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What Is The Theme Of Amigo Brothers

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“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.” ~Helen Keller. That means that even though good things might happen it isn’t worth it if you go through the good things alone. In “Amigo Brothers” two best friends are in the championship together and have to fight each other, whoever wins the fight wins it all. Both friends don’t want to hurt the other and want them to do good but, at the same time, they want to do good themselves. In the end, after the fight, they decide to leave and not figure out who wins because they are both winners in each other's eyes. “Amigo Brothers” would be the best short story for a middle school students because it teaches how important friendship is and it shows that you have to figure …show more content…

In “Amigo Brothers” Thomas says “They looked around and then rushed toward each other. A cry of alarm surged through Tompkins Square Park. Was this a fight to the death instead of a boxing match. The fear soon gave way to wave upon wave of cheering as the two amigos embraced. No matter what decision they knew they would always be champions to each other.” What this means is that in this moment they realized that no matter what they were both champions and that it just isn’t worth it to have one’s heart be broken. Right, when they heard the bell and realized that the match was over they ran to each other. After the fight, both of them were hurt but, still very relieved. They were relieved because the physical pain was mostly done but that wasn’t the hardest part of it all. They still had to hear who wins which is the real pain, the emotional pain. Finding out that you are better than you friends and feeling sorry for it or realizing that you weren't as good as them. No friendship would be the same after that so they changed it. They left before either one heard. That is so important for anybody to know but, mostly for middle schoolers to know. In middle school, there's drama everywhere you look. Some drama is small and other is bigger than most people face in their life. Thomas said “The announcer turned to point to the winner and found himself alone. Arm and …show more content…

However, that is wrong because the story “Charles” shows support to inappropriate behavior and it shows that people will allow bad behavior in life. In the text, it says “‘He told a little girl to say a word and she said it and the teacher washed her mouth out with soup and Charles laughed.”’ This is just one example of what the kid Charles did, yet nothing happened to him. In the text, it states “‘What happened to Charles?”, my husband asked. “Nothing,” Laurie said.”’ This means that nothing absolutely nothing happens to Charles even though he did all of those horrible things. It is teaching kids that there aren’t consequences. It is telling kids that nothing bad will happen to you even if you do bad things. That is something that you shouldn’t be learning in middle school because that is when most kids start to act out to get attention or for many other reasons. In middle school, there is close to 85% of bullying according to DHHS. People bully others because they have been bullied and because they can get away with it. When they bully the kids they know that they won't be in that much trouble. That is why the story “Charles” is not the best short story for middle schoolers to

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