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Plot
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Characters
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Setting
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Quotes
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1. How you grow up affects what opportunities you have. |
Pat finding out the kids don't know anything
Pat being shocked to find out that he can't participate in the Board meeting
The kids going on the Halloween field trip
Not know about roads and other things on the Washington, DC field trip
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Ms. Brown not training the kids effective (physical punishment)
Pat Conroy being an educated teacher
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Trick or treating across the riverr at Beufort
Yamacraw being cut off from the rest of the country
Boys from California learning how to make outhouses
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"You have never [had Halloween]?" (123)
"Have you ever heard of the U.S.A?" (33)
"...the river is good to them in the crossing" (292)
"...Betsy goin' to do all the talking...." (233)
"I ain't coming near that old pool" (255)
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2. You have to learn to adjust to the people around you |
Trying to convince the parents for the trip -- getting a sense of the island
Kids trying to adjust to the living on the Washington, DC trip
Pat trying to understand the island's accent
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Ms Brown never learning about the kids
Pat has to learn to adjust to people of the island and their ways (Edna)
California boys learning to adjust their teaching expectations
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The environment Pat grew up in vs. Yamacraw Island
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"My life was centered around sports and academics..." (71)
"What are you doing here white man?" (12)
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3. It's important to learn how to fit in with the rest of society |
Class learning about the city during the Halloween trip
peeing in the parking lot at the Globetrotter's Game
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Peter Walters teaching kids how to play soccer
Pat Conroy teaching kids in general
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Yamacraw Island being separated from life in the city |
"Soccer is a game played with the feet" (235)
"Can you drive a boat?"(16)
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4. You should treat marginalized people equally |
Being treated nicely on the Halloween trip
Shutting Pat out from the Board meeting
Beuford neighbors not liking Pat housing some of his students
Everybody waving and welcoming Pat when he gets to the island
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Pat Conroy marginalized on the island
Kids are marginalized from regular society
Ms Brown disciplining all kids
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The state of disrepair and ruin on the island |
"...the river is good to them in the crossing" (292) |
5. If you try hard enough, you can gain the loyalty and interest of people. |
Getting parent permissions for the field trip
All the people from Yamacraw standing up for Pat
Pat encouraging the kids to persevere in learning
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Pat constantly trying to get the kids to learn
Prophet trying to overcome his speech disability
Mary helping Pat understand the accent
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Visiting Beufort
Pat's classroom
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"And think about the twins go..."
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