TYM

ID
themes

MTS

Dont steal? (2) Be kind? (24)

When in need, dont just take

Life is hard have to climb,

from others? (31)

work, keep moving upward

Moving up can be difficult (45), depressing (12), tiring (17)

Even in hard times, choose the

right way to respond to your

challenges. (43)

ID diff.
char
POVs

Roger: steals, poor, nobody

home
Luella: says boy doesnt know

Both about challenges in life

Both about learning the right

way to behave
Both about choosing the right
way to approach lifes

Struggles are part of life, so

struggles

Mother: older, experienced a

POV of mother figure shows

lot of challenges she still

wisdom that comes from

how to behave, wants to teach -

does
M has a son she tells him

experience
POV of son shows that he

him a lesson (16)

R is young (15), L is much

what to expect out of life

M gives advice on what to do

son
Auth. creates 2 char. boy
older woman learned from life
(34)
Auth. creates POV of R who
doesnt know any better,
which is different from Ls POV
with more experience she
knows how he should behave

hasnt gone through this and

learned these lessons yet

when life is hard

-

Auth. creates char. (narrator)

mother with advice for son

Ms POV developed through

negative life experiences (3-5)

Ms responds to life by pushing

from difficult background +

you have to persevere. (15)

older says he should be her

Explain
how
auth.
uses
POV to
show
theme

Both

forward (15); this POV shows

that the way to deal with
struggle is to persevere (1820)

Both auth. use the older

womans experience to teach
the young man who hasnt
experienced the same things