Hooper's Words

Genre 7: Eulogy I chose to do a eulogy because I felt like Brew did suffer a death of his incredible abilities. The day he almost drowned, Bronte and Tennyson realized how much he sacrificed for them. They both made a decision that day to take their pain back and it was like they allowed a part of Brew to die. The day he came out of the coma was like he became reborn and it was his first day of his new life to be free of other people's pain and sadness. I wrote the eulogy as if Tennyson and Bronte were paying tribute to what Brewster did for them.

In this animation, the orange character is Tennyson, the blue is Joe Crippendorf, the green is Ozzy, and in scene one, the purple is Brew. This part of the reading was crucial for Tennyson to realize how quickly his injuries get passed on to the Bruiser. I created the Brew meter to illustrate how quick the impact effects him. When Tennyson fought back in my animation, this showed how Tennyson is protective of Brew now because he doesn’t want everyone to see Brew taking his pain and injuries.

Genre 5: Comic Strip This comic strip represents the scene in the book where Tennyson manipulated his father to agree in taking in Cody and Brew. The boy and his dad represents Tennyson and Mr. Sternberger while the dog represents Cody and Brew. In the story, the mom and dad are having problems like Tennyson's parents. After the dad accepted having a dog because he didn't want to agree with mom, I showed the outcome being a good thing for the parents. Having the dog forced the parents to communicate and take care of the dog together like what is happening with Mr. and Mrs. Sternberger taking care of Brew and Cody.

Genre 4: These songs on the CD all have to do with pain. The song, Jeremy is about a boy that is being beaten and this reminds me of Cody and Uncle Hoyt. I thought that the song, Love the Way You Lie, was completely in Bruiser's voice. The part when Rihanna sang, "Just gonna stand there and watch me burn, but that's alright because I like the way it hurts," I thought of the people that Bruiser cares about like Bronte and Tennyson being the ones that watch him burn, and that Bruiser accepts taking their pain. In the song, Pain by Jimmy Eat World, the vocalist is singing that his life is a lie and people don't really know what is going on with him, and that is just like Bruiser. I used the song Savior because Bruiser is like a savior to the people he cares about, taking away their pain. In the song Savior, the lead singer sang, "I'm not the answer for the questions that you still have." This represents the relationship between Bruiser and Bronte because she would ask him so many questions but it's hard for him to give the answers clearly. All of the rest of the songs that I chose are about taking pain or having your pain taken away from someone.

Genre 3: Myth I wrote a myth to represent Brewster's ability. Fixer resembles Brewster and I chose the name Fixer because he fixes people's pain. Harliss was the fox version of Uncle Hoyt because it sounds like the word heartless and I don't think Uncle Hoyt cares about Brewster when it comes to letting him having his own life. Felicia was Bronte and Felicia means beautiful because Brewster thinks Bronte is beautiful. I had Fixer and Felicia leaving their homes and living together because I hope that Brewster can find a way to get away from Uncle Hoyt and live a better life.

Genre 2: The night Brontë had Bruiser over, she should have had served this recipe as her gastronomical masterpiece. When Brontë served her tri-tip roast, she started everything off in a negative way. Since Tennyson wasn't eating meat, he would have been more satisfied with a vegetarian meal like this vegetable lasagna. If the night started off in a more positive way, the rest of the dinner may have stayed that way.

Genre 1: Encyclopedia I chose to do an encyclopedia about lacrosse. Tennyson plays lacrosse but we never got to find anything out about lacrosse. I actually learned many things about the sport that I never new like how the Indians would have huge games that could take days. All this tells me about Tennyson is that he has strength, endurance, and parents that can buy expensive gear.