fattycakes+meaning

toc =My Meaning Statement= I'm someone who is trying to figure out who they are

Directions
Once you have found your Meaning Statement you must decide how you are going to explore it using two resources: the book and your life. This template is a series of questions that you will answer using all forms of text (multi-media, writing, links, etc.). If you can't think of a way to do something, please consult the Enhancing My Meaning page or ask one of the Wiki Champions/Help-Crew.

//The Book//

 * What would the characters in the novel have to say about your Meaning Statement? (You can come at this from the perspective of any/all of the characters in the book. Would they think that it was a good idea? Would they call you an idiot for trying to achieve something like that? Would they simply agree that it is something valuable?)
 * **It depends on which character was reading my my meaning statement, if it was like ponyboy then he probably support it and try to help me achive it, but if it was someone like Dally then he probably wouldn't understand and would make fun of it. It suprises me how a group like the greasers can be so close, but the people are so different.**
 * How is the the character that you relate to most like you? (You can compare and contrast you and the character you have chosen in any way that you like, but make sure that you think about all of the ways that you are similar.)
 * **I would have to say that im most like Cherry, because she is confused about where to fit in, and isn't quite sure where she belongs. She is caught between two worlds, and doesnt know which way to go.**

//You//

 * If you were a character in the novel, how would the book change? (You can rewrite a part of the story, write about a time before the book started, continue the book's storyline, or fill in one of the gaps in the story. Think about how your Meaning Statement would be played out in your part of the story.)
 * If **i was a character in the story, the story would most likely be come a lot more complicated, because i always seem to complicate things especially things** **that involve the opposite sex. i have a very hard time keeping things simple, i always want more than there is to offer**
 * What is the one relationship in your life that helps to explain your Meaning Statement most clearly? How is that relationship significant in your life?
 * **There's not really a relationship in my life that has exactly to do with my my meaning statement, but there are little things that have to do with it, like how i'm always changing my mind to find what exactly it is i like, and how i always try to change myself to please other peole which is not something that im proud of.**

//The Book//

 * What objects in the book represent are the most significant to you? What do you think that they represent? (You can use pictures of these objects in order to illustrate you point.)
 * **The sunset and how they talk about it. It repersents that there are problems all over and no matter what you can always can make it through. there will always be another day that follows and you just have to make the best of it.**
 * Which places in the book had the greatest affect on your mood (your thoughts) when you were reading them? (Describe the environments/settings that you could see the best in your mind.)
 * **When ponyboy and johnny are in the church taling about the sunset and staying gold, it made me think about my future and what i want out of life.**

//You//

 * How does the place where you live affect whether or not you can achieve your Meaning Statement? (Does Highlands Ranch have an effect on your goals or the things you want out of life?)
 * **I dont really think that where you live has anything to do with how you achive your goals, it really just matters how you apply yourself, and if you really set your mind to it you can almost do anything that you want. you just have to try really hard and really want it.**
 * What are the __things__ in your life that give your life meaning? (What objects do you hold most dear?)
 * **well I really am attached to my cell phone and ipod, but those are just little things, that i've been able to live 12 years without, and it wouldn't kill me if i didnt have them, but it's nice to have them. I would have to sat the things that i wouldn't be able to live without are my family and my best friend, but also my choices, and my decisions because they are a part of me and if i didnt have them i woulnt be the same person i am today and there would just be this part missing from me.**

//The Book//

 * How does the way people talk in the book affect the way that they deal with their problems? (What things in our Poor Man's Dictionary help you to understand the issues that face the characters in the novel?)
 * **The way people talk shows a lot about their character. take Dally for instense he talk dirty and uses foul language and has no respect for anyone including himself and he is not the most loved person. But if you take a character like ponyboy or johnny they are sweet and talk about things of importance and are more in touch with their emotions, they dont have to talk "tuff" for people to like them just being themselves is what makes them cool.**


 * If you were going to speak to a character from the book, what would the conversation be about and what would it sound/look like? (Write out any dialogue you think would be realistic in a conversation with this character.)
 * **Say i were talking to cherry, our conversation would probbly be pretty interesting, ew would probably have a conversation like she and ponyboy have at the drive in, about how things are rough all over. I think im am a lot like Cherry, because we both enjoy conversations that have meaning and have a point**

//You//

 * How does the way you talk to your friends explain who you are? (What are the specific slang words and inside jokes that give your conversations meaning?)
 * **When i talk to my friends i usually talk really fast and and alot! and you can sometimes not even understand me, but we have so many inside jokes that no one would understand and sometimes people look at us like were freaks. if i were to talk to an adult the way i talk to my friends i dont think they would understand half the stuff i say. How I talk makes me me.**
 * What would an interview (with your parents, with your friends, with your teachers, etc.) about your Meaning Statement look/sound like? (Record your interview with this person using [|Gcast] and put it on your wiki page. Or, you can write out the questions and have one of your friends go onto your page and answer them.)
 * **Do you relate to my my meaning statement? if so how?**
 * **Is there ever a time in you life you felt the same way as my meaning statement?**
 * **What are some ways you would try to achive this meaning statement?**
 * **If you had a meaning statement what would it be?**

//The Book//

 * How were all of the characters involved in the central conflict of the book? (Hint: you need to identify the central conflict before you can answer this question. You can write out character names and then think about how they were involved.)
 * **The centeral conflict was who was better the soc's or the greasers? they were constantly fighting about who was better, and getting respect. they never could agree on a way to just settle their disputes without fighting. Each one of the characters had some sort of issue with the other group and i dont think that their issues will ever be solved even through fighting.**
 * Who was hurt/changed by the resolution of this conflict, and how? (This can be a part of the answer to the first question if you think that it is easier.)
 * **Well dally was hurt because well he died, and jonny because he also died, but not because of a soc, but because of him trying to save the kids, but he would of never been there in the first place if it weren't for him killing the soc and the fire never would of started.**

//You//

 * What is the greatest conflict you have ever been a part of? (A fight with your friends? An argument between you and your parents?)
 * **When my mom and my stepdad decided to get divorced and him flipping out and going crazy and having to go to jail and my mom having to work 24/7 and me always having to babysit, because of it.**
 * How was it a problem or a dilemma? (Identify if it was a problem (long-term, perhaps without a solution) or a dilemma (short-term, with a real solution and then explain it.)
 * **It is a problem because it has been going on a long time and no matter what we do we cant seem to find a solution and it keeps getting worse and worse.**