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Scouts Honor Analysis

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Scouts Honor by Avi is a short realistic fiction story about three boys that go on a camping trip in a different state and they have a competition to be the toughest. In the beggining, the three friends all want to be the toughest. But they all know that they are not tough. Soon, they all face a huge obstacle...the bridge that they have to cross. They crossed it but they were all highly scared. In the end they all admit that they are not tough and the competition is over. This story shows that if you say that you are something you also have to back that up with some actions. Sometimes it doesnt go as planned. One reason it did not go as planned was in the middle when they had to cross the bridge and they were scared to cross it. For example in 78, the charachter does not show fear. When he crossed the bridge he is scared on the inside but he trys not to …show more content…

For example inparagraph 78 the author says im going across. It shows that he wanted to prove to horse and maxthat he was the toughest so he showed them that he was tough by crossing the bridge. This shows that the main charachter really wants to be the toughest. He doesnt want horse and max to think that he is not tough. One way they try to be the toughest is by being rivals.For example in paragraph 17 the author says being best friends also meant that we were rivals too.When you are best friends its a competition to be the toughest. This shows that the main charachter really wants to be the toughest. They all want to be the tough but they know that they know that there not tough. When they are at the bridge they all know that they are scared but they cross the bridge anyway. Its like a competition to see whos the toughest. They didnt have to say that it was s competiotion they just knew it was a competition. The main charachter is worried that horse is alot tougher than him and that max is a little tougher than

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