that the lie is be(gr.) a good solution for my life but I realized that it hurt me, so I learned that lying is bad. So now I'm going to the library and I will start reading some real books so I can pick up my education. 

Much better. Well done!

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Daphna

A Summer's Reading - Bridging

Bridging Text And Context page – 49

The background information tells us about Bernard Malamud, the writer of the story "A Summer's Reading". It tells us who he is, what he is writing about and what is the message that he is trying to deliver through his writing. The information says that the main subject of his writing is about characters that are often awkward and isolated from society. In "A Summer's Reading" the main character, George, is searching for hope and meaning within poor urban settings.

Like the background information about Bernard Malamud, the writer of the story "A Summer's Reading" choose(gr.) to write about George, (Start a new sentence) his age is close to twenty, (he is) a loner, with no job and education, he is poor, he doesn't communicate with the people in his neighborhood and he is searching to improve his life.

In "A Summer's Reading" George lies about him trying to pick up his education,(New setence) he lied because he wanted to impress Mr. Catanzara so he wouldn't think that he was a lazy, dumb person who wasn't doing anything with his life.

In the story "A Summer's Reading", education is very important, if someone has education it makes it easier to get a job and money, George didn't had(gr.) (an)  education so he didn’t had(gr.) a job so(מיותר). he felt the need to lie so no one will(gr.) think he is(gr.) lazy.

George felt embarrassed in front of Mr. Catanzara, who was his only friend, (new sentence)he wanted him to respect him so he lied to him and told him that he was reading to pick up his education.

The moment that George had to lie to Mr. Catanzara is the awkward situation in "A Summer's Reading" of Bernard Malamud, it is (also) the starting point of the change in Georg's personality and in his life.
The information helped me understand the purpose of each event in the story between each character(phr.), it helped me understand George's character, his difficulties and the reason for his actions in the story.



 

It's better.Good work.
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Daphna