Rebound - The End
We have finished reading our first Narrative text. The journey was designed to build up your reading strategies, see the power of narrative text by understanding the role of symbolism, as well enhance your own understanding of the world you live in, by applying the lessons learned by David and Sean to yourself.
1. What were your feelings about the conclusion of the book? Did it match your predictions? Is it realistic?
2. In reflection which reading strategy would you argue was the most affective? What strategies to you recall using and which chapter is triggered with the greatest strength?
3. Explain your understanding of symbolism? Provide example form the text and make connections to other texts or the real world.
4. Ultimately the narrative is a great story and learning instrument if you the reader have enhanced or developed your own understanding. Has this novel study impacted your morals, values, and understanding?
I think the ending was very inspirational and interesting. I was partly correct with my prediction. I thought David was still alive, but I thought he was at home not at the gorge. I do think the ending is realistic because if you have a great, supportive friend to help you realize your potential, you can accomplish any of your goals.
ReplyDeleteI think that the ending was very interesting. I was correct with my prediction. I knew David was still alive and that he wouldn't give up or anything like that. I think that the end was very realistic because if you had a friend like Sean he will always support you in anything and you can trust him.
ReplyDelete1.Well, I felt a little bit scared because I didn't know if David would really push himself off the cliff.Yes my prediction was right.But, I thought that David would be in the school Basketball team.
ReplyDelete2.I would say that Application, the reason why is because you can apply this to everyday life. U mm, I would say Imagery is the one who triggered the most for me.
3.Symbolism for me is something that represents something important. For example, In the book Rebound The wheelchair could mean a lot of things. It could mean Homosexuality. The point is that the wheelchair could be a lot of things that people are bullied about.
4.Nope! I didn't get anything out of this book. Yes, it was a nice story, but I didn't get anything out of it. I read too much stories before that were touching, more than this one, but I still didn't get anything out of it.
I think the ending was too fast. they didnt describe how they got up the cliff. i think this because sean said if david was down there wouldent be a way back up, so they should have explained how they got up then say 4 weeks later.The ending did match my predictions. i said that sean will persuade david to do what he loves untill he walks, basketball.I dont think this book is realistic.(only the ending)only because it said that he had lots of cuts, bruises,hands were torn up, his scalp was bleeding like crazy, and 4 weeks later he started playing wheelchair basketball.And if your hands are torn up, bleeding so much, and then 4 weeks later he uses his wheelchair perfectly.Which doesnt make sense because he should be at the hospital recovering
ReplyDeleteI think the visualization strategy was most effective for me. It helps me remember how I interpreted and understood the text and triggers the chapter.
ReplyDeleteI think the strongest form of symbolism in this text would be the wheelchair. Yes, it can mean disabilities. But it can also connect to anybody who appears 'different', like we discussed in class. David's wheelchair can stand for anything that is different, for example the gay teens in the article we read. It can also stand for you and I because we all go through our own struggles.
1.My conclusion for this book is that it is very interesting and that i have learned that things arent what they seem .As Eric Walter shows us here basketball can many things and in this situation it can mean to be "life" and the basketball game to be the "game of life".No it did not match my predictions as i predicted that David would have gotten his legs back and would be able to walk again and play basketball with sean.Yes i do think this ending is very realistic as David did not get his legs back but he still got to play the game he really loved with his best friend watching.And what Sean said to David really changed Davids view of his life as now he does the right things like going to the rehab center and actually talks to other kids like him and he knows that hes not the only one thats gone through this.
ReplyDeleteI think imagery or the triggering reading strategy was the best. i think this because when my sister was in university, she had to read books with over 1 thousand pages, and she had to remember all of it.i think this strategy prepares us for the future where we cant remember the books in our mind, we would have to use some thing to remember
ReplyDelete1) I felt happy when David finally thought it through that you must continue with life and hope in the things that are good for you and wait until those good things happen/appear. My prediction somewhat matched the conclusion because I predicted that David will get on with life and he was down the cliff. The ending is realistic because David got on with life and is trying to live his life to the fullest.
ReplyDelete2)I would say Imagery would be most effective to trigger the last chapter due to the fact that we could draw David sobbing because that was the climax to me because that's where David had no choice be to commit "suicide" or try to tell people not to treat people that are crippled differently.
I would use Imagery because I would've drawn David in his wheelchair for basketball with a ball on it because that just tells us that David has gone back to life.
3)Symbolism is David's wheelchair in this book because David is always in it and people change their emotion when they see a person in a wheelchair because they feel sorry for them and like David didn't want people to feel sorry for him, he wanted people to treat him like a normal human being.
4)I treat people in a wheelchair differently now because of what I learned from David I think most people in wheelchairs wanted to be treated like a normal human beings like they aren't in a wheelchair.
@Prabhjot, I think it was smart not describing how they got up the cliff. At that point, Sean realized David was alive and they both acknowledged each others feelings. I believe that was the main idea and that was all that really mattered at that point. How they made it back up the cliff at that point was irrelevant.
ReplyDelete@ ButterCup Would you use Imagery because I think that's more effective because one bit of the scene that triggers the whole passage I think is better.
ReplyDeleteto me symbolism means something that can also mean something else. Like for example in rebound, davids wheel chair can symbolize lots of things. Gay teeans,africentric schools, soldiers(because they sometimes have to suicide) and more
ReplyDeletemy feelings for the book rebound was that this book shows true friendship for instance when david said to leave sean did not because he cared for him.this book kind of matched my prediction some of them did but david did not come out his wheel chair.yes this is realistic because he did not come out of the wheelchair if he did it wouldnot be realistic.
ReplyDeletei think imagery and graphic organizer was the most helpful because imagery worked and it was useful and graphic organizer was as good as straight forward answers.once again i think that imagery is the most helpful because it recalled my memorythe most.
now i found out that symbolism is anything that has a valuable story that connects to you and it has meaning to it for example the gay people article the rainbow people club it is symbolic because it shows that it is a gay people convention where gay people can freely talk.
this study impacted my morals alot because i learnt alot like empathy and it affected my feeling about handicapped people and my bias on handicapped people.
@ Prabhjot What other Reading Strategies would you use?
ReplyDeleteThis book was a really good book. My predictions didn't match but I was close I said that Davids going to be down there and he was trying to go down there and die because it was to hard for him, This book was realistic becasue stuff like this happen around the world.
ReplyDeleteThe best reading stratigy was there you piture whats happening in each part and the chapter is the last one that we just read.
This book tought me a lot about the world and whats going around us and the symbolism in this book reminds me of when I watched a movie and in that movie they showed the twin towers got crashed and because the guy was indian everyone thoguth that he would hurt them.
1.I think it did match my predictions because I thought David wouldn't have committed suicide but yet he still tried.Its still great to know that Davis actually joined the team and is willing to accept he is in a wheel-chair.I think the ending isn't realistic because David tries to commit suicide but Sean helps him understand he shouldn't and it isn't right for him to give up so easily.and he over it and started seeing social workers and accepted himself and even joined a team.So I think it happened a little too fast and he accepted him easily after Sean explained it wasn't tight.
ReplyDelete2.The think the best reading strategy for me was
Predicting and Visualization because they make it easier to understand what you think is gonna happen and how you think you imagine it to be or expect it to be because it keeps the book more intense and interesting that way.I think we used about all the strategies and say that Predicting and Visualization are better because it shows the reader is captured by the book and wants to know what will happen next.
3.My understanding of symbolism is that's one way to describe a lot more.Like a little part describing the whole. Symbolism is used in the book Symbolizing David because he is a small part of people who are different and looked upon differently.The connection I could make is that its true because people are treated different because of who they are like the article about Gay Teens.They were treated differently just because they were different.
4.Yes, the book has because it gave us a understanding about how people in Wheelchairs feel and how they are treated and put separated.I didn't know there life was so hard and that people didn't like sympathy even through its the usual reaction to when people are in wheel chairs.
I think that the conclusion of the book was a little fast and unexpected, if Mr.cheney didn't say we were almost done the book, I would be very surprised about the end. I think the end was realistic. Most people when they are in stress think fast and suicide. David had that thought. I also say that it's not realistic because if David got injured how can he recover in 4 weeks. He was bleeding from his scalp and his hands were broken.
ReplyDeleteI think the most effective reading strategy used and was most powerful was symbolism. Symbolism means to take a scene or a concept and making it more powerful and connecting to you. You want to look beyond the words like reading in between the lines. This reminds me of the time when I read super people. Money is a symbolfor better opporotunities for the children.
I think that the chapter that was triggered most for me was when they were both at the cliff and David was emotionally depressed because his life is hard. He can't handle him.
Yes, the moral did change my views, biases also my morals. On thing that changed was bias on wheel chaired people. You should never un expect anyone. Like David he is capable of many things.
@GreenRanger no I think Visualization is more better for me. When I am reading/listening to text, I typically visualize the scene in my head. Visualization, for me is like taking a picture of what I'm thinking. Therefore I remember how I interpreted the text. Symbolism is also an effective strategy for me.
ReplyDeleteMy feeling about the conclusion were same as before. i knew that david won't give up that easily and he will still have faith that he will walk agian some day.
ReplyDeleteyes it did match my predictions because i predicted that david will play basketball again and he wont give up or suicide.
i think that imagery was the most affective reading strategy because i love to draw so it was really helpfull for me to learn more about the book and easily remember it afterwards.
Chapter 24 triggerd me the most greatest strength because it showed how you should never give up and if you have faith on yourself you can fight against any problem in your life.
my understanging to symbollisim is that everything is symbolic to something else. from the book "rebound" the symbolism would be that david is differnet from ohter and in this situation he is sybollid to all of the other people who are not normal or are diffrent such as gay people.
yes this novel enhanced my reading strategies and it did impacted me because after reading rebound i learned allot about narrative and its morals and i realized that no one is normal or have no problem in thier life and that no one is differnt then others.
Yes it did mathc my predictions. I predicted that David wasn't gonna walk again and he didn't. Yeah, maybe in the years to come he'll walk again. I felt bad about finishing the book because I wanted to find out more about myself, who I am, what morals and values I promote. As Mr Cheney said "The book is about us, not the characters within the book". It's just filled up with all these characters. But, it was an accomplishment going through all these reading stratagies, Predicting, Visualization, Acting out. I think the book was very realistic highlighting the complexity, normal, and bias. The way people who are percieved away from the "norm" are treated. What they go through, we can't understand untill we step into their shoes and show empathy. And quote "Before I step into another's shoes, I should first remove my own"
ReplyDeleteReally, I found the visualization stratagy highly effective. It helped me recall what happened, and the more detail I put in the more description I recalled. It was almost like the visual talked to me. Maybe it's because we're thinking about the passage while we're drawing.
My understanding of symbolism is that in the book different things are symbolic. Such as David. David is a symbol of anyone who is percieved as "different from the norm". And his wheelchair is his defect like the many of us have. I remember what Sean says before he finishes the book "that David was back in the game" not just the game of basketball, but the game we live in called "life" I can connect it to the "gayteens" they are bothered because they are percieved different from the "norm" and therefor have their own school because of that one bias, that the bully has. It's not like someone told him to do that, his biasism is systemic.
Yes, I know understand that not all people can be understood. And quote the natives "I cannot understand what a man goes through untill I have walked 2 moons in his moccasins". This quote means we cannot understand what a person goes through untill we walk a long way in his life. Doing what he does, sleeping his way eating his way acting like him or her. And there is symbolism in that quote. The 2 moons are symbolic to the long distance we could walk. And the moccasins are a symbol of their lives. In all it makes sense. The whole book was about us.
@ BlueRanger What stuff happens around the world? Do you mean that people that are handicap have no choices so they choose the "final" choice?
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ReplyDeletei found the ending dramtic, and quite "unstable".
one chapter david is down a cliff ready to jump down, and the next scene they're at a basketball game.
the part where david told sean he doesnt understand matches what i said last night.
i thought about how sean will say he understands
when he doesnt comepletely understand david's life.
but where he would say it, i was wrong.
2.
i think predicting was the best reading strategy.
it made me think the most about the story, and i used it for each chapter.
3.
symbolism is very important in narrative.
it always connects to things.
an example is david's wheelchair.
the wheelchair represents someone that is "different".
an example is the gay teens.
they are called different, and are looked at as though they are an alien.
if you didnt know that they were gay,
you would call them normal, and a good person.
its the same with david.
if you didnt know he was in a wheelchair, you would have also called hijm normal, and a good person.
4.
it has impacted my understanding of the world.
i have started to notice people looking at others that are different with a strange look of grief, or awkwardness, or being uncomfortable around people who are "different".
i have also done this when i saw a little person.
i tried not to look at them, and not start to stare.
i like it how david got over the fact that he in a wheelchair and rebounded.even if it never came out how i expected it to come out but it was still good.it really didn't match my prediction because i thought it would sean in the wheelchair and scott standing up and how they wanna play baketball.but now that i read it ,it is more then basketball it is about rebounding and never giving up
ReplyDeletei like the visualizing strategy and i find it more affective because it is easier for me to understand when i see a moive playing in my head because i am sort of a visual learner.i like imagery but not that much because you have to write what one image is taking about.i found that chapter 24 was the strongest chapter because that was the shapter where we were given the moral.
The symbolism for me is david"s wheel chair because of the chair he was treated differently which he hated and wanted to give up but then he got over the fact that he's on a wheelchair.
this impact me because after reading rebound i realized nobody is normal everyone is unique and noone should label what is normal because it is only 0.0000000000000000000000000009 that makes all humans different.
1)I think David did a good thing of getting over the fact of "suiciding". At least now he will do the things he loves most ( basketball) till he is waiting to walk again.
ReplyDeleteIt sort of matched my prediction because I said he was down the cliff and that Sean will find him perfectly safe. Yes, I think it is realistic because I could feel what David was going through. Everyone has bad times/ups and downs and you just have to learn to get over them, just like David did.
2)I liked the Imagery strategy because it was easier for me to predict what will happen next. Also, when we did the imagery and drew small things like Sean's watch. It made the "item" look/feel more "special"/important and it was also helpful for understanding the book better. I think chapter 24 is the chapter that triggered with the greatest strentgh because that was the chapter that brought the story together and also the moral was given to us in that chapter.
3)Symoblism for me in the book is how David's chair releates to Gay Teens all across the world. David is symbolic of anyone who is perceived as different from the "normal". Gay teens suffer from racism and David just struggles in his everday life.
4)Yes it has impacted my morals, values and understanding because this novel has showed that there is no such thing as "normal". Also the book showed us how peopple in wheelchairs have to deal with and how they get treated ( which David doesnt really like, depending on the situation because if it's an advantage like coming late then he likes it but when people try to help him by pushig his chair, he gets furious.)
I think that the visualization strategy was the most effective because it helped me trigger the understanding of the book or the chapter. Like when I drew the locker I could easily say that Sean was searching for his book for his next class.
ReplyDeleteDavid's chair is symbolic for something not only disability but something else it can connect to somebody else whose "different". It can also connect to the article we read on the gay teens.
@prabhjot
ReplyDeleteso do you think you have to go to the hospital if your hand is bleeding and also after a month do you not think that your hand will reheal.
@ prabhjot
ReplyDeletehave you heard of the quote "we don't remember the days, we remember the moments"? that's exactly what you said.
I think that my understanding has greatly improved.i never knew that application and the triggering strategy would help so much. also i never knew triggering before, but its a good strategy. I knew application, just not as much as now
ReplyDeleteOoops i meant imagery
ReplyDelete@ TheSauceBoss Would you use Imagery because it's a great way to describe the whole passage.
ReplyDelete@janat
ReplyDeleteso do you think that the gay teens were symbolic.
@ aqib but if he got injured how can he be recovered so quickly before playing baskeball
ReplyDelete1. My feeling about the ending of the story is very strong because David was about to suside, but thank god that Sean had been there to help him and make him realise he should move on with life.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that this is realistic because as you can see that before David planed about thinking about suside, they mentioned how the cliff is very huge if you fell in and how much rocks their is. So when David did go in, then he got majour injuries but not dead. In this case, it proves that the story is not real.
2. I think that the triggered method would help you recall what the main improtant things about the narative. By using the triggered method, you can just take 1 image or object, so when you see it then, you can recall whatever hapen in that certain time.
3. To me, symobolism mean that something from the story or article etc, can showcase how important the thing is. An example is that, the test in Rebound. It symbolise that David an Sean got and A++ for the test.
4. Yes because my understanding have gotten alot stronger then from the start. By reading the story, it has taught me how much suffering goes for each person. How much it's hurt if you are in a wheelchair.
1.It Did Match My Predictions because from how David was feeling and all the things that happened to him i figured he would attempt to suicide and it makes sense because after being in a car accident leaving you unable to use you're legs and mainly after him being an amazing basketball player, I think It was a good ending mainly after his quote of Rebounding and that tells all the readers to never give up because there's an alternate way to recover like him getting into a wheelchair Basketball team
ReplyDelete2.I think Imagery was the best strategy because I can put the things that go on in my mind on a piece of paper helping with imagining whats going to happen in the book and I can use that one thing to remind me of the whole chapter and it can help me with many other things
3.From My understanding Symbolism mean's Putting in things like a wheelchair to explain to Morals and Values of others and Eric Walters Uses it to explain the Moral of the story and teach us that just because hes in a wheelchair that doesn't hes an alien or something he can do the same things as us but they're just emotionally affected mainly ones That were Previously Very athletic like David because his dream is partially affected because of the accident
4.It Sorta has Changed because i use to think its good to help people in wheel chair but there are people like David that dont want you too because they can do things for themselves
@ aqib
ReplyDeletenot just his hands, his whole face was torn up, also it doesnt make sense to get so badly injured and play basketball 4 weeks later
2.I think to me that visualization is the best strategy to use to me.I think that this is the best strategy as visualization is constructing a movie in your mind of the events going on in the text.This really helped me as when we had a rebound test i used this strategy and it really helped me .
ReplyDelete@ blossom
ReplyDeleteisn't that imagery?
@am 17 , I was trying to say that David was symbolic to being different and that lead me to think of gay teens because they were also treated differently and were abused.The symbolism for being different and being set apart
ReplyDelete@Blossom Why do you think David's chair is a symbol for someone/something that is different? How does it connect to the Gay Teens article?
ReplyDelete@Green Ranger
ReplyDeleteYeah I meant Imagery sorry dudes
@malav
ReplyDeleteyes that is right because people say everyone is normal before you get to meet them
My predictions didn't quiet match what happened in the story but parts of it was right. Like one of my predictions was that David will not BE FOUND at the bottom of the cliff...he would be found in either on top of the cliff or near that area. Another thing would be David making a basketball team I thought he would be able to walk again but he couldn't so part of that was correct. I really liked the ending of the book it had a happy ending and it had a flow to the book. David finally realized there is something's are made for him like playing basketball in a wheel chair just because he cant stand up and be a star he can sit down and be a better one!
ReplyDeleteYes the ending is realistic because David finally learned that he doesn't need to be angry his whole life there are things even in his wheel chair that can make him happy.
I would say the most affective would be symbolism I liked the fact that we were able to trigger our understanding but also go past the words we were able to read between the lines we were able to get into a deeper meaning which carries us into another path if we dig from the top to bottom there will be other paths but its starts by taking the first step...
I recall using...
Jot notes...sentences sketches and words
Imagery
Visualization
Symbolism
Venn diagram/Graphic organizer
Predicting
Acting out ("what are they thinking now")
Tableau
The chapter that was triggered with the greatest strength would be Chapter 1.It was because we had just started reading the book so we didn't have much information on the charters or anything all we knew was there is a boy name Sean he didn't have such a good time last year he is finally in grade 8 .Just by knowing that we can make so many predictions and paths we can read between the lines because we had made our own characters and followed along with that.
Symbolism is reading between the lines, its getting a deeper meaning of person, places, and things in the book. For example David wheel chair is makes David different then others because he is in that wheel chair because he cant walk like all the other people...another thing would be .
Yes it has impacted my morals, values and understanding of people places and things….I have learned people may seem different then you but that doesn’t mean they aren’t normal. I find that no one is normal because there is no such thing. I have changed my point of views on things like a wheel chair in the begging of the book it seemed that David was lucky to be in a wheel chair but then when we came to an end it all changed being in a wheel chair isn’t easy there are certain things that they cant do things that once made them happy but there are other things around the world that they can do which in the book is David loves to play basket ball he can play basketball but in chair. There is a difference but at least he can play and find something new to love.
@Redranger, yes but wasn't then ending kind of unrealistic because right after the suicide David was able to accept who is and even joined a basketball team , which id good for him but i think it was kinda unrealistic.
ReplyDelete@ prabhjot
ReplyDeletethe author didnt write about them going up the cliff because it would get you thinking more about if david will die or not, and you would think that the story will be over at the cliff.
My feeling about the conclusion of the book gradually changed after i heard the ending,first when I heard that David's face was bloody i got scared because i thought David was trying to get himself hurt,but later realized that he was just tired of trying to prove himself, but my emotions immediately changed after we read how David was so excited that he got to play basketball again.
ReplyDeleteThe most effective reading strategy for me was visualization because i was able to better understand the character, and remember the scene better because it's like a t.v in my mind.
Symbolism is looking deeper into the text to understand the characters better and who they might represent. For example David is symbolic of someone that is looked at as different.i can connect this to the gay teens who were getting bullied at school because of who they are.
my morals and values changed because I'm now able to understand how someone that is different may feel and I know that they are the same as us.
@Blossom i think that it depends on how much the guy wants to suicide because i watched this show and this guy wanted to suicide and everyone told him not to even his friends did but that didn't make a difference he still suicided
ReplyDelete@blackranger what did the movie symbolize to you?As in what did blameing the indian guy symbolize?
ReplyDeleteMy feelings about the Conclusion to the book were honestly pretty easy to predict because of the main plot of chapter 24 because knowing that David was on the edge willing to give his life so he could end the thing he calls "torture" by trying to do suicide. I knew that Sean would come in and cheer David up but it was surprising that David actually thought of what Sean said and learned from it when he said "i'm your friend" Rebound was completely unexpected.
ReplyDeleteI have to argue that the Venn diagram was the most effective for our reading strategies because it shows that we know how he feels because we are partially related to him and what other characteristics different people have from the story and maybe even in real life.
I recall using these strategies:
1.Venn Diagram
2.Tableau
3.Imagery
4.Empathy
5.Predicting
6.Jot notes
My understanding of symbolism was that it always comes from what the person looks like, acts like, maybe even smells like. Depends if they are fictional or not if they aren't take out the smells like.Just like David from Rebound he symbolizes a man in a wheelchair but he acts all mean and stuff to others like Scott because of them thinking he's different just like that but he's really not so different from anyone.
Yes it has impacted my morals and values because of what it shows that I have no much more value then David himself because he still has the same characteristics as me and has the logic that I would have if I was in his shoes.
@prabhjot
ReplyDeletebut still don't you think that if it was major scars the book would say it.
@GreenRanger not only handicap like gay etc... and I don't mean like that I meant like people will call them names like example they talk slowly to David and make fun if him and to the gay teens they make fun of them call them names because there gay or in a wheelchair.
ReplyDelete@Janat and everyone
ReplyDeleteWhere are David and Sean going as friends? How old do you think David is going to be when he finally walks, or is he ever gonna walk again?
From a month ago my prediction for the end of the book was somewhat correct, i predicted that sean and david would play wheelchair basketball in the end, even though sean didnt...
ReplyDelete1)My feelings towards the cliff scene was that i felt sad because david was crying because his friend was worried about him and he told him that he understands. At the very end, i felt glad in a way because david didnt give up, he is going to make the best of things and live his life.
2)I think visualizing is the best strategy for me because i can still remember how all the scenes look in rebound.
3)Rebound has symobolism in it because in rebound they're relating david's life to basketball.
4)I agree the book is a great story, it has a good story line and a great main idea behind it, it developed my own understanding about the world we live in. The biases of our minds, the way we can feel sorry for someone but not have empathy like sean did at the end. My morals and values changed, i used to think like everyone else about people who are different, i know i cant really completely understand how it is to be 'different'
@ tabish
ReplyDeletedont you think its possible that david can get his legs back?
or do you think that he will NEVER walk again?
@aqib
ReplyDeletethe book said he was bleeding so much, half his face was red and his scalp was bleeding alot. also his hands were bleeding more
@Abeenash I corrected myself I said it was imagery.
ReplyDelete@sana
ReplyDeleteso do you know that is true facts like 0.0000000000000000000000000009.
@Deanmau5, I actually didnt expect David to cry because he did have to face alot and he was tired of everything he had to do to prove himslef.
ReplyDelete@Rohan I think that the blaming the Indian guy symobolism raceism.
ReplyDelete@prabhjot
ReplyDeletewell than maybe david has strong hands and it could hurt but it does not hurt him.
@The Sauce Boss, I think that Sean and David are going to be best friends because they have gotten very close as the book went on.Also Sean knew things about David that made him even closer.
ReplyDeleteI actually dont think he would ever walk again because they still haven't found a solution to cell regeneration , so im saying no he wouldn't even through he has hopes up AND accepted himslef.
@ Red Ranger I don't think that David wanted to Suicide because I don't think he would give up that easily and give up his life like that because he said that one day he hopes he will get out of his chair. And he has Sean to motivate him and support him through his problems he might face in the future.
ReplyDelete@aqib
ReplyDeletehis hands are stiff and rough, but it would hurt anyone
@ The Sauce Boss I think that they are going into bigger stages of friends like BFF's so they will most likely go to the higher friend level.
ReplyDeleteI think that he might be in his 20's by then because I believe it will take time but it can't possibly take 40 yeas or so i think he will be able to gain his strength to walk again.
@Jan101 It sorta is realistic because afterwards instead of living in the past he changed because of the rehab and he met a girl that he liked and it changed him because he knows he lives for something and the basketball team makes it better for him
ReplyDelete@DubstepLover so were your moral and values before we read Rebound?
ReplyDelete@donna
ReplyDeleteso how does a basketball show symbolism to david.
@vinay
ReplyDeleteYes that is very true but i think they do those things as i think they feel sorry for him
in other words "pitty" him
@Janat
ReplyDeleteyes, i didnt expect it either because he seemed so tough and angry when he was confronting sean for being there and questioning how he found him.
My feelings about the conclusion was
ReplyDeleteextraordinary because when sean found david and david started to cry he was tried proving him self to everyone he couldnt take it anymore. David knew what sean was saying was right but he didnt want to accept that sean understands. This is realistic because of the feelings i had before and now. The most affective reading strategie for me is visualization because when i visualize iy helps me more understand the story because its like a tv going on in my mind it helps me remember more events that happen. My understanding of symbolism is just like the wheelchair in rebound everyone treats david differently but really hes the same as everyone inside and out its just the wheel chair that just throws of everones. if you werent in a wheelchair people will treat you the same but if you are in a wheelchair they will treat you different because its what they see. this has changed because before when i would see someone in a wheelchair i would of treated them different but now it changed because of this book it now makes me understand that everone is the same in the inside it doesnt matter how they look dont jugde a book by its cover.
@prabhjot
ReplyDeletebut still it could not hurt him maybe
@ tushar
ReplyDeletedid you want this to happen
if you had a chance would you change the book?
@Jan101 same i didn't expect him to cry because he always seems so tough on the outside
ReplyDelete@donna
ReplyDeleteso do you think the empathy strategy did not help you.
1. i was suprised at the end of the book. i ddint expect david to be down ther, i got the fact that sean went to check if david was down but wo knew that david could be down there. the narritive was realistic on how people get fed up on things and just giving up ( an example can be jamie huley, etc). the narritive went a bit too fast. well david was missing out being on a basketball team and thats what he got, but he was giving up an the next day he mentaly recovered, that went a bit too fast.
ReplyDelete2. i think that imagery is the straregy that i find strongly affetive, because when we think of details that are not mentioned, we have to have an idea of what the facts are to relate to the object. when i did seans watch i thought of seans personality to figure out what his choice in watches could be.
3.my understanding of symbolism has changed. symbolism to me means knowing something indirectly( having an idea of what is written between the lines). the basketball being symbolic of the game of life wasnt a fact we knew before so we try to become an active reader to try to figure out what fact is symbolic.
4. teachers always tell us to figure out the facts that arent in the story or read in between the lines, but they never tell us how. this study made helped me read between the lines.
@rohan yea they do feel pitty but they make fun of him to
ReplyDelete@blossom but he said he knew he wouldn't get out of the chair that soon and lot of people use that belief to make life seem better and live for something so he doesn't let his self down but i think after Lisa said no to him he thought about life and made his decision that he should end his life but when Sean Confronted him he knew that Sean would be a friend for a long time because he wouldnt have looked for him
ReplyDelete@Redranger, yes i know t is better for him but i think it happened to fast for him.
ReplyDelete@Deadmau and yellow ranger, yes it was kinda unexpected but i think it good he had Sean there for him to help him make a better decison.
@Malav
ReplyDeleteIts possible he'll get his legs back, but improbable. I think he might have a shot of getting his legs back. He'll have difficulty without his wheelchair since he's so used to it. Cell regeneration is still at work, I remember reading that brain cells can be replaced but, nerve cells aren't.
@Aqib
ReplyDeleteForgot to expplain on that question
3) David's life is like a rebound in basketball, when you dont get the shot in, you have to go for a rebound.
@BlueRanger how does that movie show symbolism?
ReplyDelete@Aqib
ReplyDeleteThe empathy strategy?
@ neha,i didnt even expect david to be found there. who knew that david could be there
ReplyDelete@YellowRanger like they make fun of them becuase hes indian becuase when the twin towers got bombed they thought all indian people are terorrists and they made fun of him.
ReplyDelete@ tabish
ReplyDeletebut what about what had happened with the paralympian?
she had felt tingles in her legs, and so did david.
so could it be possible for his spine to work again?
and slowly his nerve cells regenerate?
@ malav
ReplyDeleteI never heard David getting tingles in his leg,, are you sure that was in the book?
Plus, in the article doctors still have concerns and questions so it may be rare. I think less possible.
@Word Nerd, I don't really think that's possible yet because even the doctors don't know how to explain the Paraylmpians case because it was actually a miracle and they don't happen that often.
ReplyDelete@tushar how does the Venn diagram helps us understand some else's feelings?
ReplyDelete@ malav, i agree with janat because david hasnt got into another accident that is very dangerous to cure his disabilty and as janat said the doctors dont know the reasnable explaination behind it so its not that likely to hapen to someone else
ReplyDelete@tulsi
ReplyDeletethis book was in the 90's so there was barely a cure like the girl
@abeeshan i agree it did not say that david felt a tingle
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ReplyDelete@ prabhjot
ReplyDeletenice point
so now it's true that the cure will take some time to be solved
test
ReplyDeleteSince this book is in the 90's, and since then people have been sayin about 30 years, there still might be 10-30 years for a cure
ReplyDeletethis is prabhjot
@abeeshan
ReplyDeleteit might be made tommorrow, you never know, there is probably a high chance of the cure happening later
@ prabhjot
ReplyDeleteyou're correct what are the odds
but if you think about it, they haven't found a cure for the 20 years gap so there is less chance but not no chance
this is abeenash
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ReplyDeleteyea like everybody says:anythings possible
ReplyDeletesort of like how they found a cure for cancer but are still running tests
@ Mr.Cheney
ReplyDeletewhat now?
are we going to read another class novel together?
Eric Walter has amazing stories that are very connectable. I'm reading this book called "Shattered" by him.
@beeshan
ReplyDeletethink we are because he pictures of we all fall down by Eric walters just like he has for rebound
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ReplyDelete@ prabhjot
ReplyDeletejust to let you know: there isn't a cure for any ill or decease, it either makes it go away so it will come back or it will become less effective that's what medicine does.
I will do another read aloud. I have a few choices!
ReplyDeleteokay
ReplyDelete@ abeeshan
ReplyDeletedavid did talk about how sometimes he has feelings in his legs when he came for dinner at sean's house.
@ janat and tulsi
you do have a point, but we have talked about miracles.
and yes i do believe that it will not be very likely.
but the doctors couldnt explain what had happened.
this part of science and cell regeneration isnt known much so it could be possible for nerve cells to grow back at certain rates, and can make you walk again.
@ Malav
ReplyDeleteOh ya I forgot it wasn't mentioned a lot that's why, I didn't think every detail. Thatnks for reminding me.
@abeeshan
ReplyDeletebut im talking about how ms ang did a presentation and said that a collage in canada might have caure for cancer to go away forever, in the terry fox assembly
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ReplyDelete@ Prabhjot
ReplyDeleteYes but who really knows
Plus, remember Ms.Ang told us that the concept of the cure. It was a needle to be injected in your self that kills MOST bad cells that keep regenerating and producing. And most medicines and tests fail because they also kill good cells so it's very harmful to use those. So., they are working on it WHO KNOWS!
@MrCheney what book are we reading now and have you read the book already like rebound
ReplyDelete"The Cheat" is next.
ReplyDelete@ Mr.Cheney
ReplyDeleteis it another Eric Walters book?
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