Student was absent.
Lesson would have consisted of:

I. Characters face adversity and each reacts very differently.

II. Beatrice has allowed the difficulties and bad luck she has encountered throughout life to defeat her and leave her embittered. She is so caught up in the bad that she cannot see the good.

Tille prevails even in the worst of circumstances. That is what supports them as being the protagonist and the antagonist. She finds beauty in the smallest details. No matter how Many times she is chastised she gets back up and tries again. Fall down 7 times, get up 8!


III. Ruth is constantly worried about her appearance as is Beatrice. She is trapped by a need to fit in. Most of the time she considers Tillie an embarrassment but when she can boost her own image she quickly changes her mind (when tillie wins the science fair/assembly

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