What was the major turning point of this book? Please identify that turning point and support with specific details explaining why you identified that event (or those events) as the turning point.
I believe the major turning point in this book is when Young decides to allow Simon to take Ronna to the favorite's dance. Throughout the majority of the book Young didn't really like Simon and his dislike increased to match Simon's growing confidence. Then out of an act of faith to Rob he allows Simon to take Ronna to the dance. This is substantial because it is obvious that Young and Ronna had a very special relationship and in a way, to please his friends, Young threw that away. I believe this to be the turning point because it gave that final boost to Simon's confidence and power-hunger that Simon himself turned on the others. Simon then took it upon himself to go even beyond this and ridicule the one who had brought enabled this power-high. He rubbed it in Rob's face that his father was in jail and for all things, molesting him. So I find that if Young had not have given up Ronna much of this never would have happened because Simon never would have gotten that final confidence booster. Then as a result he never would have found it in himself to say and do some of the things he did on his own without Rob's consent. That is why I believe Young giving up Ronna was the turning point of this book.
I believe that this book was downhill, for Young since the day that Rob was introduced into his world. From day one he was manipulative and mysterious, with hints of something sadistic under the mask of secrets, hiding who he really was, keeping secrets from the crew. Later on Young discovered his cruelty in their Advanced Bio class with their frog dissection. The frog tried to hop away but Rob ordered Young to stop him, then before actually killing the frog with the chloroform he flicked it over and over as some form of torture; once done with that he was in awe of the frogs death-by-chloroform. Rob was the ultimate wannabe puppeteer, controlling the crew wasn't enough he had to be the hand of guidance for the entire school, making sure he got his way when it came to his game with Simon Glass. The major turning point, in my perspective, is when Rob took Simon under his wing, shielding him from Lance. The day Simon allowed this he sealed his own fate. Since the beginning Simon was almost as bitter and malice as Rob was just both in different subtle ways. But it's obvious Simon underestimated how far Rob's sadistic being traveled within his sole, and for that he paid for his life.
Wow. This book was intense! As I read, I could definitely feel a change in Simon Glass. He became more confident, relaxed, and popular of course. People liked him, and he could pretty much do whatever he wanted. Rob still had a lurking power over the whole group, but Simon was bold enough to reject some of Rob’s orders, unlike Young. I thought the turning point in this book was when Simon did the New Year’s prank with the cow and other animals. This was the turning point because Simon hadn’t been given permission from Rob to do so. Simon had planned it totally on his own. Another small point was when Rob told Simon not to eat the cake, but then Simon went and got a candy bar. Simon sort of knew that he had a secret authority over Rob, but Rob didn’t know it. There were so many events in this book that it was hard to pick which one really turned the book around. I think that the unwritten turning point was when Simon came into his own and figured out that he has nothing to be scared of. That Rob was not his master, and he could have anything he wanted.
The major turning point in my eyes, is the two major dances. The first one, Homecoming, is more like Simon Glass’s coming out party. When he appears as the mascot, and reveals his identity, every one goes wild. I chose this event as a major turning point, because shortly after homecoming, Simon goes from being “The School Joke” to being actually liked by his peers. From homecoming on Simon makes a name for himself, from the free day off, to the New Year’s prank. He slowly is taking control of himself, and slowly disobeying his creator, Rob. As my second turning point, I choose the Favorites dance. I chose it because, this is the point where Simon takes his own, by making Rob class favorite, and ruining Rob’s plan, Rob finally figures out that Simon is not another mindless zombie like the rest of his pals. This event ultimately lead to Simon’s death.
I think that the major turning point in the book is the Favorite's Dance. I think that because this is where the truth all comes out. This is where we find out that Simon knew what was going on the entire time. I think he knew that from the first time Rob and company sat with him at lunch. Simon knew that Rob was playing a game using him as one of the pieces, and I think Simon ended up using the group as a way to make himself popular, or he was playing his own game. Either way he ended up in the worst outcome he could have possibly gotten. I think that the final outcome of the votes pushed Rob too far for his own good. This is what happened to make Rob kill Simon. I don't think that Simon deserved it, but Simon was a real jerk at the end and shouldn't have done what he did. I also think that Mickenzy is right when he said that if Young said no that none of this would have happened.
I believe the turning point in this book is when Simon and Young found out Rob’s secret about his dad molesting him. At the time, Simon had said he wish he didn’t find out the truth, but it’s obvious that he took advantage of Rob’s secret. Simon knew he could get away with anything he did that Rob didn’t approve of because of what he discovered. Because Simon and Young found out about it, Young felt that he was not able to say no to Rob whenever he asked favors of him, especially when he asked Young to leave Ronna. This led to Simon really gaining control over everything. He had something against everyone in the group of friends, and he twisted the entire story. He was popular, funny, and got the perfect girl. No one could stop him. I think one of the biggest reasons that the story ended the way it did was because of Simon finding out about Rob’s dad. Rob couldn’t let anyone else find out about this, so he had to get rid of Simon. For the others, it was just all the rage that had been built up inside of them for so long. I believe because of Simon finding out the secret, it led to his death.
I think that the major turning point of the book was when Rob wanted Young to give Ronna to Simon. Just as an opinion, I think Ronna had every right to be angry at Young, especially if you're that willing to give her away. I understood in the beginning what Rob was getting at with helping Simon become more popular. Simon starts out as this nerdy kid that gets beat on and nobody really stands up for him. So Rob takes him on to help him, which helps Simon not get beat up all the time. The “big guy” of the school, the popular jock, the bully, gets torn down from his thrown. And that’s when Simon’s confidence started skyrocketing. Throughout this whole helping Simon out thing that Rob had going, Young didn’t seem to like Simon at all. But I think that the turning point for the book, and Young’s dislike of Simon started to really hit hard when Young gave up Ronna. I think that Young gave up Ronna to Simon so quickly because he didn’t want to be thought of badly by Rob. He didn’t want to back down from being Rob’s right hand man. But another big part of the book was when Rob first took on Simon, but that was almost like a small turning point, then everything was calm before the next turning point. Overall, I thought it was a very intriguing book that made me feel how Young’s emotions were and everyone’s emotions in the end of the book at the dance.
I believe that Simon would still be alive if he and Young didn't discover Rob's secret about his father. If Simon didn't know, Rob wouldn't have had that extra bit of rage, to through him over the top to actually attack Simon. Not only that but, Simon underestimated Rob. He thought that Rob would never attack him. And if Young didn't know Rob's secret he would most likely have said no to Rob about giving up his girlfriend. Young had felt bad about what happened to Rob, so he agreed. But what he didn't know, is that Ronna wound never take him back. If Young didn't give her up, Simon would have never been able to say Young was Rob's frog; making Young hate him even more. He also agreed to everything Rob asked him from that point on and even before then. I believed Young did this because he felt that if he didn't Rob wouldn't like him along with most of the school. If Rob doesn't like you just about no one does; Lance is a perfect example. Rob had all the power and when Simon didn't obey him it only made Rob more angry.
In my opinion, there wasn't just one event that was the turning point. I think there were many events connected, sort of like a train. The name of this "train" could be something like 'Simon Glass' Big Change.' When Rob started talking to Simon with the idea of making him popular, was the "train's" engine, or in other words, the turning point started. At Homecoming when Simon won Homecoming King, that was also part of Simon getting more popular. When Simon danced with all of the Homecoming nominees, he really got noticed so that was a major change. You could say those events were in the car behind the engine of the "train." The parties that Simon had at his house, such as the party for Coop, were another car on the "train" because it made him more popular as well. The "caboose" of the "train" happened at the Favorite's Dance when Simon won Wittiest, even if he was supposed to win Senior Class Favorite. My main point here is that, in my eyes, there was not just one turning point because there are so many events to choose from! However, all the connected turning points are about Simon Glass becoming popular. I pictured the events as being connected, so I used the analogy of a train to try to explain my point of view.
I Think that the major turning point in this book is the Favorite's Dance. Young decided to give Ronna to Simon. The only reason Young did this is because Rob wanted him to. This is the major turning point in the book because this is when Simon really starts to build confidence in himself. If Young would have said no Simon wouldn't have rose in power and never would have gotten killed. This is also when Rob's secret comes about about his father molesting him. This give's Simon something on Rob so Simon gets ignorant and doesn't feel like he needs to obey Rob. After this point Simon grows in power and starts disobeying rob's orders. From this point on there were other smaller things that took place because of this, like the New Year's Eve prank that Simon planned. Simon never asked Rob's consent and planned this prank all by himself. I think the reason Simon was killed was because Rob couldn't let anyone know about what his dad had done to him. Rob had all the power and was the most popular person in school and when Simon started disobeying him he was losing his power. Rob built up to much anger and didn't want his secret out so he killed Simon.
This book was probably one of the most intense books I have ever read. The major turning point, I think, was when Simon offered to help tutor Coop. That's really when Simon thought that he could start taking control of everything. Another big moment that proves Simon is changing for the worst is when Rob asks Young to let Simon take Ronna to the favorites dance. That upset me a lot because the reason Simon is changing for the worst is because Rob gives, or tries hard to give Simon everything that Simon wants. It's like when you see so many kids get everything they want and they turn out expecting everything they want. Rob makes Simon expect everything that Simon wants and that makes him greedy. Rob making Simon a greedy person when he used to be a nice person is a huge problem therefore the result is fatal for Simon Glass. It is also Simon's fault to for trying to find out all the information about Rob and then not keeping it all a secret.
Your comments are all right on. I appreciate your insight into this question and found myself hooking my eyes to one word from each of your responses. So, the words that I chose--one from each of you, in the order of your responses, are: confidence, sadistic, authority, mindless zombie, jerk, control, "big guy", power, train, obey, and fatal. I think that when you read through this list of words all together, it creates an interesting summary of sorts for Shattering Glass.
I am anxious to discuss all the books you read this summer. Enjoy your last day off on Tuesday, and I will see you on Wednesday.
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I believe the major turning point in this book is when Young decides to allow Simon to take Ronna to the favorite's dance. Throughout the majority of the book Young didn't really like Simon and his dislike increased to match Simon's growing confidence. Then out of an act of faith to Rob he allows Simon to take Ronna to the dance. This is substantial because it is obvious that Young and Ronna had a very special relationship and in a way, to please his friends, Young threw that away. I believe this to be the turning point because it gave that final boost to Simon's confidence and power-hunger that Simon himself turned on the others. Simon then took it upon himself to go even beyond this and ridicule the one who had brought enabled this power-high. He rubbed it in Rob's face that his father was in jail and for all things, molesting him. So I find that if Young had not have given up Ronna much of this never would have happened because Simon never would have gotten that final confidence booster. Then as a result he never would have found it in himself to say and do some of the things he did on his own without Rob's consent. That is why I believe Young giving up Ronna was the turning point of this book.
I believe that this book was downhill, for Young since the day that Rob was introduced into his world. From day one he was manipulative and mysterious, with hints of something sadistic under the mask of secrets, hiding who he really was, keeping secrets from the crew. Later on Young discovered his cruelty in their Advanced Bio class with their frog dissection. The frog tried to hop away but Rob ordered Young to stop him, then before actually killing the frog with the chloroform he flicked it over and over as some form of torture; once done with that he was in awe of the frogs death-by-chloroform. Rob was the ultimate wannabe puppeteer, controlling the crew wasn't enough he had to be the hand of guidance for the entire school, making sure he got his way when it came to his game with Simon Glass. The major turning point, in my perspective, is when Rob took Simon under his wing, shielding him from Lance. The day Simon allowed this he sealed his own fate. Since the beginning Simon was almost as bitter and malice as Rob was just both in different subtle ways. But it's obvious Simon underestimated how far Rob's sadistic being traveled within his sole, and for that he paid for his life.
Wow. This book was intense! As I read, I could definitely feel a change in Simon Glass. He became more confident, relaxed, and popular of course. People liked him, and he could pretty much do whatever he wanted. Rob still had a lurking power over the whole group, but Simon was bold enough to reject some of Rob’s orders, unlike Young. I thought the turning point in this book was when Simon did the New Year’s prank with the cow and other animals. This was the turning point because Simon hadn’t been given permission from Rob to do so. Simon had planned it totally on his own. Another small point was when Rob told Simon not to eat the cake, but then Simon went and got a candy bar. Simon sort of knew that he had a secret authority over Rob, but Rob didn’t know it.
There were so many events in this book that it was hard to pick which one really turned the book around. I think that the unwritten turning point was when Simon came into his own and figured out that he has nothing to be scared of. That Rob was not his master, and he could have anything he wanted.
The major turning point in my eyes, is the two major dances. The first one, Homecoming, is more like Simon Glass’s coming out party. When he appears as the mascot, and reveals his identity, every one goes wild. I chose this event as a major turning point, because shortly after homecoming, Simon goes from being “The School Joke” to being actually liked by his peers.
From homecoming on Simon makes a name for himself, from the free day off, to the New Year’s prank. He slowly is taking control of himself, and slowly disobeying his creator, Rob.
As my second turning point, I choose the Favorites dance. I chose it because, this is the point where Simon takes his own, by making Rob class favorite, and ruining Rob’s plan, Rob finally figures out that Simon is not another mindless zombie like the rest of his pals. This event ultimately lead to Simon’s death.
I think that the major turning point in the book is the Favorite's Dance. I think that because this is where the truth all comes out. This is where we find out that Simon knew what was going on the entire time. I think he knew that from the first time Rob and company sat with him at lunch. Simon knew that Rob was playing a game using him as one of the pieces, and I think Simon ended up using the group as a way to make himself popular, or he was playing his own game. Either way he ended up in the worst outcome he could have possibly gotten.
I think that the final outcome of the votes pushed Rob too far for his own good. This is what happened to make Rob kill Simon. I don't think that Simon deserved it, but Simon was a real jerk at the end and shouldn't have done what he did.
I also think that Mickenzy is right when he said that if Young said no that none of this would have happened.
I believe the turning point in this book is when Simon and Young found out Rob’s secret about his dad molesting him. At the time, Simon had said he wish he didn’t find out the truth, but it’s obvious that he took advantage of Rob’s secret. Simon knew he could get away with anything he did that Rob didn’t approve of because of what he discovered. Because Simon and Young found out about it, Young felt that he was not able to say no to Rob whenever he asked favors of him, especially when he asked Young to leave Ronna. This led to Simon really gaining control over everything. He had something against everyone in the group of friends, and he twisted the entire story. He was popular, funny, and got the perfect girl. No one could stop him.
I think one of the biggest reasons that the story ended the way it did was because of Simon finding out about Rob’s dad. Rob couldn’t let anyone else find out about this, so he had to get rid of Simon. For the others, it was just all the rage that had been built up inside of them for so long. I believe because of Simon finding out the secret, it led to his death.
I think that the major turning point of the book was when Rob wanted Young to give Ronna to Simon. Just as an opinion, I think Ronna had every right to be angry at Young, especially if you're that willing to give her away. I understood in the beginning what Rob was getting at with helping Simon become more popular. Simon starts out as this nerdy kid that gets beat on and nobody really stands up for him. So Rob takes him on to help him, which helps Simon not get beat up all the time. The “big guy” of the school, the popular jock, the bully, gets torn down from his thrown. And that’s when Simon’s confidence started skyrocketing. Throughout this whole helping Simon out thing that Rob had going, Young didn’t seem to like Simon at all. But I think that the turning point for the book, and Young’s dislike of Simon started to really hit hard when Young gave up Ronna. I think that Young gave up Ronna to Simon so quickly because he didn’t want to be thought of badly by Rob. He didn’t want to back down from being Rob’s right hand man. But another big part of the book was when Rob first took on Simon, but that was almost like a small turning point, then everything was calm before the next turning point. Overall, I thought it was a very intriguing book that made me feel how Young’s emotions were and everyone’s emotions in the end of the book at the dance.
I believe that Simon would still be alive if he and Young didn't discover Rob's secret about his father. If Simon didn't know, Rob wouldn't have had that extra bit of rage, to through him over the top to actually attack Simon. Not only that but, Simon underestimated Rob. He thought that Rob would never attack him. And if Young didn't know Rob's secret he would most likely have said no to Rob about giving up his girlfriend. Young had felt bad about what happened to Rob, so he agreed. But what he didn't know, is that Ronna wound never take him back. If Young didn't give her up, Simon would have never been able to say Young was Rob's frog; making Young hate him even more. He also agreed to everything Rob asked him from that point on and even before then. I believed Young did this because he felt that if he didn't Rob wouldn't like him along with most of the school. If Rob doesn't like you just about no one does; Lance is a perfect example.
Rob had all the power and when Simon didn't obey him it only made Rob more angry.
In my opinion, there wasn't just one event that was the turning point. I think there were many events connected, sort of like a train. The name of this "train" could be something like 'Simon Glass' Big Change.' When Rob started talking to Simon with the idea of making him popular, was the "train's" engine, or in other words, the turning point started. At Homecoming when Simon won Homecoming King, that was also part of Simon getting more popular. When Simon danced with all of the Homecoming nominees, he really got noticed so that was a major change. You could say those events were in the car behind the engine of the "train." The parties that Simon had at his house, such as the party for Coop, were another car on the "train" because it made him more popular as well. The "caboose" of the "train" happened at the Favorite's Dance when Simon won Wittiest, even if he was supposed to win Senior Class Favorite. My main point here is that, in my eyes, there was not just one turning point because there are so many events to choose from! However, all the connected turning points are about Simon Glass becoming popular. I pictured the events as being connected, so I used the analogy of a train to try to explain my point of view.
I Think that the major turning point in this book is the Favorite's Dance. Young decided to give Ronna to Simon. The only reason Young did this is because Rob wanted him to. This is the major turning point in the book because this is when Simon really starts to build confidence in himself. If Young would have said no Simon wouldn't have rose in power and never would have gotten killed. This is also when Rob's secret comes about about his father molesting him. This give's Simon something on Rob so Simon gets ignorant and doesn't feel like he needs to obey Rob. After this point Simon grows in power and starts disobeying rob's orders. From this point on there were other smaller things that took place because of this, like the New Year's Eve prank that Simon planned. Simon never asked Rob's consent and planned this prank all by himself.
I think the reason Simon was killed was because Rob couldn't let anyone know about what his dad had done to him. Rob had all the power and was the most popular person in school and when Simon started disobeying him he was losing his power. Rob built up to much anger and didn't want his secret out so he killed Simon.
This book was probably one of the most intense books I have ever read. The major turning point, I think, was when Simon offered to help tutor Coop. That's really when Simon thought that he could start taking control of everything. Another big moment that proves Simon is changing for the worst is when Rob asks Young to let Simon take Ronna to the favorites dance. That upset me a lot because the reason Simon is changing for the worst is because Rob gives, or tries hard to give Simon everything that Simon wants. It's like when you see so many kids get everything they want and they turn out expecting everything they want. Rob makes Simon expect everything that Simon wants and that makes him greedy. Rob making Simon a greedy person when he used to be a nice person is a huge problem therefore the result is fatal for Simon Glass. It is also Simon's fault to for trying to find out all the information about Rob and then not keeping it all a secret.
Your comments are all right on. I appreciate your insight into this question and found myself hooking my eyes to one word from each of your responses. So, the words that I chose--one from each of you, in the order of your responses, are: confidence, sadistic, authority, mindless zombie, jerk, control, "big guy", power, train, obey, and fatal. I think that when you read through this list of words all together, it creates an interesting summary of sorts for Shattering Glass.
I am anxious to discuss all the books you read this summer. Enjoy your last day off on Tuesday, and I will see you on Wednesday.
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