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For his birthday, Tony asks "for a new baseball mitt, a remote-control...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:53:55 PST

For his birthday, Tony asks "for a new baseball mitt, a remote-control car, a Nintendo, and a gift certificate to Sam's Sports Cards". He receives "...two shirts, a microscope, a new music stand, and a Sarah Chang CD". Even though he was born an born in Korea, Tony is pretty much an all-American boy. His adoptive mother, however, influenced by a stereotypical view of Koreans, and Asians in general, as highly gifted, especially in the...

In Chapter 6 of Whirligig, what does Tony ask for on his birthday? ...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:55:24 PST

In Chapter 6 of Whirligig, what does Tony ask for on his birthday? What does he receive?

Brent's apprentices in Chapter 7 are a group of young children who...

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:32:11 PST

Brent's apprentices in Chapter 7 are a group of young children who happen to come around as he is constructing his whirligig on the beach near the small town of Beale Beach, Florida. At first there are "seven or eight of them, all black, all grammar-school-aged except for one older girl." When they first arrive, they are just playing in the water nearby, then one of the notices him, "call(s) to the others, and (leads) a noisy charge to...

The narrator in Chapter 4 is from an immigrant family from Puerto...

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:07:36 PST

The narrator in Chapter 4 is from an immigrant family from Puerto Rico. As a newcomer, he has a difficult time at school, and is put into a class for retarded children because he does not speak English. Frustrated and angry, he quits school and goes to work against his parents' wishes. The first job he gets is at a restaurant. He is only fourteen at the time that he takes this first job, and works the dishwasher machine at his place of...

What is the succession of jobs that the narrator has in Chapter 4 of...

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:09:53 PST

What is the succession of jobs that the narrator has in Chapter 4 of Whirligig?

Who are Brent's apprentices in Chapter 7 of the book Whirligig by Paul...

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:32:04 PST

Who are Brent's apprentices in Chapter 7 of the book Whirligig by Paul Fleischman?

How does Brent struggle to forgive himself for the accident?

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:44:38 PST

How does Brent struggle to forgive himself for the accident?

Brent does not admit that he tried to kill himself first of all because...

Sat, 8 Aug 2009 12:37:53 PST

Brent does not admit that he tried to kill himself first of all because he is too deeply ashamed. He is basically a good person who made a stupid, tragic mistake with horrible consequences. When he becomes aware that his foolishness in drinking and driving has resulted in the death of an innocent human being, he can't face that fact, and somewhere in his mind, to add the stigma of a suicide attempt to all that has already happened is more...

In the novel Whirligig by Paul Fleischman, why doesn't Brent admit that...

Thu, 6 Aug 2009 21:55:09 PST

In the novel Whirligig by Paul Fleischman, why doesn't Brent admit that he tried to kill himself?

Can someone please answer. I have a essay due tommorow!! ^^

Thu, 4 Jun 2009 15:22:36 PST

Can someone please answer. I have a essay due tommorow!! ^^

How are Brent's parents show the theme of kindness in this novel?...

Wed, 3 Jun 2009 17:29:29 PST

How are Brent's parents show the theme of kindness in this novel? Support your answer.

what does the characters in the book have in common with brent

Tue, 5 May 2009 05:36:30 PST

what does the characters in the book have in common with brent

In the novel, Whirligig, has anyone had good discussions about the...

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:33:31 PST

In the novel, Whirligig, has anyone had good discussions about the spirituality of this novel?

What Flaco wants more than anything is peace. He wants to be like the...

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:56:47 PST

What Flaco wants more than anything is peace. He wants to be like the shearwater, a bird whom he imagines "live(s) alone, far away from land...no other birds around...very peaceful". Flaco's whole life has been a struggle, with people fighting and arguing all the time. Born in the mountains of Puerto Rico, Flaco and his family moved to the city when his father had to sell their farm to a power company, but political unrest forced them to...

What did Flaco want most in the book Whirligig?

Mon, 9 Mar 2009 21:34:36 PST

What did Flaco want most in the book Whirligig?

The construction of this novel is especially interesting because the...

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:13:37 PST

The construction of this novel is especially interesting because the climax, which usually comes closer to the end of the book, actually occurs about a third of the way through, in Chapter 3, when Brent meets the mother of the girl he killed face-to-face. In this courtroom encounter, Mrs. Zamora gives him a bus pass and requests that he place a whirligig at each of the four corners of the country in memory of her daughter, and as a form of...

Brent Bishop, the main character, does not interact well with others at...

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:58:32 PST

Brent Bishop, the main character, does not interact well with others at the beginning of the story. His family has moved around a lot, and Brent, constantly trying to fit in with his peers, is so concerned with trying "to impress without being made fun of" that he can never just be himself (Chapter 1). His sensitivity to how others perceive him is so great that, after being humiliated at a party, he becomes suicidal, and causes the...

Brent causes a car accident which kills a girl. He agrees to the...

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:45:20 PST

Brent causes a car accident which kills a girl. He agrees to the suggestion made by the girl's mother as a repayment for the girl's life. The mother has asked that Brent travel to the four corners of the United States and build a whirligig which displays her daughter's face. A whirligig is a contraption that has moving parts which move with the wind--it may or may not be designed to act also as a sort of windchime.Brent changes...

A whirligig is something that has one or more pieces which spin around...

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:41:39 PST

A whirligig is something that has one or more pieces which spin around in the wind. In this story, the main character builds whirligigs to repay a mother whose child has died in a car accident.Mostly, Brent is the character who changes. He begins the book as a self-centered boy who is desperately trying to fit in by having the right clothes, car, music, and enough money to spend. After the car accident in which a girl dies, everything...

How does the main character of Paul Fleischman's novel,...

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:14:14 PST

How does the main character of Paul Fleischman's novel, "Whirligig," interact with other characters?