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Notes for Ironman from book:
Citation:
Crutcher, Chris. ironman. New York: 1995. 228. Print.
1.) Bo calls Mr.Redmond an asshole.
2.) Bo is told to go to anger management.
3.) Bo gets threatened by Wyrack.
4.) Bo is now in a challenge against Wyrack and Yukon Jack's(SCHOOL) best
Cyclist and Runner.
5.) Bo has a new masculine grilfriend now named "Shelly"
6.) Bo is insanly training for this event.
7.) Bo has been mistreated by his dad and is mad at him.
8.) Bo's dad took away bo's christmas.
9.) The day Bo "LOST" his christmas, He was forced to close a door over and
over again.
10.)Shelly bet $500$ on Bo winning the challange.
11.)The anger management class has about 15 people
12.)Some of the people in the class were "Elvis" , Hudgie , Bo, Sujha.
13.)Bo comes to the Valentines day party
14.)Mr. Nak is sthe teacher for Valentines day
15.)Hudgie was holding a dead dog
16.)Hudgie's father Shot his dog
17.) Hudgie was given a burial for his dog
18.)Hudgie wrote valentine cards for everyone
19.)The valentine cards were shared
20.) Bo was generous towards a hobo by giving him his jacket.
21.) Bo keeps training for this triathalon
22.) his dad belives that he can do anything
23.) Mr.Nak HAD three kids
24.)Mr.Nak was drunk driving and all three of his kids were killed
25.)Bo tinnks about a new bike
26.)the guys support Bo in the event
27.)the guys give Bo a tape
28.)The tape has a lot of things on it
29.) LAR is LarryKing
30.) Bo writes letters.
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Online Source 1 Notes:
Citation:
Prince, Julie. "Teacher, therapist, free speech advocate: an interview
with Chris Crutcher." Teacher Librarian 37.2 (2009): 70+. Student
Edition. Web. 7 Dec. 2010.
1.) Chris Cutcher is a Author
2.) Chris cutcher is a Therapy Consultant ( He's Both )
3.) Kids write to him all the time
4.) His books were repeatedly banned
5.) He writes about others
6.) He knows that some books are healing to children
7.) He says this at a time "I judge myself as much by my enemies as I do my
friends."
8.) Everytime his book gets banned somewhere he gets a little bit more
famous
9.) He doesn't keep quiet he lets his feelings out thruogh words
10.) He writes about what he intensely feels
11.) He says that writing doesn't always equal doing.
12.) He is the chairperson of the original Spokane Child Protection Team
13.) He said "blessed to be able to make a living doing what I love."
14.) He "Thinks" that he has wrote a few good stories
15.) He finished his trilogy " (Angry Management, 2009) ".
16.) He had worked in a school in Oakland, CA.
17.) He drove " little shell of a Volkswagen Bug ".
18.) He read George W. Bush book he could get.
19.) He likes the show "Two-and-a-half Men".
20.) He likes the show "Entourage"
21.) He likes the show "Deadwood"
22.) He likes the show "John From Cincinnati"
23.) He likes the show "In Treatment"
24.) He loves the show "Friday Night Lights".
25.) He does alot of traveling
26.) He read "Catcher in the Rye"
27.) he read "A Seperate Peace"
28.) A kid named "Zach Clifton" was buried with a copy of one of Crutcher's
books
29.) He is a huge supporter of libraries
30.) Crutcher said that " Librarians are the keepers and disseminators of
information-of stories ".
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Online Source 2 Notes:
Citation:
BROWN, JENNIFER M. "PW Talks with Chris Crutcher." Publishers
Weekly 248.11 (2001): 92. Student Edition. Web. 7 Dec. 2010.
1.) He was a teacher
2.) He taught a drop-out school
3.) The drop-out school was in Oakland, California
4.) He taught in a school that had about 120 kids from K-12
5.) He worked with abused kids
6.) He worked with abused families
7.) He also worked with "a rich pool to draw from"
8.) He thinks it takes heroism to live there
9.) He says that if was in there shoes he doesn't think he could get up in the
morning
10.) He was called by a TV station not far from his house
11.) He found out there was a shooting at the junior high
12.) The shooter was dressed like a Clint Eastwood cowboy and had a couple
pistols
13.) The shooter walked into his math class and shot the teacher
14.) The shooter then shot a student
15.) The shooter then said he was going to kill them one-by-one
16.) Crutcher states " I now realize it was the granddaddy of the modern
shootings. " a day or two after the shooting happened
17.) He thought about all the years he worked in abuse
18.) Then he says that he knows only 6-7 kids that could have done
something like that.
19.) He says that those kids were unpredictible
20.) He says that the business of predicting is unreliable
21.) He also says that predicting is not always the best way to go
22.) One of his novels was denied
23.) He had to completly rewrite his story
24.) To write his new story he had to let go of the previous story
25.) When he works with kids it keeps him up to date with Words/Slang
26.) He relates himself to "How to Kill a Mocking Bird".
27.) Someone asked him if he would write a nonfiction book about
adolescents for the parents
28.) If he wrote a book for adolesence then he would write two things
29.) One thing he would write is "Don't judge".
30.) The other thing he would write is "Don't take it personally".
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Online Source 3 Notes:
Citation:
Crutcher, Chris. "Chris Crutcher Interview." (1997): 1. Web. 8 Dec
2010. <http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-crutcher-chris.asp>
1.) His book called " Whale Talk " was banned from a school in Alabama
2.) He wants to write a book about " intellectual freedom "
3.) He incourages kids to read books and write freely.
4.) He incourages people to ignore censorship
5.) He says "whenever a school bans one of my books, I send five copies to
the public library in that district".
6.) He says " there is an unprecedented number of authors taking big risks ".
7.) He says " Coming of Age literature should be judged by the same
standards as any other ".
8.) He belives in luck
9.) He says " I didn't even know there was a young adult genre ".
10.) Sometimes he can get books out in about 3 months
11.) the most time for one of his books was 1 year
12.) He said that " My dad told me Playboy had "some of the best literature
written today ".
13.) He said that some of his favorite Authors were: " Cereal boxes, Sports
Illustrated, and Playboy ".
14.) Born on July 17, 1946.
15.) He is 64 years old
16.) His father was a WWII Bomber Pilot
17.) Born in Dayton Ohio
18.) Twenty years as a novelist
19.) Went to Eastern Washington University
20.) Has a in Psychology and Sociology
21.) He says " Once we take control success is within reach ".
22.) He states " I spend a lot of time with teenagers ".
23.) He continues with " and with parents of teenagers in my work ".
24.) He says " I have a different perspective on what was happening to me ".
25.) He has a good memory for feelings
26.) In Idaho you could get a daylight driver's license at 14 (in the 1960's)
27.) The first car he ever bought was a 1964 Plymouth Barracuda.
28.) First vehicle he drove was his father's Volkswagen Van
29.) He never tried to reach kids through literature.
30.) He does take his stories from the confusion or the angst of teenagers.
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Online Source 4 Notes:
Citation:
Crutcher,Chris."Who is Chris Crutcher?."Author&Consultant Chris
Crutcher.N.p., n.d. Web.8 Dec 2010.
http://www.chriscrutcher.com/biography.html
1.) His mothers name was Jewel
2.) His fathers name was Jhon
3.) His father piloted more than 30 successful B-17 bombing missions in
WWII.
4.) When he was 4 he Recieved a sister
5.) He was Raised in Cascade, Idaho
6.) Cascade, Idaho was a sparsely populated mountain logging town
7.) To his father there was a line between Church and state
8.) He manned the pumps at the family service station
9.) His father tutored him in about everything
10.) He used logic and common sense as his guide
11.) His mother had a good sense of humor in others opinions
12.) His mother was a drunk
13.) Was the director of Oakland, California’s Lakeside School
14.) Stole his brother John’s secret stash of straight A book reports
15.) Stole his brother John’s humor
16.) Stole his brother John’s way with the ladies
17.) Stealing his brothers stuff got him through high school
18.) He earned his teaching credit
19.) He got on the ALA Freedom to Read Foundation's top ten banned books
and authors
20.) He states " If you could breath you could play "
21.) Crutcher played football with his brother
22.) He had a good relationship with his family
23.) He also taught in Washington State and in Northern California
24.) He volenteered for work at the Spokane Community Health Center and
Child Protection team
25.) He also enjoys running
26.) He also enjoys swimming
27.) He also enjoys basketball
28.) He still works as a therapist and child protection advocate
29.) He lectures at schools, universities, and colleges.
30.) He has wrote nine books and has been a novelist for 20 years or more
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How my Authors life in flunced his book ironman.
His lifewas not that wonderful like most would think.
He had rough times and easy time in his lifely experiences.
He displays most of the times he was angered by making Bo ( the main character
of the book ) have a challenge to overcome.
Now I will tell you how Chris Crutcher ( the author ) lived his life.
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Chris Chrutcher Born on July 17, 1946.
Chris Crutcher Born in Dayton, Ohio.
His father was a WWII pilot
Had a Brother named Jhon
Him and his brother played football
When Chris Cruthcher was little he dreamt of doing something great
and helping people,
But he never though he would help them through writing books.
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As a child Chris Crutcher had a good relationship with his family.
His parents had the wonders of a daughter and it was when he was four years old.
Crutcher Used his brother Jhon's A+ book reports and Humor to get through
school
He used logic and common sense as his guide.
He manned the pump at the family's service station.
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He went to Eastern Washington University
Conclusion
In conclusion, ................................ and thats how Chris Crutchers life influenced his
writing.