At first Sarah's opinion would probably be that the poem is a bunch of emotional bs nobody knows how she feels, she cant be free from her scars that lay beneath her skin and layer the outside as well. But now that she knows that eric loves her and knows that there are people out there who dont sugar coat everything thinking it will get better. She will realize that she is being painted free and with a chance of life all because of her only friends, eric and dale, and her newest addition, ms.lemry. she can be happy, she doesnt have to live life looking over her shoulder worrying if her father will burn the rest of her or maybe worse kill her. -Katie M.
I think Sarah Brynes would like this poem because of the line," Paint me free." That right there is what Sarah Brynes wants to be because basicly her life is locked up like a jail. Sarah can not escape her scars on her face and on her life. Scars are the same both physicaly and mentaly they are on you forever, but with help you can remove them. Virgil Brynes wants to keep the scars on Sarah emotionaly as a warning to show her what he can do if she tells the secret. And because of that Sarah lives a life of fear. Now however Sarah realizes that she can't live on with the scars on her life because she knows that those are the ones that will hold he back, not the ones on her face. And that is what we should all do. Like I said before scars are with you unless you find what removes them.
Ithink that threw Sara Byrns's eyes this means that she has to look happy.She has to look like she is free but when it gets brocken down she under the abousive rule os Vergil byrns and will do any thing to be free.Also she needs to relise that Eric would die for her and that there are good adults in her world.
To Sarah Byrnes that poem would bring nothing but emotion. The scars on her face will always be there and they will be with her for the rest of her life. Sarah is being painted by her own hand she is making choices for herself and she has friends that will always be with her. Sarah is being painted by her and Eric and Dale, but with those two people she is becoming free; Those to people are painting her happy they are trying to make her have a good life. Sarah may not notice that but when she realizes that she has people that really do care about her she will have finished her painting. The painting of Sarah Byrnes will be free with a happy expression on her face.
Katie I agree with you, in the beginning of the story Sarah thought that the poem was a load of crap. To relate this to my own life, i sometimes can feel like all the sappy stuff like it'll all work out in the end and what not is stupid. I acally think it a lot. But one day a friend told me some words of wisdom, she said "if things are not ok in the end, than it just means it isn't the end." SO what im trying to say is that in the beginning of the story Sarah thought that things wernt ok and they never would be. As the story went on, like where we are now, Sarah is aware that people do care for her and deep down love her, Sarah may be luck... her friends would die for her, and its hard to find a friend like that. So maybe the poem means alittle bit more to Sarah now.
Sarah Byrnes is one tough hard character in staying fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher. She gets abused every day, bullied by one kid named Dale Thornton, she puts up with everything that has to do with her life and it’s not pretty. Some kids in the school probably do get bullied and get abused by their parents but we want to help. For example with the Egypt attack I wanted to help them out so badly, for every single kid that is in pain I wanted to go to the hospital itself, or go to Haiti in person to care for them, I’ll care for every age. I’ll adopt my own child to help care, seeing and hearing every singe kid around the world getting abused hurts me inside and I just want to steal my parent’s car and go in person to help them. If Sarah Byrnes was a real person I would help her every day until she doesn’t need me any more. The poem Paint Me as I am is a true poem and to Sarah Byrnes it relates to her easily. For example some young adults in the world go to school, but before school was home and the parents abused them. Some kids in that same school doesn’t know that the person got abused and bullied, doesn’t see all the bruises that lie in between. Getting covered by make-up and fake laughs. The line “paint me happy” can relate to not just Sarah Byrnes but to me too. I go to school like everyone else and happy enough I don’t get abused, but I do get bullied you just may not see it. In this school I had lost so many of my friends and loosing my best friends was the worst or all. Some kids still like me because they feel bad for me, but I go to school to learn. You can see me with a smile, and I’ll laugh for an act. I only laugh because inside I’m crying (or it was really funny) I’ll smile because if I don’t I’ll be crying. Sarah Byrnes goes to school, but no one sees her bruises, sees her burn, until later. Sarah Byrnes as only (really) one friend and that’s Eric that will do anything for her. If her father finds Eric he will die for her. “Kill me! Kill me! Jesus Christ what are you waiting for! Kill me!” Eric had shouted to Virgil Byrnes as he had a knife to Eric’s neck asking for his daughter. Eric is welling to die for Sarah Byrnes. Even in my life right now I will die for some people who may not even now that I care for them, or do. As Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes goes on Sarah doesn’t realize that Eric is trying to pain her with life. Eric wants her to go free, and not have to worry about her father any more, there may be some mazes in life, but Eric wants her to be a bird. To flap her wings and fly away from her nest, (Virgil Byrnes) she doesn’t have to on worrying about her father because she has Eric that will stay fat for her and made her talk just to show that he cares for her.
I think that this poem means that sahrah has been controlled all her life. She's had a secret that she could not tell to anyone. Her dad burned her when she was little, and forced her not to tell anyone or he would kill her. Everybody looks at her and thinks she has is a monstor. When she isn't. She's exactly like each one of us. The only difference is she has a troubled past.
I feel that Sara Byrnes and I have a lot in common. She probly feels that there is nobody in gthe world that would help her( besides Eric). Sara Byrnes can't feel her life being painted. I don't blame her, all her life she was mocked about how she looked. Me I was mocked about my life and all the mystakes I made. And not only that sometimes people only looked at me for that things that happened to me and everyone will use that against me. But what takes true painting skills is to get to know me. Some people won't even talk to me and thats just how sara Byrnes feel. If I wanted to have my life painted I would want to have someone listen to me at least. But fairy tales don't always have a happy ending do they? AngelA Bratten
If Sarah Byrnes read that peom I think she would be shocked by how much this peom relates to her life. I don't know whether she would want to admit it but on the inside where she only let's her close and personal friends she is crying out for happiness, a new begging and most of all freedom from her abusive father. She can relate to this peom because if you look deeper and become closer friends with her you can begin to see her face just asking for love,care and happiness.
wow what a fantastic book. this book changed my life in an way i would have never belived. only becuase the kids in my class all changed around me and showed me a diffrent side. this also makes me respect my mother and father. i wouldnt in a million years have ever thought this would be possible but it was. and to think to this extrem is terrible becuase there could be alot more out there with worse cases. Somtimes we all look at our selves and think bad about your appearance but what you should do is look from syarahs perspectaive and relize how good your life is. and think that on syarahs best day is your worst day you have ever had. so just be gratful that your life is the way it is now. -JACK PEDANO
Mr.G we need to read this book next in book club read this summery of the cariters i got of line its calles anger manegment Every kid in this group wants to fly. Every kid in this group has too much ballast.
Mr. Nak's Angry Management group is a place for misfits. A place for stories. And, man, does this crew have stories.
There's Angus Bethune and Sarah Byrnes, who can hide from everyone but each other. Together, they will embark on a road trip full of haunting endings and glimmering beginnings.
And Montana West, who doesn't step down from a challenge. Not even when the challenge comes from her adoptive dad, who's leading the school board to censor the article she wrote for the school paper.
And straightlaced Matt Miller, who had never been friends with outspoken genius Marcus James. Until one tragic week—a week they'd do anything to change—brings them closer than Matt could have ever imagined.
Chris Crutcher fills these three stories with raw emotion. They are about insecurity, anger, and prejudice. But they are also about love, freedom, and power. About surviving.
At first Sarah's opinion would probably be that the poem is a bunch of emotional bs nobody knows how she feels, she cant be free from her scars that lay beneath her skin and layer the outside as well. But now that she knows that eric loves her and knows that there are people out there who dont sugar coat everything thinking it will get better. She will realize that she is being painted free and with a chance of life all because of her only friends, eric and dale, and her newest addition, ms.lemry. she can be happy, she doesnt have to live life looking over her shoulder worrying if her father will burn the rest of her or maybe worse kill her.
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I think Sarah Brynes would like this poem because of the line," Paint me free." That right there is what Sarah Brynes wants to be because basicly her life is locked up like a jail. Sarah can not escape her scars on her face and on her life. Scars are the same both physicaly and mentaly they are on you forever, but with help you can remove them. Virgil Brynes wants to keep the scars on Sarah emotionaly as a warning to show her what he can do if she tells the secret. And because of that Sarah lives a life of fear. Now however Sarah realizes that she can't live on with the scars on her life because she knows that those are the ones that will hold he back, not the ones on her face. And that is what we should all do. Like I said before scars are with you unless you find what removes them.
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Ithink that threw Sara Byrns's eyes this means that she has to look happy.She has to look like she is free but when it gets brocken down she under the abousive rule os Vergil byrns and will do any thing to be free.Also she needs to relise that Eric would die for her and that there are good adults in her world.
ReplyDeleteTo Sarah Byrnes that poem would bring nothing but emotion. The scars on her face will always be there and they will be with her for the rest of her life. Sarah is being painted by her own hand she is making choices for herself and she has friends that will always be with her. Sarah is being painted by her and Eric and Dale, but with those two people she is becoming free; Those to people are painting her happy they are trying to make her have a good life. Sarah may not notice that but when she realizes that she has people that really do care about her she will have finished her painting. The painting of Sarah Byrnes will be free with a happy expression on her face.
ReplyDeleteKatie I agree with you, in the beginning of the story Sarah thought that the poem was a load of crap. To relate this to my own life, i sometimes can feel like all the sappy stuff like it'll all work out in the end and what not is stupid. I acally think it a lot. But one day a friend told me some words of wisdom, she said "if things are not ok in the end, than it just means it isn't the end." SO
ReplyDeletewhat im trying to say is that in the beginning of the story Sarah thought that things wernt ok and they never would be. As the story went on, like where we are now, Sarah is aware that people do care for her and deep down love her, Sarah may be luck... her friends would die for her, and its hard to find a friend like that.
So maybe the poem means alittle bit more to Sarah now.
Vaughn Butler
Sarah Byrnes is one tough hard character in staying fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher. She gets abused every day, bullied by one kid named Dale Thornton, she puts up with everything that has to do with her life and it’s not pretty. Some kids in the school probably do get bullied and get abused by their parents but we want to help. For example with the Egypt attack I wanted to help them out so badly, for every single kid that is in pain I wanted to go to the hospital itself, or go to Haiti in person to care for them, I’ll care for every age. I’ll adopt my own child to help care, seeing and hearing every singe kid around the world getting abused hurts me inside and I just want to steal my parent’s car and go in person to help them. If Sarah Byrnes was a real person I would help her every day until she doesn’t need me any more. The poem Paint Me as I am is a true poem and to Sarah Byrnes it relates to her easily. For example some young adults in the world go to school, but before school was home and the parents abused them. Some kids in that same school doesn’t know that the person got abused and bullied, doesn’t see all the bruises that lie in between. Getting covered by make-up and fake laughs. The line “paint me happy” can relate to not just Sarah Byrnes but to me too. I go to school like everyone else and happy enough I don’t get abused, but I do get bullied you just may not see it. In this school I had lost so many of my friends and loosing my best friends was the worst or all. Some kids still like me because they feel bad for me, but I go to school to learn. You can see me with a smile, and I’ll laugh for an act. I only laugh because inside I’m crying (or it was really funny) I’ll smile because if I don’t I’ll be crying. Sarah Byrnes goes to school, but no one sees her bruises, sees her burn, until later. Sarah Byrnes as only (really) one friend and that’s Eric that will do anything for her. If her father finds Eric he will die for her. “Kill me! Kill me! Jesus Christ what are you waiting for! Kill me!” Eric had shouted to Virgil Byrnes as he had a knife to Eric’s neck asking for his daughter. Eric is welling to die for Sarah Byrnes. Even in my life right now I will die for some people who may not even now that I care for them, or do. As Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes goes on Sarah doesn’t realize that Eric is trying to pain her with life. Eric wants her to go free, and not have to worry about her father any more, there may be some mazes in life, but Eric wants her to be a bird. To flap her wings and fly away from her nest, (Virgil Byrnes) she doesn’t have to on worrying about her father because she has Eric that will stay fat for her and made her talk just to show that he cares for her.
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I think that this poem means that sahrah has been controlled all her life. She's had a secret that she could not tell to anyone. Her dad burned her when she was little, and forced her not to tell anyone or he would kill her. Everybody looks at her and thinks she has is a monstor. When she isn't. She's exactly like each one of us. The only difference is she has a troubled past.
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I feel that Sara Byrnes and I have a lot in common. She probly feels that there is nobody in gthe world that would help her( besides Eric). Sara Byrnes can't feel her life being painted. I don't blame her, all her life she was mocked about how she looked. Me I was mocked about my life and all the mystakes I made. And not only that sometimes people only looked at me for that things that happened to me and everyone will use that against me. But what takes true painting skills is to get to know me. Some people won't even talk to me and thats just how sara Byrnes feel. If I wanted to have my life painted I would want to have someone listen to me at least. But fairy tales don't always have a happy ending do they?
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If Sarah Byrnes read that peom I think she would be shocked by how much this peom relates to her life. I don't know whether she would want to admit it but on the inside where she only let's her close and personal friends she is crying out for happiness, a new begging and most of all freedom from her abusive father. She can relate to this peom because if you look deeper and become closer friends with her you can begin to see her face just asking for love,care and happiness.
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wow what a fantastic book. this book changed my life in an way i would have never belived. only becuase the kids in my class all changed around me and showed me a diffrent side. this also makes me respect my mother and father. i wouldnt in a million years have ever thought this would be possible but it was. and to think to this extrem is terrible becuase there could be alot more out there with worse cases. Somtimes we all look at our selves and think bad about your appearance but what you should do is look from syarahs perspectaive and relize how good your life is. and think that on syarahs best day is your worst day you have ever had. so just be gratful that your life is the way it is now.
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Mr.G we need to read this book next in book club read this summery of the cariters i got of line its calles anger manegment Every kid in this group wants to fly. Every kid in this group has too much ballast.
ReplyDeleteMr. Nak's Angry Management group is a place for misfits. A place for stories. And, man, does this crew have stories.
There's Angus Bethune and Sarah Byrnes, who can hide from everyone but each other. Together, they will embark on a road trip full of haunting endings and glimmering beginnings.
And Montana West, who doesn't step down from a challenge. Not even when the challenge comes from her adoptive dad, who's leading the school board to censor the article she wrote for the school paper.
And straightlaced Matt Miller, who had never been friends with outspoken genius Marcus James. Until one tragic week—a week they'd do anything to change—brings them closer than Matt could have ever imagined.
Chris Crutcher fills these three stories with raw emotion. They are about insecurity, anger, and prejudice. But they are also about love, freedom, and power. About surviving.
Zach, I gave that book to Cate. Can you get it back for me?
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