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The Water is Wide: As a failed hero, what did Conroy give back to the...

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:15:07 PST

The Water is Wide: As a failed hero, what did Conroy give back to the children? Did he leave them wanting to learn more about the world? Or nothing?

What happens in chapeter 8 in the Water is Wide?

Mon, 9 Feb 2009 14:14:07 PST

What happens in chapeter 8 in the Water is Wide?

It is Mary, the shy thirteen-year-old, who gets hurt during the...

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:10:11 PST

It is Mary, the shy thirteen-year-old, who gets hurt during the Halloween field trip to the mainland. Transportation arrangements for the children once they arrive at Bluffton High School do not go smoothly, and while the narrator, Pat Conroy, is trying to straighten them out, Mary falls on the unfamiliar asphalt and hurts her knee. When he gets to her, she is sitting stoically, with her hand covering her knee, and "dark, red blood...

Which child got hurt in Chapter 6 of "The Water is Wide"?

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:27:46 PST

Which child got hurt in Chapter 6 of "The Water is Wide"?

The protagonist, or central character of the story, is the author, Pat...

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 09:19:18 PST

The protagonist, or central character of the story, is the author, Pat Conroy. The primary antagonist, or force that works against him, is the educational bureaucracy of the Beaufort County South Carolina School District, who administers the school on Yamacraw Island. Lesser antagonists include, at different times, individual coworkers, students, island residents, and forces within the author himself.Although the story has the feel of a...

The book "Water is Wide" is told from a first person point of...

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 09:06:23 PST

The book "Water is Wide" is told from a first person point of view. The work is autobiographical, and the story is related through the eyes of the author, Pat Conroy, himself. In using the first person, Conroy not only gives a detailed account of events during the period of his life when he was a teacher on the island of Yamacraw in South Carolina in the 1970s, but he also expresses to the reader his feelings and attitudes...

Who is the protagonist of the story "The Water is Wide"?

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 08:10:13 PST

Who is the protagonist of the story "The Water is Wide"?

What is the point of view in the "Water is Wide"?

Sat, 4 Oct 2008 11:43:51 PST

What is the point of view in the "Water is Wide"?

Chap. 1-4

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:27:02 PST

I have read the great summaries for 5-12 already posted. Can anyone enlighten me on the first 1-4 chapters? THanks in advance for any heko you can give me.

In Chapter 9, Conroy is amazed at the children's lack of familiarity...

Tue, 1 Jan 2008 21:18:50 PST

In Chapter 9, Conroy is amazed at the children's lack of familiarity with the world outside of Yamacraw after taking a group of boys to see the Harlem Globetrotters in Charleston. To expand their knowledge of life beyond the island, he brings in friends to speak to the students and share their particular areas of expertise. The speakers include Dick, a dentist from Boston, Conroy's sister Carol Ann, an aspiring actress who does such a...

What happens in Chapter 9 of The Water Is Wide?

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 23:07:01 PST

What happens in Chapter 9 of The Water Is Wide?

In Chapter 8, Conroy leaves the house he is renting on the island and...

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:10:59 PST

In Chapter 8, Conroy leaves the house he is renting on the island and decides to commute to and from the mainland every day. He describes the experience of crossing to the island by boat each morning - the amazing sense of peace and solitude of "being the only person in a vast stretch of water" when the weather is clement, and the trials of dealing with dense fog, turbulent winds and waves, ice, and rain when the weather is more...

Conroy has had issues with Principal and co-teacher Mrs. Brown from the...

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:58:53 PST

Conroy has had issues with Principal and co-teacher Mrs. Brown from the beginning of the book, but in Chapter 7 he explores their relationship in greater detail. Mrs. Brown is a black woman with an amazing sense of humor, but Conroy is in constant conflict with her insistence on sticking with a curriculum that does not work and her disciplinary tactics of using the strap to regularly beat the children into submission. Conroy realizes...

Summary

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:41:30 PST

Can anyone give me a breif description of chapters 7-10?

What happens in Chapter 8 in The Water is Wide?

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:30:11 PST

What happens in Chapter 8 in The Water is Wide?

In The Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy, what happens in Chapter 7?

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:26:52 PST

In The Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy, what happens in Chapter 7?

After being confined to the classroom during the winter months, Conroy...

Thu, 8 Nov 2007 00:18:11 PST

After being confined to the classroom during the winter months, Conroy renews his determination to expose the children to the outside world and prepare them for their eventual departure from Yamacraw. He gets a sponsor and organizes a trip to Washington D.C., overcoming the fear and opposition of parents and going over the head of the principal straight to the superintendant of schools to get permission for the trip. After weeks of...

What is Chapter 10 about in the novel, The Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy?

Tue, 6 Nov 2007 19:03:35 PST

What is Chapter 10 about in the novel, The Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy?

In Chapter 11, on a trip with the children where he hopes to teach them...

Wed, 8 Aug 2007 16:51:05 PST

In Chapter 11, on a trip with the children where he hopes to teach them to swim, Conroy hears he is to be fired. A passionate confrontation between the school board and Conroy's supporters results in him winning back his job. After a few weeks, despite a desperate defense which includes a school boycott by Yamacraw families, a second attempt to oust him by Dr. Piedmont, the school superintendant, succeeds.In Chapter 12, Conroy,...

What happens in chapters 11 and 12 of The Water Is Wide?

Tue, 7 Aug 2007 10:47:19 PST

What happens in chapters 11 and 12 of The Water Is Wide?