Saturday, 8 October 2011

Assignment #4 - Exploring Characters and their Behaviour

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Exploring Characters and their Behaviour
Behavior is a major theme in this novel. For example, when Cole is offered an opportunity to take responsibility for his behavior, and heal both himself and the community through a Healing/Justice Circle, he grabs it, but for all the wrong reasons.

Although it appears to everyone who is trying to help Cole that he sincerely wants to change, in reality, he only agreed to go to the island, because he had every intention of escaping from it.  He had no intention of healing himself, or helping Peter heal (emotionally/physically). 

Cole’s character is a particularly good example of how a person’s behavior shapes who they become.

QUESTIONS
1.) How do our behaviours shape who we are and who we become?  (For example: How did Cole’s past behaviour affect the type of person that he has become?)
2.) Does our behaviour matter?
3.) Why is it important?
4.)Does the way in which other people see us ever cause us to change our
behavior? Give an example.

17 comments:

  1. 1) Our behaviour affects our entire life. Behaviour affects our life because if you have a bad behaviour nobody would like you. You would not have anybody to help you in tough times. If you have good behaviour then you would have lots of people that like some people may even to look up to.

    2)Our behaviour does matter alot especially when you are older and when you are looking to get a job.

    3)Our behaviour is very important in life. It is important because bad behaviour leads us to making poor decisions which could have a negative effect on our future.

    4)I am my own person and I am confident that my behaviour is appropriate. If someone does not like me for who I am, I would not change. If I realized that there were many people who did not like the way I acted, I would definately have to re-evaluate myself.

    For example, If a person is using racial slurs many people will dislike his inappropriate behaviour. That person would have to apologize for his language and for him to stop using poor language then he may be excepted by other people.

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  2. 1. Our behaviours shape us because it affects yourself and others around you. For example; say you are nice to everyone and have a positive attitude. People are a lot more likely to be nice back than if you were rude and mean.

    2. Behaviours matter a lot because it will take you far in life. For example; at work you harass your co-workers and are always slacking off. For sure you WILL get fired, but what if you were friendly to your co-workers. You are always working hard and making progress in your work. You are a lot more likely to be promoted.

    3. Its important because it makes up who you are, what you do in life, and what others thinks of you.

    4. Yes, because if you know you’re that others dislike a certain behaviour you’re doing you probably will stop. Ex; someone is making annoying and rude sounds in class. The teacher catches him or her and they will have to appositive for what he or she has done.

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  3. 1.)Behaviour affects everything about you. If you had bad behaviour, your most likely to have no friends. Not only that, but people won't respect you if your always messing around, and always remember, "Respect is easier given than recovered."


    2.)Behaviour matters SO much because it affects your whole life. You have to have good behaviour to have certain jobs when your older. When your in a working environment, such as your cubicle at an office. You never fool around, an example would be talking to your boss in a mean way or cursing when you don't get a raise, you'll probably get fired, the same when you treat your spouse, chances are you'll get divorced!


    3.)Behaviour is important because, like I said on 1.) and 2.) you'll get nowhere if you have bad behaviour, behaviour will make your choices in life and you have to try your best to have good behaviour.


    4.)Your behaviour can certainly be that way because of others, just like Cole, the reason why his behaviour is so brutal is because of how his parents treated him in the past. If Cole's parents treated him like they loved him, I'm sure Cole wouldn't be the way he is at the moment.

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  4. 1.)Our behaviour builds what we become and it helps what truly are because actions speak louder than words. If we have a negative behaviour, it will negatively impact everyone else.


    2.)Behaviour matters because it affects our entire life. It affects the friends we have and the jobs we might get. Bad behaviour doesn't get you a raise or cursing at people doesn't earn you true friends.


    3.)Behaviour is important because it builds up your personality. Its important in life because bad behaviour will get you nowhere.


    4.)The way other see you can affect your behaviour because if they say your a monster, eventually, you might end up believing them and start acting like one.

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  6. 1.)Behaviours affect everything.For example, if Cole was showing good behaviours to the Circle, they might have let him go. But, he showed them a bad manner so they didn't let him go.

    2.)Behaviour matters because they could change your life. For example, when you behave bad to your friends, you'll not have any friends when your older too.

    3.)It's important because like I said on number 2.) it will change your whole life even better or even worst.

    4.)Yes. For example, if Cole's parents were always caring for him, he'll show them a great manner that he had on the other side of him.

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  7. 1)Behaviour's can affect anything like example if Cole was nice for once then he probably wouldn't be in all this trouble.

    2) Bad behaviour is the same if u ackted bad then u will end up with a bad life.

    3)its the same if ur bad and u get help u wont have any problems in your life.

    4)And for the last one i think its yes because if his life was good from the start none of this would of happend.

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  8. 1.) Our behaviors affect our whole life because no one like you if you have a bad behavior but if you have a good behavior, you'll have lots of friends and people might look up to you.

    2.) Our behavior matters especially when you're looking for a job and no one would hire you if you have a bad behavior.

    3.) It is important because like I said on 1.), people will respect you because you have good behaviors.

    4.) Yes,for example:If you did something that people doesn't like, you'll probably try to get good behaviors and not do the stuff that people doesn't like.

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  9. 1)I think our behavior is a big part of life and if your mean you would have no friends witch would cause you to be meaner but if your nice you will have friends and you will be a good person. Cole"s past behavior has made him have no friends and hate everybody.

    2)yes it does because like i said before your behavior has to do with your whole life and if you don't do your work in high school and get bad grades it will make it harder for you to get a job or go to college when your older.

    3)it is important because bad behavior will take you no were in life and if you slack off you wont be able to get into any colleges or get a job.

    4)yes it does , such as if you make fun of someones clothes they will most likely change their style or if you tell someone they are a perfectionist they will stop trying and other things like that

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  10. 1)
    Our behaviour's effect everything about us through our entire life. Positive behaviour is key. Negative behaviour has many bad effects, for example if your being mean to someone, they aren't going to like you; what goes around comes around. Although, if you are very nice to a person, giving them complements and respecting them, they will be nice to you. Again, what goes around comes around.

    2)
    Behaviour means and shows tons about yourself. Say you need help from someone getting a job done. If your not cooperating and behaving correctly they won't want to help you. Therefore proving that bad behaviour won't last you long.

    3)
    Behaviour is super important in life because bad behaviour leads to bad decisions and bad decisions only get worse. On the other hand, having good behaviour can get you very far in life. Good behaviour can result in many friends, jobs, and plenty of opportunities you wouldn't get having bad behaviour.

    4)
    How other people see us can sometimes change the way we behave. For example if you had horrible behaviour, always acting up and getting into trouble some people may look down on you. In this case you may want to change your behaviour for the better opening up more opportunities for yourself. Although, if you have great behaviour that people always look up to achieve, you probably wouldn't want to change your behaviour but instead try to better it.

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  11. 1)Our behaviour shapes us and makes it who we are. If we act badly people will think badly of us,instead of acting badly we should act good it will leave a good impersion on others and ourself
    2)Our behaviour means a ton and more than we can believe. For instense if your needing help with something from a person and your acting badly they wont help you or want anything to do with you.
    3)Behaviour os so important to our life because bad behaviour will get you no where in life but good or great behaviour will get you very far in life like a googd job and you will make a lot of friends.
    4)Other people can see our behaviour sometimes faster than we can. For example if we had bad or poor behaviour others would look down on you, so you may want to think about changing your behaviour. If your actions are great or awesome peple will like you or look up to you and I think you will injoy that.

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  12. 1)our behaviours is effective in life because say if if you be really mean to your friend i think your friend would be really mad and wouldent want to be friends any more and some times the maybe wouldent even talk to you any more thats why behavior is so important in life.

    2)our behaviour really matters because if you have bad behavior in life you will not even go far in life and you might not even get a job and if you have good behaviour then you will go far in life and you will get a great job.

    3)behaviours are important in life because every one will be nice to you if you be nice to them and if your bad you will not have any one to like make you happy when you are sad and you will not get far that why behaviour is vert important.

    4)say if some one is being really mean to you and really rude you might get really mad but you aleays have to keep it inside of you and say if the person is being really nice and respects you snd then you will probably be really nice too and you will be very happy and that just showes you that behaviours changes how you talk to the person and you can uashally tell on the persons face too thats why behaviour is so important in life nad it will always bring you so far in life :)!

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  14. 1.) Our behaviours shape who we are, because if you have bad behaviour, people will think you are a mean person, and nobody will like you. But, if you have good behaviour, a lot of people will like you, and think you are nice.

    2.) Yes, our behaviour does matter because when your older, and if you do not have good behaviour, you can end up in jail.

    3.) Our behaviour is important because unless you have good behaviour, you can end up with no friends, and in bad situations.

    4.) Yes, other people can change your behaviour. For example, if one of your friends didn't like you anymore because you had poor behaviour, that might make you want to change that. :)

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  15. 1)Our behaviour affects our life because when anyone has bad behaviour, that gives a bad impression to people of how we are even though they don't know is that well. But if we have good behaviour, people will have a good impression and appreciate us more.

    2)Yes our behaviour matters because as you go through life, people treat you on how you behave. For example- you have a job and you have good behaviour, people will see your personality and you will have a good carrier. But if you have bad behaviour, you wont go further in life.

    3)Our behaviour is important because your behaviour is basically who you are. When you meet a person, they judge you on your behaviour not on how you look. We always depend on the way we behave because our behaviour shapes our life. For example Cole, if he had good behaviour he wouldn't have done the circle of justice and would be happy. But his behaviour gave a bad impression to people and he is now stuck on an island .

    4)Yes, other people can change our behavior. For example- you have bad behaviour and people treat you differently, you yourself would want to change your behaviour. But people cant make you change your behaviour because it is your choice. If you don't want to change, your behaviour will be the same and people will treat you the same.

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  16. 1.)Our behaviours affect our lifes because we can learn from our mistakes also learn how to be more responsible.

    2.)Yes our behaviour does matter because it can affect other people and how they think of us rather it is true or not and that will affect you in the future if its positive or negative.

    3.) Our behaviours are important because it shows what we have inside us.

    4.) Yes example - If you are rude you will have no friends so you will change because your lonely or forget it. Also we can learn from the past behaviours and what people thought of us then. Even it can affect relationships and careers in the future

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  17. 1.)Behaviors-Our behaviors change our lives so much and realy shape our how we react to everything that comes to us in Life is delt with. For example cole was a troubled child with many errors in his behavior and he is always in trouble or causing a new problem.


    2.)Matter?-yes our behaviors matter because if every one had a poor behavior then our world would end up a giant warzone and everyone would always be fighting for the fun of it.


    3.)important?-our behaviors are beond important because as i said if we did not have them we would be all over each other and always in a huge fight. We
    would not be able to e joy things like movies and no one would ever hang out
    go just have fun.


    4.) On my part i believe that if someone sees that someone else is hinting them about there behavior that person should realize their behavior is not to good and quickly fix it. But in real life there are just a couple people who dont want to change what so ever


    Overall having a good behavior will always leed you in the right direction and everyone has that option


    Sincerly,

    Katniss E.

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