On page 33, Francis recalls
wanting to be like the older boys in town, going off to war to join the “great
crusade for freedom.” While hanging out
with other veterans, however, he is hesitant to reveal his identity even to
them, thinking to himself, “What if I told them I was little Francis
Cassavant…that I am not the hero he thinks I am, not like the other veterans
here in the St. Jude Club.
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Why do you think Francis feels
this way about himself?
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Explain a time when you felt
like you didn’t fit in or were hiding something from other people.
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Ever been told you were something; but didn't see yourself as that? Francis Cassavant has been told that he is a hero. He has won the Silver Star in World War 2 but doesn't feel like the term suits him. Francis feels this way because he he had been hit by a grenade in France. Francis wanted to be fighiting the Japanese and Germans, bt he is too young to fight them.Francis thinks that these men that fight on the land and sea aganst the Japanese and Germans are the real heroes.
ReplyDeleteNot fitting in really stinks especially when it's somewhere that you have to go all the time. For volleyball, the team I was on; I didn't fit in at all. I was in fifth grade when the rest of them were in seventh grade. Being the youngest, I was quite and shy; but really wanted to be in their conversations. Every practice I was always by myself and I didn't have many friends. Towards the end of the season they started to accept me and I became close with most of them.
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ReplyDeleteWithout a face who are you? The face yields identity and recognition. As Francis walks down the streets of Frenchtown, he avoids eye contact with people he knew before the war. This is because he wants to remain anonymous since he is insecure about his appearance. As stated on page 4 of the text, “People glance at me quickly in surprise and look away quickly or cross the street when they see me coming. I don’t blame them.” This shows that Francis in conscious that many people are appalled by his appearance, and he agrees with them in that his appearance is appalling. Further, this belief that he is hideous makes him apprehensive about everything he does, because he is scared to reveal his identity. This fear of identity is also shown on page 25 when Francis lies about his identity. The text reads, “Raymond it tell her, using the name of my dead brother. Beaumont I add. My mother’s name before she married my father.” Concealing his identity shows the magnitude about his insecurity. The number of lies that Francis has made is growing, and possibly these lies may cause conflict later in the book.
ReplyDeleteEveryone has felt embarrassed before. The infamous feeling of blood rushing to your face and your heart beating like bass drum. Francis conceals his identity because he is afraid of embarrassment, and he is insecure. In the text, it states, “I am like the Hunchback of Notre Dame, my face like a gargoyle and the duffel bag like a lump on my back.” Francis’s thoughts on himself show that his confidence is extremely low. This lack of confidence makes him fearful of embarrassment. This fear is similar to that of Lennie in Of Mice and Men. Lennie is always seeking George’s approval, and he is scared to disappoint George. He feels that he will be embarrassed if he disappoints George, and that fear of embarrassment plays a large role in his life.
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The treatment of Francis in the passage compares to the treatment of Jewish people in World War II in Europe because they were looked down upon and treated poorly because of their appearance. As a result, Francis and Jewish people had to hide their identities. For instance, Jewish people forged documents as Francis hid his face in order to hide their identities: "This was the proof that the scarf and the bandage were working in two ways: not only to hide the ugliness of what used to be my face but to hide my identity" (pages 4 and 5). In my opinion, I am appalled that anyone would treat a war hero (silver star recipient) with such disrespect. He was even wearing his army jacket, as seen in quote, "I am wearing my old army fatigue jacket" (page 3). Whenever I see a war veteran or holocaust survivor (like Paul Galan) I have a lot of respect for them and would never "look away quickly or cross the street" (page 4).
The treatment of Francis in the passage contrasts to the treatment of Jewish people in World War II in Europe because Francis intimidated others with his appearance but Jewish people were intimidated by non Jewish people. Non Jewish people went out of their way to cross the street and beat and arrest them. Meanwhile, people go out of their way to cross the street to get away from Francis: "People glance at me and look away quickly or cross the street when they see me coming. I don't blame them" (page 4). In the book Of Mice And Men, Curly would go out of his way to beat and annoy Lennie because he was different. Just like how the Jews were treated by the Germans. Francis was a little different though, people went away from him.
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In chapter one, Francis says “People glance at me in surprise and look away quickly or cross the street when they see me coming. I don’t blame them.” People’s treatment of Francis in the passage compares to the way Jewish people were treated during World War II in Europe in some ways. One way is that Jews were looked at differently than other people due to discrimination. When Hitler began to restrict Jews in Europe, Germans would look at Jews differently; they would make fun of them and even avoid them. The quote state, “People glance at me in surprise and look away.” This was a very similar treatment the Jews received from the Germans. Now, people’s appearance is viewed in all different ways. If you don’t look a certain way people expect you to, you are viewed differently. People might think you’re weird; people might ignore you, or treat you differently than they would treat someone else. Like some people today, Jews were not accepted by others due to having different culture, religion, beliefs, appearance.
ReplyDeleteThe way Jewish people were treated differs from Francis’ quote, “People glance at me in surprise and look away quickly, or cross the street when they see me coming. I don’t blame them.” During World War II Jewish people cared about the way they were treated and respected. Jews did not like the fact that they were labeled with a star pin and sometimes were made to wear it. In the quote Francis states “I don’t blame them.” This infers that Francis doesn’t mind the way people look at him and he doesn’t disagree with the way they react towards his appearance. Jewish people did mind it. They minded being isolated and harshly treated for what was perceived as being “different”. Still to this day, depending on your culture or beliefs, people are affected and hurt by groups that still harm people because of their beliefs or physical appearance. This behavior can be found in genocides, like the Holocaust, to a regular school day in the hallway. Either way people do care about being respected for their differences.
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