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Bridge to Terabithia
I think the theme I would give this chapter would be "honesty in friendship". Most of the chapter is about how Jess is afraid to swing across the creek, but won't tell Leslie because he is...
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Ms. Edmunds is Jess's fifth grade teacher. She has a "hippie-like" attitude and the other kids pretend not to like her very much. However, Jess immediately adores her. She is very different from...
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Judy is a writer, and has been working on a story when she experiences a bit of "writer's block" - she doesn't know what to write next. That's why, when she appears in the hallway, she...
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Jess draws a lot, and that is an understatement. However, he feels very insecure about his drawings. He tried to show his drawings to his father when he first started to draw, and his father grew...
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Jesse likes to draw, but his family--especially his father--think it's a "sissy" thing to do. So Jesse keeps his drawing pad hidden under his mattress. The only people he shares his art...
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Fear is less of a positive or negative personality trait and more of a state of being. This state of being can exist for a few seconds or can be consistent and general—a state of being, in which...
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Bridge to Terabithia
The children come across a creek in the woods and decide to swing across a rope strung from a tall tree to navigate it. They don't actually build a bridge but instead come across a tree with a...
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Bridge to Terabithia
Jesse and Leslie are the main characters in the novel Bridge to Terabithia. These children create a magical land called Terabithia that they enter by swinging across a river on a rope. In the land,...
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Jess and Leslie's friendship develops in an overall healthy direction throughout Bridge to Terabithia. When Leslie first arrives, Jess isn't overtly friendly to Leslie. In fact, he is actually...
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Jesse initially feels somewhat uncomfortable around Leslie's father. He even takes a certain dislike toward him. The main reason for this is jealousy—Jesse doesn't like the fact that Leslie's dad...
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Bridge to Terabithia
In Bridge to Terabithia, the boys quit racing when they are beaten by Leslie. The boys are being raised under a patriarchal and misogynistic society that teaches them to believe they are superior...
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Without a more specific chapter reference, there could be two possible answers to this question. The first answer is that Jess loved crossing the creek. The first time that readers see Jess and...
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A reader should look to the very end of chapter 7 for this answer. May Belle does what any other curious sister would do with a sibling she adores; she learns about the creek and Terabithia because...
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In chapter 2, Paterson writes that Jess feels lonely in the house because he is surrounded by females. Indeed, Jess has four sisters (Ellie, Brenda, May Belle, Joyce) and no brothers. In chapter 2,...
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Jess is portrayed as a boy who is lonely despite growing up in a large family. Although accustomed to female company in that he has four sisters, he feels misunderstood because he is an artistic...
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Easter is overcast and chilly. Leading up to Easter, most nights are still too cold to leave Miss Bessie outside. It also rains all throughout March; it rains until the creek is full and swollen....
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Chapter 4 of the novel Bridge to Terabithia deals with fear and acceptance. In the chapter, Leslie is harassed by people at school and Jess has to confront some of his fears to relate to her. The...
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The answer to this question can be found in chapter 4. Look for the sequence where Jess and Leslie are riding the bus home from school. Leslie tells Jess a little bit about her previous life in...
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Leslie and her family are different from what Jess is used to at Lark Creek. Bill and Judy Burke are both writers and a bit like hippies. Although they are very friendly, Jess feels weird that...
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Miss Bessie is the cow that belongs Jess's family. Milking Miss Bessie is one of Jess's chores that he has to do for the family. Readers are introduced to Miss Bessie in chapter one. Jess quietly...
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Bridge to Terabithia
The answer to this question can be found in chapter four. The chapter is largely focused on how Jess and Leslie are doing at school. Readers are specifically told about an essay that Mrs. Myers has...
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Bridge to Terabithia
The answer to this question can be found throughout the text, but the first location in the novel is in chapter 2. Readers are told that most of Jess's teachers do not appreciate his drawings and...
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The answer to this question can be found about halfway through chapter 3. Readers are told that the students of Lark Creek Elementary School eat lunch at their desks every day. This is not ideal,...
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Jess tells Leslie that he and his family are going to church on Easter Sunday. It's the only time of year they do go to church, but even so, Jess still finds it a terrible chore. He thinks of it as...
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May Belle Aarons is Jess Aaron's little sister. May Belle is also the only sibling that Jess tolerates. She is six years old and does not have any close friends. Additionally, she is young enough...
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Personally, I find the first few paragraphs quite interesting. Jess has been living and breathing his running hopes for quite some time, and the other boys have been looking forward to the recess...
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In chapter 13, Jess is mourning for the loss of his friend, Leslie. He wonders whether she was scared at the moment of her death, and he struggles to shake from his mind the image of her being...
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In Bridge to Terabithia, Jess has a seemingly perfect day before he finds out the terrible news about Leslie. Jess visits an art gallery with Miss Edmunds, and then they have lunch together. He...
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As Chapter Eleven shows, Jess' response to Leslie's death seems to follow a fairly typical pattern of going through a huge gamut of different emotions. Firstly, he meets the news with complete...
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Jess's parents are worn out and overburdened from poverty and despair. They need help with the farm and work Jess as though he were a farmhand. Jess is artistic which raises conflict with his...
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No one can say for sure why Leslie drowns. This is how it happened: Jesse has big crush on his teacher, Miss. Edmunds. When Jesse goes with Miss Edmunds to the National Gallery of Art, Leslie goes...
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Jess’s attire is specifically stated for his first day of school. Everyone in the class wore “their Sunday best,” and for Jess, that was his one pair of corduroys and an ironed shirt. It doesn’t...
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If we look in Chapter 1, we see several reasons for Jess's intense desire to be the fastest runner in the fifth grade: 1. Since there's not a lot of playground equipment and the older kids in sixth...
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Jess goes running in overalls because he thinks he'll be too hot if he wears clothes underneath them. Jess gets up early every morning in the summer to go running; he's up early enough that he...
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You can read about the characters in this book in the eNotes study guide. I've pasted a link to that site in the sources section below. Here is a brief identification of each one you've listed:Bill...
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I also checked some other sites and was given a date of late 1970s, so I think it is safe to say that the story takes place during the 1970s and leave it at that. There is no specific year mentioned.
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Jess spends the day helping his mother pick and can the beans. His irresponsible sisters do not come back in time to help, and at the end of the day his mother is tired and out of sorts. Jess...
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In Chapter 3 of Katherine Paterson's Bridge to Terabithia, the first time both Jesse and Leslie enter the section of the woods they dub Terabithia, Jesse notes that the woods are dark and...
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Interestingly enough, I do not believe it is ever stated directly in the book which sister is older, but I think it is clear that Ellie is older than Brenda. The two, who both attend "the...
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Jess has gotten up early every single morning all summer long. This is definitely not normal behavior for a soon-to-be-fifth grade. Jess is getting up early to train to be the fastest runner in the...
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Jess practices running because he wants to be "the fastest funner in the fifth grade when school open(s) up". Last year, Wayne Pettis had been the fastest runner in the fifth grade, but this year...
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Leslie wants to go to church with Jess and his family. Jess's family does not go to church often. Chapter eight tells readers that the Aarons family only attends church on Easter, and it is a big...
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Jess and Leslie are eager to get even with Janice, the bully who stole May Belle's special treat, Twinkies, right out of her lunch box. Their first few ideas aren't very good, so they reject them:...
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Clearly there are a number of things that unite Jess and Leslie in this excellent short story. One of the key elements is the way that they are both "outsiders" in the school community. Jess is an...
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Mr. Aarons tells Jess that Leslie's body has been found "down in the creek". Jess argues that Leslie could not have drowned, because "she could swim real good", but Mr. Aarons explains that "that...
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Leslie creates a diversion to help Jess avoid getting caught by Mrs. Pierce. She calls out to the seventh grade teacher, who is approaching the fifth grade room where Jess is not supposed to be,...
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The answer to this question can be found in the final paragraph of chapter seven. Sometimes it seemed to him that his life was delicate as a dandelion. One little puff from any direction, and it...
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Even though she can be a bit annoying, she is the only sibling and even family member that Jess has a good relationship with. She adores Jess and wants to follow him around. Jess finds this...
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In Chapter 6, Jess is headed home on the school bus. He's absolutely miserable, because he can't think of a good Christmas present to get for Leslie, and he can't afford anything anyway. But then,...
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The answer to this question can be found in chapter 7. During the second half of the chapter, Jess and Leslie discover that Janice Avery is having a hard time with something. Jess tells Leslie that...