STEPHON AND HIS BROKEN GLASSES!!!

STEPHON AT THIS POINT HAS BROKEN HIS GLASSES. HOWEVER, IT REALLY WASNT HIM WHO HAD BROKEN THEM. A BOY HAD RUSH ON THE CINDERPATH WITH HIS BIKE AND CRASHED INTO HIS GLASSES. WHEN AN ACCIDENT LIKE THIS OCCURES YOU ARE SUPPOSE TO CALL HOME SO YOUR PARENTS CAN SEND YOU A NEW PAIR. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT STEPHON DID. THE TEACHER, FATHER ARNALL HAD TOLD HIM THAT HE DIDNT HAVE TO WORK UNTIL HE RECIEVED HIS NEW PAIR OF GLASSES. ACTUAL TEXT FROM THE BOOK ON PAGE 35 SAYS"AND FATHER ARNALL HAD SAID THAT HE NEED NOT STUDY TILL THE NEW PAIR CAME." THIS MADE THE SITUATION SEEM ALRIGHT UNTIL THE PREFECT OF STUDIES, FATHER DOLAN CAME AND QUESTIONED WHY STEPHON HAD NOT BEEN DOING ANY WORK. AS USUAL STEPHON WAS VERY FRIGHTENED BY FATHER DOLAN AND THE FIERCE WORDS HE SPOKE. STEPHON TRIED TO EXPLAIN HIS SITUATION TO FATHER DOLAN, BUT FATHER DOLAN DOES NOT ACCEPT HIS EXCUSE. SO, IMMEDIATELY FATHER DOLAN GIVES HIM 2 SMACKS, ONE ON THE LEFT HAND AND THE OTHER ONTHE RIGHT HAND. THE TEXT DESCRIPTIVELY EXPLAINS HOW STEPHON FELT WHEN HE HAD TO ACCEPT THIS PUNISHMENT THAT WAS NOT HIS FAULT. HE ALSO HAD HIS HAND HIT IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE CLASS. AS SOON AS THIS EVENT WAS OVER THE BOYS IN THE CLASS EAGERLY RUSHES TO TELL HIM TO TELL THE RECTOR, CONMEE WHAT FATHER DOLAN HAD DONE. VERY SCARED STEPHON TELLS THE RECTOR CONMEE WHAT FATHER DOLAN HAD DONE TO HIM AND THE RECTOR TELLS STEPHON THAT HE WILL TALK TO FATHER DOLAN ABOUT HIS MISTAKE. THE BOYS ENCOURAGE STEPHON FOR STEPPING UP AND TELLING THE RECTOR AND STEPHON FEELS ACCOMPLISHED BUT BAD FOR WHAT FATHER DOLAN HAS COMING HIS WAY.!!!!!!!!

MR.CASEY'S ARGUE WITH DANTE

AT THE DINNER TABLE, AS THE ARGUMENT CONTINUES MR. CASEY ARGUES WITH DANTE. HIS POINT OF VIEW IS THAT GOD DOESNT MATTER ANYMORE IN THIS SOCIETY. HE ACTUALLY STATES ON PAGE 25,"NO GOD FOR IRELAND....WE HAVE HAD TOO MUCH GOD IN IRELAND. AWAY WITH GOD." THIS SHOW THE ABSOLUTE OPPOSITE OF WHAT DANTE STANDS FOR. THIS ALSO SHOWS THAT MR. CASEY IS NOT A RELIGIOUS PERSON. WHEN A RELIGIOUS PERSON AND A PERSON WHO IS NOT RELIGIOUS ARGUE IT CAN CONTINUE FOR HOURS, DAY, WEEKS, AND EVEN MONTHS. IT CAN ALSO LEAD INTO A CATASTROPHE WHICH IT DID. STEPHON EXPERIENCED THIS DEBATE AND IT COULD LEAD TO WHAT HE WANTS TO DECIDE WHEN HE GETS OLDER, FOR GOD OR FOR SELF.

DANTE AND HER RELIGIOUS OPINIONS!!!

IT IS CHIRSTMAS TIME AND ALL THE CHARACTERS ARE AT THE DINNER TABLE. LIKE ANY OTHER DINNER IT STARTS OFF NORMAL. SOON, THE CONVERSATION ABOUT POLITICS AND RELIGION ARRIVE. FROM WHAT YOU READ, DANTE YOU CAN TELL IS A VERY RELIGIOUS PERSON. SHE ARGUES ABOUT HOW EVERYTHING IS BASED ON GOD AND NOTHING ELSE WE DO SHOULD BE ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE BUT GOD. AN EXACT QUOTE FROM DANTE CONCERNING GOD IS ON PAGE 25. SHE STATES THAT "GOD AND RELIGION BEFORE EVERYTHING! DANTE CRIED. "GOD AND RELIGION BEFORE THE WORLD". THIS SHOWS DANTE'S DEDICATION TOWARDS HER RELIGION AN HER DEDICATION TOWARD HER GOD.