I think going to James house was the right thing to do because when you are going through that you need one of your best buddies or pals here with you. If he didn't even talk or speak just being they're is right thing.
If i had a proper guitar i would have done the same thing, but in the first place i wouldn't be playing my guitar because i'd be to busy thinking about what happened.
I think James is not doing to good, because James and his father were very close and if James knew his father was going to die he would've went with him in the building.
I think James father is not going to be found, they're is hope because they found a lot of firefighter but i still depends on the people that are searching for the bodies.
i think it was the right thing to do because how will James get better of no one tries to talk. Losing someone you know is probably one of the hardest things to get through, trust me when I say i know how it is. you can't get through it. you think you could of done something to stop what happened, and you think that what just happens is just a lie. if their was anything you could do to make the pain of loss of someone close go away, do it.
Yes going to James house was the right thing to do because maybe James was worried about his best friend. If i were in James shoes and Will was in the 9/11 incident I would want him to come and visit me. I think James is sad and has anger built into him because he knows/thinks that his father is dead, thats why he broke his guitar. I think that James father is not actually dead, i think that he may still be in the building and they are going to find him.
i think that going to james's house was the right thing to do because when someone your really close with is going through something like that you would want them lto know that you are there for them when they need you, even if they dont want to talk, they would feel like someone is there for them.
I probably would have done the same because if something like that had been happening in my life i would feel really upset and would want to break something, because it can get your mind off what ever is going on.
I think James is reacting like anyone else who would be going through it, hes upset, and his wished that he could have been there or done something different. James is probably just processing everything going on, its probably really hard for him.
I think what happend to James's father is that he was in the building when it colapsed and most of the time that means that he wont survive, but half the time the books romantisise so he might end up surviving in the end. But just like durring We All Fall Down, he turned the corner and he was gone.
yeah i think he did do the right thing cause james is his best firend and he should be thier for him. well yeah i would if it was one of my best firend. i dont think James is taking this to well cause i dont feel he has any hopes cause he is thinking reasonablly. i think his father is no more.
I think going to James's house was the right thing to do because at this moment James needs his bestv freind at his side because Right now james's mom is in pretty much in denial and she thinks her husbands still alive but i dont think so because out of about 1000 dead its not that probable that james's dead will be alive bacause he would be insinerated since he was on the 30 something floor by then and in World Trade Centre John & will Barely survived and if they barely survived i dint think James's dad would have survived.
To go to Jame's house,it was the right thing to do in my opinion.As the mother said,you dont have to say anything to comfort James.Letting James know that he's not alone,and that he might be able to recover from this life shattering event.
I don't think I could handle something as terrible as a possible death.It would be too difficult to even be there,even the idea of that happening is scary.I might give a phone call or something,but not confront.There's too much emotion;especially sadness and anger.
I think James is taking it really hard,but he is at the point where he's furious at himself for not going with him,that he didn't get to talk to him one last time,that he didnt get to say a proper good bye (unless there has been an authentic good-bye).James can't keep the emotions inside him so he is taking it out on things that he cherishes most.
I think James's father is actually dead.First of all,only very few out of thousands actually survived,so it is very unlikely that he is alive.To still have hope is just a way to avoid the reality.But sometimes,hope can prevail,but I doubt it would actually occur.
I think it was the right thing to do because it got James to let it all out because holding all your feelings in would just make you feel worst everyday because if everyday you feel what you held in would just keep adding to the fire by making you feel more and more worst.
I think I would have done the same thing but probably waited a day or two before I go to their house.
I think James is doing okay because it isn't unusual to get all mad when someone is acting like nothing is wrong when something is.
I think James's father is dead and that he got incinerated and will never get found because of that.
i think will going to james house was right because i think james needs someone supporting him and his dad always did , but nows hes gone(i think), so james is proabaly really upset
i think i would have done the same because i think its right for will to go and see how his freind is doing also and james mother just like as nothing has happened i think james sint really doing well because he smashed his guiter -which he loved alot- and that shows hes really upset and proabaly thinks he lost his dad i think james father dies because it was hard for will and john to coem down, and james was going up , so hen proably dies and i think maybe hos body would be found
Going to James's house was the right thing to do because the sanctity to know that someone is there for you, is comforting itself, not to mention the help you could do to. What I think will happen is that Will will tell James's mom about what he thinks happened to James's father, and she will finally give in and realize the situation. Then she will mourn his death, and all the people would try and comfort her, but if unsuccesful, or if she wanted to be alone, they would leave. So then that makes it 50/50 on what the personality of James's mom is like to accurately inference how she will respond to death.
I think that I would do the same, but only to those I know really well and care about, because if I lack to acknowledge something, then I might make things worse. Then I would make myself feel regretfut.
I think that James is taking the sobering news in a harsh way, beating himself up, and I dont think its fair that he is doing that, when clearly he couldnt do anything to prevent it, and I thought that he already had a false hope inside himself, but he couldnt hear himself say it, and when Will stated it, he lost it.
i do think going over to James's house was the right thing to do because like what will's mom said just being there makes it comforting, because when ever i feel down, of something bothers me. i do feel better when have someone around to talk about it with because it just feels better to let it out then to keep it to your self and hold it in. I think going to James's house regardless was a good thing to do, because Will is lucky to still have his father, Will is still lucky to even be alive, and if you are that greatful that you still have your family. you should go help others that were not as fortunate as you, and they would have done the same thing if you were in their shoes.
Honestly, i think James is in denial, and at this point and situation i don't blame him, there were thousands of firemen under the rubble, what are the chances that James's father is going to come out. As to James's mother, she a no intention for the worst, she thinks that her husband is going to be the first one that is going to come out of the rubble, while in the real world, most people weren't that lucky, and now im just waiting for someone to bring her back down to earth and to the real world.
i have no intentions that James's father is going to come out of there, because there are thousands of firemen sounder there and the chances of one of them is him is almost irrelevant
i think i know what James is going through because when he says he should have been there, what i think he meant is that he wishes that he could have been there to protect his father when the building was coming down and that the both would go to a game together. he would try to make the pain go away by smashing the most thing to him but eventually it will come right back at him
i think it was the right thing to do to go to James house because right now James needs comfort,support,help and love the most because who knows what happened to his father other than the facts that he was either destroyed/killed or survived but in pain and then died or rarly he could on of those who survived....but where is he? I think that James is trying his best to not cry or think about the fact that his father just maybe no longer in this world, He may just never see him again. James misses his father and its not his faullt that he maybe no longer in this world.
I think James father is no longer in this world because when the buildings collapsed there was no time for people to run down the stairs and out the door because when it happened there was nno time for people to think about what they should do it was just chaos and screaming just in minutes their lives ended without a notice or warning.
I would have gone to James house because he needs all the support and comfort he can get because its not easy to to say bye forever.
I would have done the same thing if i were will because as a best freind you goto be there for youre freind at his darkest times like now because its hard knowing you might not see youre father anymore. And i dont think james is doing to well because knowing youre dads not coming home mainly when you loved him so much and he was so kind to you its really hard
I think it was the right thing to do because them being surrounded by friends and family could make them feel better about what the situation is and how they are feeling about whats happening.
I think i would have done the same if i was in Will's position because if James was my bestfriend i would have gone to see how he was doing and because if i was Will then i would know how it would to feel to almost lose your father because Will thought he father might have died when the towers collpased.
I think James is going to be upset because his mom is acting like everythings okay when James knows it might not be okay and he might be sad.
I think James' father still might be alive because fire-fighters were rescued from the twin towers.
-Yes, I Think It Was Because, Knowing That His Bestfriend Was There Rgiht When The Tower Fell; He'd At Least Come To See How James Was Doing, Incase, He Wanted To Hear If His Father Was "Alive Or not". And Just To Accompany Him, And Help Out; If Needed. -Ummm....I Think I Could Of Done The Same Thing, But Yet Really Not. Because, After A Tragity Like This That Just Happened..I'd Say No On This Maybe Because, I Would Feel, Down And All; So Wouldn't Want To Talk To Anyone Right Now Or Within The Time Span. - I Think He's Hurt Really Bad Because, See That Tower Colapse He Wounders If His Dad Is Safe Or Not Because He Was In The Tower When It Had Fallen. - I Think His Father....... Well I Got No Comment.
I think going to James's house was the right think to do because I think it's really hard for James what he has to go through and he is a kid right,he might get paranoid. Having Will there might help because they are best friends and even if they don't talk having your best friend right there with you is a big deal. Your best friend might comfort you while the crisis is happening and even though you might be upset it might feel better than before I know I will feel better than before. So in my opinon I think that it is the right thing to do.
Yes I would have done the same thing because I would have done anything I could to make the person feel better and I would have done it the best I could. I would have also done that because I would know how hard it would have been on the person. I know what it feels like to have a family member of yours pass away and I know how my mom also felt like when it happened.
Going to jame's house was the right thing to do because jame's is going through a lot and he should be there to help him and if he didn't go jame's would not think of him as a good friend. I could have done the same but just like jame's i wouldn't know what to say. Right now I think he is mad and feeling guilty for not going with him. I think jame's father could be alive
I think Will going to James house the right thing to do because James is Will's friend and he Will doesn't want James to suffer by himself. James knows his father has passed away but his mother still believes that her husbund is still alive.
James is furious of his lost because right now his father is gone and his mother is trying to not think about it, but the reason he is mad is because his mother cant face the facts that he's gone.
I think James's father is gone because when John and Will met his father it was on the 20th to 30th floor I think, but by the time John and Will made it out his father might of been on the 30th to 40th floor. No one could of survived that height.
i think it was the best think to do, was to go to their house and be with them. it good to have a friend when you are in a situation like James. you need someone when to keep you up
i would have done the same thing but smashed the guitar more and would have been more upset with myself. I think the James is doing really good is being really strong about what happened. and i think him being upset with his mom ,it makes perfect sense she is acting as nothing has happened and is making james feel like he is supposed to wait for his dad who isn't coming back.
i think that so far that he is not alive, that his body still in the rubble somewhere in the remains of the building. i think what will happen is that when the news is reporting they see all the fire fighters come out of the rubble none of them will be Jame's father will be found in the end.
i agree with Heli and Tron master of the world because it does make perfect sense for James to be angry at his mother because she's acing like nothing happened sure she's trying her hardest not to cry but on James angle it kind of looks like it doesn't matter to her as much as it does to James. I agree with Tron master of the world because its a book so most likely James father will be found at the end some how.
I think going to James' house was the right thing since what had happen with the towers falling down and all the fire fighters in the city getting called down there including James' dad. If doing the same as in smashing my guitar into two pieces then no since James love that guitar a lot even more then his girlfriend and i would never break my guitar since my grandfather bought it for me. But going upstairs and telling his mom the truth or the possibility of what happened to Mr.Bennet which it seems like it is going to happen, to snap her out of her state of being happy as if nothing is wrong. I think that James is troubled and angry because his mom is clearly delusional and can't let go of the fact that her husband may not be alive anymore or the fact that she might kinda lose it and stay like that for along time even when people are trying to convince of the truth if they get the call since she keeps baking muffins and being all happy and smiling. What I think that happened to James' father is that he might not be alive since the building imploded and everything just falls down from the inside. The reason since he was in the stair well and a lot of things could have fallen like in the movie World trade center even though they were in the elevator shaft you see everything just fall on top of them. Or he could be alive and just trap underneath the debris while unconscious.
@ tron master of the world i totally agree with you since for a lot of people when some one they know has died or could be dead they would wish they were there or it should have been them instead. Its also in a lot of movies they would use that but it happens in real life to.
i think that going to James house would be the right thing to do because when you are in this kind of situation i think that you always need a friends or someone with you that can make you feel better.
i think that i would have done the same thing because being in a situation like James and his family is would be like needing someone with you the whole time to give that faith and keep you strong. James mother already has people with her that can support her but James is like all alone well he does have older people that are with his mom but he needs someone his age to be with him. so i think that if i would be there i would do the same thing.
i think James is acting to be strong but from inside he is heart broken meaning he isn't really strong but he doesn't really want to show people that and doesn't want to make his mom worry and get disappointed and make her lose her strength. but one thing James want to tell her mom or make her believe is that the people who die don't come back and in this case James thinks that his father has died.
the thing i think that happened to James Father is that he might have been died because since when John and Will were going down the stairs James father was going up and there is no chance of him making it down in time before the building imploded. just like in the movie World Trade Center we saw. well you never know they might find James father alive trapped under the debris.
@ gurinder true but i can't say much about his mother when she accepts the fact that he might be gone she might just break down in tears but since there is a lot of people there to comfort her it would help like with James.
I personaly think that James is doing an ok. One think that I do not understand is why would he be playing his guitar when all this is happening? I understand why he would smash it but why play it in the first place? Does he think it would make him feel better? I know it would not make me feel better but other than that he is doing good.
I think James father is one of the people that passed away but I do agree with Talwinder there is still hope because they did find firefighter in the rubble so he can still have that felling that he might come home.
I diagree with you abdullahi because I think that he is really mad that he was not there with his father and I think he was playing the guitar because to calm down but when he could not take it any more he smashed the guitar.
I Think will did do the right thing because I've been in a postion like will's where one of my best friends lost a parent and just the feeling that your not alone and your friends and family are there to help you through really helps.
@abdullahi he plays his guitar in the first place because its something to keep his mind off of what is happening and the reality of the situation.
and 2sharpshooter I wouldnt call the mother delusional when something of the magnitude of this situation happens she's trying to be optimistic and to stay strong for her families sake if she just broke into tears andwept all day howdo you think that would effect james.
I personally feel james is torn what to believe. should he believe his father is dead but since people are being rescued each day he may still be harbouring a hope that his dad may come back. And in situations like that its not the fact that someone has died or not died which is troubling but the not knowing which is troubling becasue if you know one way or the other you can put the event behind you and move on. Change is ongoing in life sometimes its for the better and sometimes its not, its a part of life ,how we all deal with it however is our choice.
I think going to james house was the right thing to do because Will's mom said that when she was waiting for will and john to come home having people around her help her with the waiting help ease the pain so i think its the righ thing to do. I think I would have done the same thing because ya i would be mad and ya i would probaly think that my mom didnt notice that my dad might not come home but i would not smash my guitar if i had one. i think james is doing better then id expected because he knowed that his dad left to go to the twin towers and he had to stay behind but he ddint know that the twin towers were going to fall over
i think that james father is buried under all the rubble from the towers colasping hemight still be alive.
@ el presidente when Cheney was reading the book it says that i think James says it that his mother is delusional since she keeps going like he's going to come through those doors soon hes coming back or something like that, also she wouldn't not stop smiling and keeps baking muffins like non stop also her family already seems worried on how i would imagine. Also i wrote that he is troubled since he is concerned about his mother.
@Sharpshooter, a better word instead of delusional is she was in denial, she didn't want to know the answer unless he survived .. remember when she said "i am going to see my husband walk though that door anytime" she was really paranoid that her husband had survived the collapsing of the building.
@ Stephanie that is a possibility that he is alive like abdullahi wrote but since he was in the stair well if the place collapse it could crush someone, since it is made of mostly cement and the floors above could fall down on them that is just what i think.
sharpshooter1948 , about what el presidente said, i agree his mother isnt really delusional because she belives for sure that james father will come because one thing in the book, they were all very interested to watch who came out , so james mother really thinks he is just gonna come anytime or will be found, and she has alot of hope , and by her believing i think it helps alot in the family
@ talwinder doesn't paranoid mean irrational fears of things like how for example I have a fear of snow that's being paranoid. @ Jan I can understand that but i was thinking on how she kept smiling and being cheerful at that time as if she kinda lost touch to reality.
I agree with brown kid and another person who said he could have been incinerated sorry couldn't find that post through all of them. He would likely be dead since 30 floor maybe the top of the building falling on them then getting pushed further down.
@ sharpshooter1948 true and she does have alot of hope , and maybe she wont really be the same as time goes on like maybe like if he isnt found out later, she would probaly feel and act differently but right now she has a lot of hope , into beliving james dad will come
@Bailee , I'd agree.. We all fall down was romanticized with John coming out of the towers and surviving, the sequel might romanticize it or have a different ending with a tragedy.
@SharpShooter, im talking about the paranoid were she was scared to find out the answer is her husband was dead or not, so james mother was happy rather then sad.
@Nida, James was playing his guitar to get his mind off his father, but he couldn't handle it so he smashed his guitar.
@Ben-G , do you think James is in denial when he isn't being delusional like his mother saying that shes expecting him to come through the door anything and stuff.
@Amrit, i agree with you but lives were not lost in minitues they were lost in seconds the building just collapsed no one knew what was happening, they didn't know what to do.
@Janet , I'd agree , James always had his father to support him and his father not being there with him might make the situation even more worse and having Will there with him may remind him that he has someone with him and hes not alone.
@sharpshooter I didnt disagree that the book said that or not, but what I am disagreing to is the use of the word of delusional I dont think she is delusional because like you saw in the twin towers movie Keeping hope and never giving up may yeild frution but just saying there dead when there could be a chance that their alive however slim I dont think would be right. Take yourself away from the charcaters for a sec and think about yourself would you give up hope so early I probally believe not so her actions for the moment are totally rasionable in my opinion.
@sharpshotter that is a possiblity but he might have been survied because they did say he was in the staire well but the other firefrghters where to and soem of then suruied
yup , and it might be true, you never know maybe james father might find his body or him still breathing and alive but there is a less chance because its not really easy and on one would really know where to go , like in we all fall down, i thinik they had a better chance- will and john- because john knew the building well in the book
@ stephanie that is why i think he died it isn't as strong as the elevator shaft it is kinda more vulnerable. @ zak if i was in that situation I would have gave up but it would still be in my mind but taking in the facts of what happened. Listen when i say she keeps smiling and being cheerful and think that nothing is wrong. And I have taken my self away from the characters when answering that i did say that there is a possibility that he is alive, but i didn't say that i confirm that he has to be dead so he is basically MIA(missing in action). And i would have estimated that were he would have been he could be done for since debris falls alot especially in the stair well. Also you said in your opinion that's a fault there in your issue , an opinion is what you believe.
@sharpshotter i think the same thing liek in the movie the tower was colaspign and the guy headed for the elevator but soem of the people who are firefighters got pulled out but they were in the staires so i say that there is a chance still...
yeah , i think there was a chance but that is pretty low because the fire fighters were heading up, to the danger, so i think if they were alive, they would either escape, or tyr to see if there is anyone because that is there job , im not saying he died but that there is an chance
Yes it was the right thing to go James's house because if Will never went then James would probably never get the chance to tell someone close to him how he fells,First of all he thinks his mom is delusional because she maybe she wont except the fact that his dad is gone. / Yes i would of done the same because what friend would I be if i didn't comfort my friend if i never went over there to tell him/her that everything would be okay and i would help them get over it. / I think James is mad because he knows that his dad is probably gone but he cant really believe that his mom was taking it okay,like nothing happend. / I think James father got stuck in the building when it collapsed so then they just found him , but they might not know if he is ok or if he is going to die(most likely there is a 70% to 30% that hem might not make it.
same steph i agree with your idea because the building had like a few more mins to get out of the building ,so when the plane hit and you see it is not safe the best thing to do in my case.....is to run.
@vanessa just liek in the movie it was the same thign in the book they did not know the tower was going to fall it ddint show any sign of falling over till it did so runing might not even be a choice.
Do you think you could have done the same? yeahh for shuree... if i knew my friendd was goingg through something like that .. oviouslyy i would go and see them.. because my friend would need someone to talk to and comfort them.
How do you think James is doing? well guessing that he broke his guitar and i getting really mad.. i think hes going trough denial right now.. hesa blamingg himself.. sayingg how theres no hope.. hes just giving up.. when there still is hope..
What do you think happened to James's father? i think the sequal is also going to have a romantisized endingg like the 1st book soo.. the father is probably going to be one of the few firefighters who get saved .
*Was going to James's house the right thing to do? yes going to james's house was the right thing to do because i would know that my friend is going through something tough and being a good friend oviouslyy i would go and see if i can cheer them up.
well Amrit you know that she is just trying not to think about it over and over again and she also has to think about James to you know because if her mother is going to lose her strength than who is going to take care James. so it's not like she is trying to act like nothing happened on perpose.
I think going to James house was the right thing to do because when you are going through that you need one of your best buddies or pals here with you. If he didn't even talk or speak just being they're is right thing.
ReplyDeleteIf i had a proper guitar i would have done the same thing, but in the first place i wouldn't be playing my guitar because i'd be to busy thinking about what happened.
I think James is not doing to good, because James and his father were very close and if James knew his father was going to die he would've went with him in the building.
I think James father is not going to be found, they're is hope because they found a lot of firefighter but i still depends on the people that are searching for the bodies.
i think it was the right thing to do because how will James get better of no one tries to talk. Losing someone you know is probably one of the hardest things to get through, trust me when I say i know how it is. you can't get through it. you think you could of done something to stop what happened, and you think that what just happens is just a lie. if their was anything you could do to make the pain of loss of someone close go away, do it.
ReplyDeleteYes going to James house was the right thing to do because maybe James was worried about his best friend. If i were in James shoes and Will was in the 9/11 incident I would want him to come and visit me. I think James is sad and has anger built into him because he knows/thinks that his father is dead, thats why he broke his guitar. I think that James father is not actually dead, i think that he may still be in the building and they are going to find him.
ReplyDeletei think that going to james's house was the right thing to do because when someone your really close with is going through something like that you would want them lto know that you are there for them when they need you, even if they dont want to talk, they would feel like someone is there for them.
ReplyDeleteI probably would have done the same because if something like that had been happening in my life i would feel really upset and would want to break something, because it can get your mind off what ever is going on.
I think James is reacting like anyone else who would be going through it, hes upset, and his wished that he could have been there or done something different. James is probably just processing everything going on, its probably really hard for him.
I think what happend to James's father is that he was in the building when it colapsed and most of the time that means that he wont survive, but half the time the books romantisise so he might end up surviving in the end. But just like durring We All Fall Down, he turned the corner and he was gone.
yeah i think he did do the right thing cause james is his best firend and he should be thier for him. well yeah i would if it was one of my best firend. i dont think James is taking this to well cause i dont feel he has any hopes cause he is thinking reasonablly. i think his father is no more.
ReplyDeleteI think going to James's house was the right thing to do because at this moment James needs his bestv freind at his side because Right now james's mom is in pretty much in denial and she thinks her husbands still alive but i dont think so because out of about 1000 dead its not that probable that james's dead will be alive bacause he would be insinerated since he was on the 30 something floor by then and in World Trade Centre John & will Barely survived and if they barely survived i dint think James's dad would have survived.
ReplyDeleteTo go to Jame's house,it was the right thing to do in my opinion.As the mother said,you dont have to say anything to comfort James.Letting James know that he's not alone,and that he might be able to recover from this life shattering event.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I could handle something as terrible as a possible death.It would be too difficult to even be there,even the idea of that happening is scary.I might give a phone call or something,but not confront.There's too much emotion;especially sadness and anger.
I think James is taking it really hard,but he is at the point where he's furious at himself for not going with him,that he didn't get to talk to him one last time,that he didnt get to say a proper good bye (unless there has been an authentic good-bye).James can't keep the emotions inside him so he is taking it out on things that he cherishes most.
I think James's father is actually dead.First of all,only very few out of thousands actually survived,so it is very unlikely that he is alive.To still have hope is just a way to avoid the reality.But sometimes,hope can prevail,but I doubt it would actually occur.
I think it was the right thing to do because it got James to let it all out because holding all your feelings in would just make you feel worst everyday because if everyday you feel what you held in would just keep adding to the fire by making you feel more and more worst.
ReplyDeleteI think I would have done the same thing but probably waited a day or two before I go to their house.
I think James is doing okay because it isn't unusual to get all mad when someone is acting like nothing is wrong when something is.
I think James's father is dead and that he got incinerated and will never get found because of that.
i think will going to james house was right because i think james needs someone supporting him and his dad always did , but nows hes gone(i think), so james is proabaly really upset
ReplyDeletei think i would have done the same because i think its right for will to go and see how his freind is doing also and james mother just like as nothing has happened
i think james sint really doing well because he smashed his guiter -which he loved alot- and that shows hes really upset and proabaly thinks he lost his dad
i think james father dies because it was hard for will and john to coem down, and james was going up , so hen proably dies and i think maybe hos body would be found
Going to James's house was the right thing to do because the sanctity to know that someone is there for you, is comforting itself, not to mention the help you could do to. What I think will happen is that Will will tell James's mom about what he thinks happened to James's father, and she will finally give in and realize the situation. Then she will mourn his death, and all the people would try and comfort her, but if unsuccesful, or if she wanted to be alone, they would leave. So then that makes it 50/50 on what the personality of James's mom is like to accurately inference how she will respond to death.
ReplyDeleteI think that I would do the same, but only to those I know really well and care about, because if I lack to acknowledge something, then I might make things worse. Then I would make myself feel regretfut.
I think that James is taking the sobering news in a harsh way, beating himself up, and I dont think its fair that he is doing that, when clearly he couldnt do anything to prevent it, and I thought that he already had a false hope inside himself, but he couldnt hear himself say it, and when Will stated it, he lost it.
i do think going over to James's house was the right thing to do because like what will's mom said just being there makes it comforting, because when ever i feel down, of something bothers me. i do feel better when have someone around to talk about it with because it just feels better to let it out then to keep it to your self and hold it in. I think going to James's house regardless was a good thing to do, because Will is lucky to still have his father, Will is still lucky to even be alive, and if you are that greatful that you still have your family. you should go help others that were not as fortunate as you, and they would have done the same thing if you were in their shoes.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, i think James is in denial, and at this point and situation i don't blame him, there were thousands of firemen under the rubble, what are the chances that James's father is going to come out. As to James's mother, she a no intention for the worst, she thinks that her husband is going to be the first one that is going to come out of the rubble, while in the real world, most people weren't that lucky, and now im just waiting for someone to bring her back down to earth and to the real world.
i have no intentions that James's father is going to come out of there, because there are thousands of firemen sounder there and the chances of one of them is him is almost irrelevant
i think i know what James is going through because when he says he should have been there, what i think he meant is that he wishes that he could have been there to protect his father when the building was coming down and that the both would go to a game together. he would try to make the pain go away by smashing the most thing to him but eventually it will come right back at him
ReplyDeletei think it was the right thing to do to go to James house because right now James needs comfort,support,help and love the most because who knows what happened to his father other than the facts that he was either destroyed/killed or survived but in pain and then died or rarly he could on of those who survived....but where is he?
ReplyDeleteI think that James is trying his best to not cry or think about the fact that his father just maybe no longer in this world, He may just never
see him again.
James misses his father and its not his faullt that he maybe no longer in this world.
I think James father is no longer in this world because when the buildings collapsed there was no time for people to run down the stairs and out the door because when it happened there was nno time for people to think about what they should do it was just chaos and screaming just in minutes their lives ended without a notice or warning.
I would have gone to James house because he needs all the support and comfort he can get because its not easy to to say bye forever.
I would have done the same thing if i were will because as a best freind you goto be there for youre freind at his darkest times like now because its hard knowing you might not see youre father anymore.
ReplyDeleteAnd i dont think james is doing to well because knowing youre dads not coming home mainly when you loved him so much and he was so kind to you its really hard
I think it was the right thing to do because them being surrounded by friends and family could make them feel better about what the situation is and how they are feeling about whats happening.
ReplyDeleteI think i would have done the same if i was in Will's position because if James was my bestfriend i would have gone to see how he was doing and because if i was Will then i would know how it would to feel to almost lose your father because Will thought he father might have died when the towers collpased.
I think James is going to be upset because his mom is acting like everythings okay when James knows it might not be okay and he might be sad.
I think James' father still might be alive because fire-fighters were rescued from the twin towers.
-Yes, I Think It Was Because, Knowing That His Bestfriend Was There Rgiht When The Tower Fell;
ReplyDeleteHe'd At Least Come To See How James Was Doing, Incase, He Wanted To Hear If His Father Was "Alive Or not".
And Just To Accompany Him, And Help Out; If Needed.
-Ummm....I Think I Could Of Done The Same Thing, But Yet Really Not. Because, After A Tragity Like This That Just Happened..I'd Say No On This Maybe Because, I Would Feel, Down And All; So Wouldn't Want To Talk To Anyone Right Now Or Within The Time Span.
- I Think He's Hurt Really Bad Because, See That Tower Colapse He Wounders If His Dad Is Safe Or Not Because He Was In The Tower When It Had Fallen.
- I Think His Father....... Well I Got No Comment.
I think going to James's house was the right think to do because I think it's really hard for James what he has to go through and he is a kid right,he might get paranoid. Having Will there might help because they are best friends and even if they don't talk having your best friend right there with you is a big deal. Your best friend might comfort you while the crisis is happening and even though you might be upset it might feel better than before I know I will feel better than before. So in my opinon I think that it is the right thing to do.
ReplyDeleteYes I would have done the same thing because I would have done anything I could to make the person feel better and I would have done it the best I could. I would have also done that because I would know how hard it would have been on the person. I know what it feels like to have a family member of yours pass away and I know how my mom also felt like when it happened.
Going to jame's house was the right thing to do because jame's is going through a lot and he should be there to help him and if he didn't go jame's would not think of him as a good friend. I could have done the same but just like jame's i wouldn't know what to say. Right now I think he is mad and feeling guilty for not going with him. I think jame's father could be alive
ReplyDeleteI think Will going to James house the right thing to do because James is Will's friend and he Will doesn't want James to suffer by himself. James knows his father has passed away but his mother still believes that her husbund is still alive.
ReplyDeleteJames is furious of his lost because right now his father is gone and his mother is trying to not think about it, but the reason he is mad is because his mother cant face the facts that he's gone.
I think James's father is gone because when John and Will met his father it was on the 20th to 30th floor I think, but by the time John and Will made it out his father might of been on the 30th to 40th floor. No one could of survived that height.
i think it was the best think to do, was to go to their house and be with them. it good to have a friend when you are in a situation like James. you need someone when to keep you up
ReplyDeletei would have done the same thing but smashed the guitar more and would have been more upset with myself. I think the James is doing really good is being really strong about what happened. and i think him being upset with his mom ,it makes perfect sense she is acting as nothing has happened and is making james feel like he is supposed to wait for his dad who isn't coming back.
i think that so far that he is not alive, that his body still in the rubble somewhere in the remains of the building. i think what will happen is that when the news is reporting they see all the fire fighters come out of the rubble none of them will be Jame's father will be found in the end.
ReplyDeletei agree with Heli and Tron master of the world because it does make perfect sense for James to be angry at his mother because she's acing like nothing happened sure she's trying her hardest not to cry but on James angle it kind of looks like it doesn't matter to her as much as it does to James.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Tron master of the world because its a book so most likely James father will be found at the end some how.
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ReplyDeleteI think going to James' house was the right thing since what had happen with the towers falling down and all the fire fighters in the city getting called down there including James' dad.
ReplyDeleteIf doing the same as in smashing my guitar into two pieces then no since James love that guitar a lot even more then his girlfriend and i would never break my guitar since my grandfather bought it for me. But going upstairs and telling his mom the truth or the possibility of what happened to Mr.Bennet which it seems like it is going to happen, to snap her out of her state of being happy as if nothing is wrong.
I think that James is troubled and angry because his mom is clearly delusional and can't let go of the fact that her husband may not be alive anymore or the fact that she might kinda lose it and stay like that for along time even when people are trying to convince of the truth if they get the call since she keeps baking muffins and being all happy and smiling.
What I think that happened to James' father is that he might not be alive since the building imploded and everything just falls down from the inside. The reason since he was in the stair well and a lot of things could have fallen like in the movie World trade center even though they were in the elevator shaft you see everything just fall on top of them. Or he could be alive and just trap underneath the debris while unconscious.
@ tron master of the world i totally agree with you since for a lot of people when some one they know has died or could be dead they would wish they were there or it should have been them instead. Its also in a lot of movies they would use that but it happens in real life to.
ReplyDeletei think that going to James house would be the right thing to do because when you are in this kind of situation i think that you always need a friends or someone with you that can make you feel better.
ReplyDeletei think that i would have done the same thing because being in a situation like James and his family is would be like needing someone with you the whole time to give that faith and keep you strong. James mother already has people with her that can support her but James is like all alone well he does have older people that are with his mom but he needs someone his age to be with him. so i think that if i would be there i would do the same thing.
i think James is acting to be strong but from inside he is heart broken meaning he isn't really strong but he doesn't really want to show people that and doesn't want to make his mom worry and get disappointed and make her lose her strength. but one thing James want to tell her mom or make her believe is that the people who die don't come back and in this case James thinks that his father has died.
the thing i think that happened to James Father is that he might have been died because since when John and Will were going down the stairs James father was going up and there is no chance of him making it down in time before the building imploded. just like in the movie World Trade Center we saw. well you never know they might find James father alive trapped under the debris.
@ gurinder true but i can't say much about his mother when she accepts the fact that he might be gone she might just break down in tears but since there is a lot of people there to comfort her it would help like with James.
ReplyDeleteI personaly think that James is doing an ok. One think that I do not understand is why would he be playing his guitar when all this is happening? I understand why he would smash it but why play it in the first place? Does he think it would make him feel better? I know it would not make me feel better but other than that he is doing good.
ReplyDeleteI think James father is one of the people that passed away but I do agree with Talwinder there is still hope because they did find firefighter in the rubble so he can still have that felling that he might come home.
I agree with you thomas and could be that she still has hope.
ReplyDeleteI diagree with you abdullahi because I think that he is really mad that he was not there with his father and I think he was playing the guitar because to calm down but when he could not take it any more he smashed the guitar.
ReplyDeleteI Think will did do the right thing because I've been in a postion like will's where one of my best friends lost a parent and just the feeling that your not alone and your friends and family are there to help you through really helps.
ReplyDelete@abdullahi he plays his guitar in the first place because its something to keep his mind off of what is happening and the reality of the situation.
and 2sharpshooter I wouldnt call the mother delusional when something of the magnitude of this situation happens she's trying to be optimistic and to stay strong for her families sake if she just broke into tears andwept all day howdo you think that would effect james.
I personally feel james is torn what to believe. should he believe his father is dead but since people are being rescued each day he may still be harbouring a hope that his dad may come back.
And in situations like that its not the fact that someone has died or not died which is troubling but the not knowing which is troubling becasue if you know one way or the other you can put the event behind you and move on. Change is ongoing in life sometimes its for the better and sometimes its not, its a part of life ,how we all deal with it however is our choice.
I think going to james house was the right thing to do because Will's mom said that when she was waiting for will and john to come home having people around her help her with the waiting help ease the pain so i think its the righ thing to do.
ReplyDeleteI think I would have done the same thing because ya i would be mad and ya i would probaly think that my mom didnt notice that my dad might not come home but i would not smash my guitar if i had one.
i think james is doing better then id expected because he knowed that his dad left to go to the twin towers and he had to stay behind but he ddint know that the twin towers were going to fall over
i think that james father is buried under all the rubble from the towers colasping hemight still be alive.
@ el presidente when Cheney was reading the book it says that i think James says it that his mother is delusional since she keeps going like he's going to come through those doors soon hes coming back or something like that, also she wouldn't not stop smiling and keeps baking muffins like non stop also her family already seems worried on how i would imagine. Also i wrote that he is troubled since he is concerned about his mother.
ReplyDelete@Sharpshooter, a better word instead of delusional is she was in denial, she didn't want to know the answer unless he survived .. remember when she said "i am going to see my husband walk though that door anytime" she was really paranoid that her husband had survived the collapsing of the building.
ReplyDelete@ Stephanie that is a possibility that he is alive like abdullahi wrote but since he was in the stair well if the place collapse it could crush someone, since it is made of mostly cement and the floors above could fall down on them that is just what i think.
ReplyDeletesharpshooter1948 , about what el presidente said, i agree his mother isnt really delusional because she belives for sure that james father will come because one thing in the book, they were all very interested to watch who came out , so james mother really thinks he is just gonna come anytime or will be found, and she has alot of hope , and by her believing i think it helps alot in the family
ReplyDelete@ talwinder doesn't paranoid mean irrational fears of things like how for example I have a fear of snow that's being paranoid.
ReplyDelete@ Jan I can understand that but i was thinking on how she kept smiling and being cheerful at that time as if she kinda lost touch to reality.
I agree with brown kid and another person who said he could have been incinerated sorry couldn't find that post through all of them. He would likely be dead since 30 floor maybe the top of the building falling on them then getting pushed further down.
ReplyDelete@ sharpshooter1948 true and she does have alot of hope , and maybe she wont really be the same as time goes on like maybe like if he isnt found out later, she would probaly feel and act differently but right now she has a lot of hope , into beliving james dad will come
ReplyDelete@Talwinder , i think James was playing the guitar to get his mind off things so he wouldn't need to think about his father.
ReplyDelete@Bailee , I'd agree.. We all fall down was romanticized with John coming out of the towers and surviving, the sequel might romanticize it or have a different ending with a tragedy.
ReplyDelete@SharpShooter, im talking about the paranoid were she was scared to find out the answer is her husband was dead or not, so james mother was happy rather then sad.
ReplyDelete@Nida, James was playing his guitar to get his mind off his father, but he couldn't handle it so he smashed his guitar.
@Ben-G , do you think James is in denial when he isn't being delusional like his mother saying that shes expecting him to come through the door anything and stuff.
ReplyDelete@Amrit, i agree with you but lives were not lost in minitues they were lost in seconds the building just collapsed no one knew what was happening, they didn't know what to do.
ReplyDelete@Heli , why would you be upset with yourself ?
ReplyDelete@Janet , I'd agree , James always had his father to support him and his father not being there with him might make the situation even more worse and having Will there with him may remind him that he has someone with him and hes not alone.
ReplyDelete@sharpshooter I didnt disagree that the book said that or not, but what I am disagreing to is the use of the word of delusional I dont think she is delusional because like you saw in the twin towers movie Keeping hope and never giving up may yeild frution but just saying there dead when there could be a chance that their alive however slim I dont think would be right.
ReplyDeleteTake yourself away from the charcaters for a sec and think about yourself would you give up hope so early I probally believe not so her actions for the moment are totally rasionable in my opinion.
@nida it wasnt romanticized it was sybolic of the two other port authority firemen who got out.
ReplyDelete@sharpshotter that is a possiblity but he might have been survied because they did say he was in the staire well but the other firefrghters where to and soem of then suruied
ReplyDelete@janat why do you think he would die because there was a chance he would get found and pulled out by the rescures like soem did survie the colasp
ReplyDeleteyup , and it might be true, you never know maybe james father might find his body or him still breathing and alive but there is a less chance because its not really easy and on one would really know where to go , like in we all fall down, i thinik they had a better chance- will and john- because john knew the building well in the book
ReplyDelete@ stephanie that is why i think he died it isn't as strong as the elevator shaft it is kinda more vulnerable.
ReplyDelete@ zak if i was in that situation I would have gave up but it would still be in my mind but taking in the facts of what happened. Listen when i say she keeps smiling and being cheerful and think that nothing is wrong. And I have taken my self away from the characters when answering that i did say that there is a possibility that he is alive, but i didn't say that i confirm that he has to be dead so he is basically MIA(missing in action). And i would have estimated that were he would have been he could be done for since debris falls alot especially in the stair well. Also you said in your opinion that's a fault there in your issue , an opinion is what you believe.
@sharpshotter i think the same thing liek in the movie the tower was colaspign and the guy headed for the elevator but soem of the people who are firefighters got pulled out but they were in the staires so i say that there is a chance still...
ReplyDeleteyeah , i think there was a chance but that is pretty low because the fire fighters were heading up, to the danger, so i think if they were alive, they would either escape, or tyr to see if there is anyone because that is there job , im not saying he died but that there is an chance
ReplyDeleteYes it was the right thing to go James's house because if Will never went then James would probably never get the chance to tell someone close to him how he fells,First of all he thinks his mom is delusional because she maybe she wont except the fact that his dad is gone. / Yes i would of done the same because what friend would I be if i didn't comfort my friend if i never went over there to tell him/her that everything would be okay and i would help them get over it. / I think James is mad because he knows that his dad is probably gone but he cant really believe that his mom was taking it okay,like nothing happend. / I think James father got stuck in the building when it collapsed so then they just found him , but they might not know if he is ok or if he is going to die(most likely there is a 70% to 30% that hem might not make it.
ReplyDeleteJanat i had the same thought because they were heading upwards,and the building was going to collapse in a few mins.
ReplyDeletesame steph i agree with your idea because the building had like a few more mins to get out of the building ,so when the plane hit and you see it is not safe the best thing to do in my case.....is to run.
ReplyDelete@vanessa just liek in the movie it was the same thign in the book they did not know the tower was going to fall it ddint show any sign of falling over till it did so runing might not even be a choice.
ReplyDeleteDo you think you could have done the same?
ReplyDeleteyeahh for shuree... if i knew my friendd was goingg through something like that .. oviouslyy i would go and see them.. because my friend would need someone to talk to and comfort them.
How do you think James is doing?
well guessing that he broke his guitar and i getting really mad.. i think hes going trough denial right now.. hesa blamingg himself.. sayingg how theres no hope.. hes just giving up.. when there still is hope..
What do you think happened to James's father?
i think the sequal is also going to have a romantisized endingg like the 1st book soo.. the father is probably going to be one of the few firefighters who get saved .
*Was going to James's house the right thing to do?
ReplyDeleteyes going to james's house was the right thing to do because i would know that my friend is going through something tough and being a good friend oviouslyy i would go and see if i can cheer them up.
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well Amrit you know that she is just trying not to think about it over and over again and she also has to think about James to you know because if her mother is going to lose her strength than who is going to take care James. so it's not like she is trying to act like nothing happened on perpose.
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