We explored why and how the friendship between Patrick and Omri becomes strained. Noting how Patrick still treats the magically transformed toys as less than real ,Atticus discussed how their differing maturity levels is creating conflict leading to physical altercations. I then distributed a written exercise listing by explicit textual reference four disputes between the two friends. Atticus then responded to each conflict by in writing identifying each character's "justification" for his actions and then evaluating who was morally right and why. We then reviewed and discussed his responses.