The Goodness of Matt Kaizer
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Main body
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scene 4: confidence vs convincing & influence; peer pressure - What was the purpose of the gang's existence?
Matt finally convinced himself an angel and was going angel on the gang, which destructed the gang.
"wasn't so grubby, clothes weren't torn, wearing a tie, hair cut short and combed." "' he is beginning to think he really is an angel.'"
It went on the whole week, and made Matt believe more and more that he was an angel; what was more, he changed.
The gang still tried to assure Matt that he was bad, but this time Matt became confused instead of being convinced. (Matt always convinced himself, he didn't need others to assure.)
"My father is always saying that too. "
Matt began to doubt if he was really good inside, since Mr. Bataky thought so, and his father the same.
"Angels cannot tell secrets." (What does it mean?)
Matt kept the secrets. (What kind of person was Matt?)
Mr. Bataky took Matt as an angel and confessed a lot of bad things he did.
Matt went to Mr. Bataky again, and this time the gang followed him. (This time, who influenced whom? )
scene 3: What's the meaning of angel?
Matt still refused, so his father dared him.
The goodness inside makes a person angel.
Matt said he was not an angel, while his father admitted that he never said Matt was. (Does the 2 angels here have the same meaning?)
Mr. Bataky wanted to see the angel, which is Matt, again, because he had a bad, sinful life， and he wanted to confess.
Matt was waiting for a lecture but his father said it was wonderful.
conversation between Matt and his father.
scene 2: What was Matt's attitude? How did he behave? What kind of person was Matt? Was he really the baddest of the bad? according to all the details showing
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Matt was scared and ran away.
When Mr. Bataky saw Matt, he mistook the boy as an angel. (appearance of Matt)
Matt's way of talking to Mary Beth was polite, calm, persistent, and with good excuse.
" ‘That's what my mother did when my aunt was sick.' “
Matt bought flowers, meaning he had good influence from his parents.
"Matt could not resist a dare." "Always taking up the dare and going you one worse."
The gang dared him with the calling of "a minister's kid", and he accepted immediately.
Matt's reaction shows he knew it was inappropriate.
The gangs asked Matt to see a dying man, Mr. Bataky.
scene 1: The conflict between expectation and reality - Why did Matt want to be baddest of bad instead of being a good boy?
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Matt's father is a great man, so everybody will naturally expect Matt to be at least as good as his father, which gives him great pressure; so he rebel.
His father is a minister.
He thinks "there was nothing good about him at all"
"the baddest of the bad was Matt..."
Matt has a problem: he likes to do bad stuff.
Conclusion
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Main arguments
opinion
themes
the story reflects some problems of the main character: .....
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background
setting
sixth grade
characters
Matt Kaizer,
the brief summary
The story "xxxx" tells about ....
