Hey Team,
It is clear that we are nearing the end of a novel. We have been reading about Will and company for 4 months now, what do you think will happen at the end of the novel when Will arrives home? How will his mom act? What will happen with James mother?
James has seemingly "seen the light" and seems destined to become a firefighter, do you think Will is as passionate about his future?
I think will's mom would freak out of she found out that Will went to the city to help James find his father and other people. I think that Jame's mother will be happy once she see's James safe and sound and not hurt etc. I don't think Will is passionate about his future because he isn't very determined about his career etc.
ReplyDeleteI think when will comes home, his mother will freakout, because she always wants to know where he is when he'll be home and everything.Once she finds out he went to ground zero, i think shell lose it, but after Will explains why he had gone i think she will calm down a little.
ReplyDeletewhen Will arrives home his parents will probably have guests over and his mom will be close to freaking out.James mother will still be in denial and may not even realize james was gone or she would freak out about losing him to.
ReplyDeleteI don't think Will is as passionate about his best friends dream as much as him because he might think that being one will hurt Jajmes more but he will say he understands just for his sake
I think when will comes haome she is going to say where have you been all this time then she is going to ask him why he is so dirty and after she will probobly freak when she finds out about his stiches.Will could probobly tell her mom then she will understand but i think when james will get home he will try to grt her mom out of denial
ReplyDeletei think when will arrives home, his mom would ask him lots of questions, and want to know what happpend with their "walk".and when will tells his mom i think she would be angry for not telling her the truth and at why he didnt her and ohow he could of got injured or whatever and i thhink with james mother , that she wouldbe mad but i think a little proud that her son is actually helping but maybe she would be kinda scared if he justs hurt because she did also lose her husband
ReplyDeleteI think Wills mom will freak out at first then when will explains what he was doing and why shell understand because knowing that he was helping a friend and his country at the same time will help her out a bit and same with James's mom because shell be worried about her son and then shell under stand the he was helping people look for survivors and helping get rid of the problem and then hell explain to her that her husband might never come home and she has too understand that as a mother she cant be setting a bad example for children by bringing false faith to there house hold and that wont be good because shes going to go into depression and shes might go "mental" and i don't think thats going to be good for her family because James's going to be the one thats going to take care of her and that could affect his life and study s.I think will might become a fire fighter because he might be by James's side understanding that many people in the US are depending on people like him and i think thats a good idea because will's a kind and helpful person.
ReplyDeleteI think that Will's mom will forgive and just spend time with him.Maybe she knew that they had to do what they had to do and then they needed to come back.The mother (will's mom) might believe that the child just needed to go back and see it again.Not that it's exciting...But emotionally for James and Will too.They needed closure,and now that they had it they MIGHT recover.
ReplyDeleteFor James's mother,she might finally realize that The father is gone and that she needs to move on
I think what will happen with James mother is that she'll be relieved that he is safe, and she'll understand why he wnet down. i dont think she'll freak out because shes trying to make it seem like everything is fine, even when its not.
ReplyDeletei dont think will is very passionate about james future, because will knows that if james becomes a fire fighter then there is a good chance that one night james will not return home, and will doesnt want to lose his best friend
I think when Will arrives home then his mommy is going to ask questions about where is was and how James was. I think his mom would over react a little and say that hes been out for a long time and maybe she'd tried to call him when he was on the ground zero site but she couldn't get through because there was no connection there, so i think shes going to ask him where he was and what had happened and get kind of worried, but i don't think something major will happen. I think James' mother would finally realize that there may be a chance that James' dad would not come back and when James comes home he might find her crying. I think Will isn't really thinking about his future for now because he has other things to think about like school and his friends and his family , i think when everything goes back to normal , Will would start thinking about his future.
ReplyDeleteWell, Will isnt in the same situation as james. Will has all his family members at home and isnt missing anyone, as to james, where his mom is being a little too over dramatic, and unrealistic. James kind of sees that he is going to be a firefighter because of all the great things his father has done, as to Will that barely sees his father on a dayly basis, doesnt quiet make him as exited for the future
ReplyDeleteI think that will's mother will freak and yell at him but first he will try to sneak in since he doesn't want his mother to notice how he didn't call since his phone was off for a long time and didn't call. He walks in quietly close the door and when he turns around his mother will be on the coach waiting for him to come home. His mother will be mad then maybe cry since he was safe in the end.
ReplyDeleteI think Will's mom will break into tears and get mad at him because she called him four times and he never answered and then she will start to nag him to tell her where he was,which he'll answer by telling the truth and when she hears the truth,she will start to become even more worried.
ReplyDeleteI think that James mother will still act like everything okay but then James will get mad and yell at him that he dead and then she will break into tears.
I don't think Will is passionate about his future as much as James.
I Think that when will gets home, his mom is gonna be asking him questions, and wills gonna tell his mom what happened, and what they did. His mom is gonna freak out , and not let him leave , but when she figures out what he learned, she will understand why he had to leave !
ReplyDeletei think when they both get to their homes, their mothers especailly are goin to be worried about them.and espicilly for james mother because that's who she only have left.
ReplyDeleteAnd for will, i have feeling that he is not going to tell his mother but only to his dad,because he will think that his mother will be mad at him for letting himself and james go to groung 0 in condition like this.when jmaes family is having a hard time.
I think at the end of the book Will come home with bloody hands and scrapes on his arms or maybe he'll go to James's house first to wash up then go to his house. When Will arrives home his mom might react worried and realifed that Will is finally home.
ReplyDeleteI think when will reaches his mmother is going to be asking why werent you answering to your phone and why are you so dirty? Were have you been? I think will's mom will not have known if will went to manhatten if will tells the truth she'll be all freaked out and ask him are you hurt and stuff? james wont tell the truth to her mother. His mother would be freaked. No Will doesnt like james to be a firefighter cause he says being a fire fighter isnt worth it cause they dont get enough money.
ReplyDeleteWhen will arrives I feel that his mother will be relieved because she couldnt reach will because will had his phone off.
ReplyDeleteAnd will will tell his mother the truth she'll be shocked but happy that he is out of those stages she described in the car. I think james mother is going to be distressed because she thinks she lost james too.
Her and james will sit down and talk about what hes experienced and she'll probally except her husbands fate.
About Will's future I feel he will become a polition and be driven about his experience in the trade towers or he might become a diplomat and try to resolve the worlds problems peacefully because hed rather that no one experience what he did.
I think when Will arrives home his mother will greet him with a big hug because she was so worried so much about him. When he tells her where he had been, she'll probably freak out and ask him a lot of questions about why he was there and tell him he could've gotten hurt and how he got there. He will explain it all to her and she will be angry but I think that his Dad will understand why he went there. For James, I think his Mom will be angry at first but then she will start crying because she'll be really sad about losing her husband. But she will also make sure that he is ok and not hurt.
ReplyDeleteI do not think that Will is as passionate about his future because he's not talking about what he wants to do as much as James and he doesn't sound as certain as James does when he does talk about it.
When Will gets home, its most probably the whole "why diddn't you call" "you had me worried" concept. My mom would have done the same, if we were in this situation. I do see that Will should have called, after they left the site , his mother has the right to know where they are, and maybe she would have understood
ReplyDeleteI think that when Will comes home, his mother will obviously be worried and asking him questions non-stop. Of coarse if they told their mothers that they were going to take walk and actually went to New York, their parents would be dissapointed. I get that they went to New York to find James dad, but they should of told their parents first, even though their parents probably wouldnt of said yes.
ReplyDeleteI think that Will's mom is going to be angry because once Will tells his mom hat he was at ground zero his mom is going to be very angry at him. James' mom would wonder why he went there, she would think it was too dangerous and he was putting his life at risk
ReplyDeletei think that at the end of the book James mother will not react the way she is reacting right ow becasue when she will ask James wat he saw over there and what did you do over there than James will tell everything to her and maybe now that she know's that James also knows everything than i think that she would not have to worry about him and then maybe she would stop reacting like that and accept in what is the truth.
ReplyDeleteTo Will's house i think that at first his mother would be really exasperated but when Will will tell her maybe she would be not that exasperated and maybe she would be proud about what he has done becasue she would know that in this case everyone needs someone by their side when this kind of things happen. and so i thik it would not be a deal but she would be still a little bit displeased becasue Will never told her mom and he lied to her that they were just walking but i think that when she will see Will's hand she would be really antagonized becasue she was already worrided before now i think that she would be even more strict. this is what i thik will happen at the end of the book.
I think that when Will get home his mom is going to freak out because with all the dust on him she going to suspcet that he and james were at the towers,but if she sees his hands she going to be even more upset and worried because when they got out of the tower will and john were hurt and with will having to get new stiches she going to be more worried and i think she going to chech up on him more often now.
ReplyDeleteI think that james mother is going to be mad because she said that he should not have gone there in the first place but then i think she will face the fact that james dad might be dead.
I don't think will is that passionate about how james wants to be a fire fighter, since he could be worried about the possibility of losing his friend when trying to save someone or just taking out a blaze. Also what his family will think when he is out on doing his job
ReplyDeletei agree with you gurinder, think it really going to be hard for james's mother to get over the fact that mr.benettis is not going to come back and be with them.
ReplyDeleteAnd for james future of being a firefighter i think he got inspried form the trip he had that day.that people need help who are in fire.
what i think will's mother will do is when will gets home his mother opens the door start yelling about how worried she was and starts crying while hugging him
ReplyDeleteI think james's mother wont be to surprised to hear that mr bennet is no more cause i think she already knows that and she is just being strong about all this for her kids so they have some support.
ReplyDeleteAt the end...They'll arrive home,as a mess.Maybe there is an interview of John.Will is caught on camera and has no choice but to take the interview and share himself with the world.Maybe Will will talk about how everyone is helping and that they need more help,like a public service announcement.He might say ''United We Stand,Divided we fall'' in the ending.
ReplyDeletewell Heli i know it would be hard for James mom to get over this but don't you think that she already knows this but it was just that she was fearful about James, but don't you think now that James has gone there and seen everything he knows everything so i think it would be not that bad for her to get over with this.
ReplyDeletewell gurinder you can't exactly say that in the end "divided we fall" because it doesn't really make seance because you can't call a book "divide we fall" only in the perspective of James and his family you know. so what makes you think about this?
ReplyDeleteI dont think will is one of does tough, brave poeple who could get over stuff fast i think he is the kind of when something bad happeb=ns they get so scaared they dont want to be what would cause them troublke like this.
ReplyDeleteSince the mother knows about the stages of losing someone,she knows how patients might act and how they might need to be treated.By coming back to the source of where it happened,Will realized that it wasn't some crazy dream,and that it was real.By knowing this,he can recover.It's not easy,and it will take time.Something so terrifying like a building being attacked,and then having it crumble down and almost kill you changes not only changes your life but makes you think.All these other possible outcomes,all these things that could've happened...It makes us think about how we're all in it together;United we Stand.
ReplyDeleteyeah i agree with you Stephanie about James mom is going to be mad at James about him not informing her before going there and also because she knows that now the only one she has is James so it is obvious for her to get mad at James because of what he has done. then well yeah she will have to get over with this, it might take time but not as much because she has James with her.
ReplyDelete@Hitakshee In the reading today James said that divided we fall.When Will looked at all the people volunteering,passing the buckets it made him think about all these in it to save the victims.Without teamwork,they wouldn't be able to save as many,even if the number seemed small compared to the rest who died.
ReplyDeleteGurinder i kinda of agree with you after the interview i think the book will end cause they said is dad dies and james believes that.
ReplyDelete@Tarundeep I think that James's mother's strength will shatter.She'll burst into tears because the denial will be completed.If it isn't depression,it'll be anger or maybe bargaining.By bargaining.An example of bargaining would be thinking like trying to ''talk'' to her believed religious entity.
ReplyDeletewell i kind of agree with you but do you think that this happens all the time because i think that not every time people get scared the want to not get in trouble. Well sometimes yes but not everytime.
ReplyDelete@Brown_Kid , why do you think that will would go to james house first to wash up , when i think they both decided that they both go to their own homes and tell thier parents the truth about where they were nad what they were doing, even if it was going to be hard ( like will's mom would really worry alot)
ReplyDeleteBut gurinder didn't James mother already knew this but she didn't want to break her strength because she was worried about James but now that she knows that James knows this i think that she would get off this very easily and quickly without having any trouble.
ReplyDelete@hitakshee She did already know it but she was always trying to stay strong for the family.She thinks that James doesn't know.Going through mourning is always going to be troublesome.
ReplyDelete@Hitakshee I'm sure it happens the majority of the time IF the patient can get through denial first.If they do get past denial and then go straight to depression,thoughts of suicide or hurting him/her self may be imminent.
ReplyDeletegurinder i think james's mother already knows that her husband is gone and shes just staying like this so her kids stay strong. i think when she found out she musthave cried a lot.
ReplyDeletei agree with you Janat because yes in the book they both decided to go home and tell the truth to their parents about where they were and why were they there. don't you think that if they don't even tell their parents then also she would know because when she looks at Will's hand of course she would would ask him and at that point i don't think that he would lie to her because what will he say he wouldn't be able to lie or say anything accept the truth. And sooner or later they will figure it out by someone so i think that it would be better for them to tell the truth.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Gurinder, there is like a cycle or train that describes what Jame's mother is going through, denial, depression, death/suicide .. and thats the end of it.
ReplyDelete@Heli The question is if Will is as passionate about his future as James is.
ReplyDeleteAfter 9/11,Will might take an interest in a job of saving lives.It could do that,or he might be too scared of doing such a job.After he saw that piece of a human body at Ground Zero,it might make him want to just run away from everything.So,no I don't think that he would be as passionate about his future as James is.
@Talwinder Death/suicide is an extension of depression.IF the patient can't get help before something like that happens,it might make James's Mother consider suicide.The thing is,that she isn't that selfish.To kill herself,would be terrible.She has a child that has a bright future of being a hero,and the world is in chaos.The world needs every human they can have to help them recover because,United they are more powerful then they have ever been before 9/11.
ReplyDeletetalwinder, i dont really think james mother will actally suicide,becuase she has a son to take care of and i dont think she would leave him or even want to leave him but yah i think she would go though the 'cycle"
ReplyDelete@Gurinder i agree with you .. Jame's would never do anything as deep as killing her self because she has a great son with a solid future and she shouldn't let go of that excellent opportunity.
ReplyDelete@gurinder i think that would be a good way to end the book by saying"united we stand,divided we fall"
ReplyDeleteI agree wiht janat they did agree that they would tell there parents the truth and see what they said afterwards.
@ gurinder
ReplyDeletebut James said it himself that he wants to be a firefighter that time he didn't seem to be nerves or he felt like he was lying,after he saw what happen at the twin towers,in fact he seems encouraged and confidence about this.
@Heli it asks if Will is as passionate about his future! We all know that James is determined to becoming a firefighter like his dad,and he just seems to be more motivated after seeing how badly the world really needs these heroes.
ReplyDelete@talwinder i agree with janat i dont think she is going to kill herself because as janat said she has a son to take care of and it not sure yet if he is dead or alive but theres a chance.
ReplyDelete@Heli , i agree with you because he did seem cinfident about what he was saying about being a fire fighter and maybe helping wiht the twin tower made him want to help and become a firefighter too , like his dad and feel strongly about it
ReplyDelete@ Stephanie
ReplyDeletei agree with you that it a great way of ending the story,also telling us James wanted future.And we also know from that he has accepted the lost of his father.And for will we know he is safe in fact both are,but we are left to guess what the parents are going to act like.
@Stephanie As epic as it would sound,it sounds a bit cliche if we think about it for a moment right now.
ReplyDelete@Hitakshee If it's not as hard or something for her...She might accept it.Acceptance doesn't mean happiness but it means withdrawal.She'll isolate herself to think about this,and then the other stages will take their course Dependant on the severity of the grief.
@heli your right we do have to guess what the parents are going to act like and its going to end interesting thats for sure but we are not certain that his father is dead because anything can happen yet.
ReplyDelete@ gurinder
ReplyDeletemy fault!
well ...no, i think will still needs to find himself, where he wants to be in his future.but i know for sure he doesn't want to be like his father because he know a father should spend more time with his children.
yeah i agree with you heli and stephanie, anything can happen in the book, but i think it would be a little too romantized if james father comes back and but anything can happen and there still are some chances
ReplyDelete@ Stephanie
ReplyDeleteya,but the book is almost to it ends or about to. You what will be funny if, James meets his father when he walks in to his house.it could be possible but i wouldn't go with that.
yeah i agree with you cause helping out at the location changed his mentality of being a firefighter and help his comminity
ReplyDelete@ Janet
ReplyDeletei agree with that too that it would be a bit to romanticized with the story.but it's just seems like impossible that his father will come back,but going through surviving that it's really hard.
for will it's different because he had his father with him and john was determined to get his son to safety, but James father ,it's hard to find the end of him.
@Heli Surely will wouldn't be a business man like his father! Working all the time,never spending time with the family...Maybe he would be fire fighter too and help! Then again,the 9/11 attack might change his opinion.
ReplyDeleteTerrible world,really.
true heli and with will, he has both his parents and but still doesnt know about his future and hes abvisly not as determined as jamesbeing a firefighter and as you said he wont really want the same job as his father but in the fisrt book, will's father had said he wanted to be a firefighter too
ReplyDelete@Heli It's always possible that James's father comes back,all stitched up and healthy. Romanticism is always possible.But it was only a handful of lives actually saved.The possibility that a FIRE FIGHTER,one that risks his or her life to save others in the middle of a building collapsing is very slim.Calling it slim is very generous.
ReplyDeleteIf the ending we're about to just read is a few pages,I'm think it'll be a small speech from Will and then the book will end.
@Jan We don't really know if he's motivated or a bit scared away from being a Fire fighter because he hasn't really discussed about saving lives.Maybe he wants to spend time with his family but still work in a job where he helps other.What if he becomes a social worker?
ReplyDelete@ gurinder
ReplyDeletei don't think that's possible, well not like in a way of James.i think he wouldn't want to be a firefighter because well firstly, he was, well sounded really surprised when James said he wanted to be a firefighter.and i guess he doesn't want his family to worry about him so some when he goes to work as a firefighter.{like James's family}
but it still could be possible.
@ gurinder
ReplyDeletei am not competently opposite of your thinking but if Jame's father was coming back home wouldn't James mother would have got called and then James would have been called to know that.And also if he did got a call like that he would have gotten it by now and checked when he got out of the church.
Gurinder i think Will would be rather something that is safer and doesnt involve late coming home.but maybe he'll get over this. Or then again it will be never forget.
ReplyDelete@Heli Calling it impossible,and then possible...Interesting.
ReplyDeleteThe word you are trying to say,it's ''completely'' and not ''competently'',right?
The phones might've been blown out.By saying that the father might still be alive is the opposite of what I think.I don't expect there to be a romanticized ending,but then there could be.
Remember the ending of rebound? David ended up being alive (A bit disappointing for me actually) That doesn't mean I hope the worst for people.All these possible endings that could've came from David's decisions,but it ended up being he was ABOUT to die but he came back.Let's symbolize the ''disability'' as The husband and symbolize the mother as ''David''.
James is like ''Sean''.He has to be there to help ''David'' so the ''disability'' won't be a problem.
I'm more worried about if the mother will suicide than the father coming back.The magnitude of selfishness is different in the two scenarios though.
i think Will isint as pastionate about his career because he talks about his father working all theime but probably Will would be something other than what his dad was beacause maybe he doesnt want to be that work obsessed father who doesnt really spend time with his family.
ReplyDelete@ gurinder your satement makes sense,it will take time to recover from things like this.
ReplyDeleteDid Will ever say what he wants to be when he grows up? Because he might be a buisness man because he did once say that he was good at numbers. So him becoming a buisness man is not unrealistic. And if he did, I don't think he would become work obsessed and neglect his family because he know's what it's like to feel neglected so he won't do it. Although it is possible, Will is not as passionate about his future as James is.
ReplyDelete@vanessa, i agree wiht you but even though will's father doesnt spent time with his family, he makes money for them but not that im siding with him , will's fathershould have spent more time with will and his mother and i think he should have gave more attention to his fmaily then buisness
ReplyDelete@gurinder, a social worker for will could work but will doesnt really gave much though about his future or what he wants to be ,i think maybe he needs a little more time to figure that out
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ReplyDelete@ gurinder
ReplyDeletei meant it possible that is happens, but to me i don't think it ever possible that his dad comes back.
and ya it's suppose to be completely.
Really good use of words there,and the example to explain what to think.
but to me the ''disability''is not coming back to ''David'',i mean if he was alive and he survive the collapse, he should have called back, anyone who was in his place would.He had two days already.
And about James's mother dieing,i don't think it would happen;she has relatives there with her who i guess wouldn't let her go out in this situation. And also will's mom and dad to help and be with her.
@Gurinder, do you really belive that james mother would commit suicide...???i dont agree with you because i think she knows she has to be supportive to his son but i think also understand her husband is gone(maybe-james father MIGHT be alive but i think thats too romanized )Also she was smiling and all, which was apart of the cycle, but i think she does know , she has to support james
ReplyDelete@gurinder i agree with vanessa comparing it to rebound that way makes sence.
ReplyDelete@janat i agree with what vanessa said and will did say that his dad was not spending alot of time at home and it makes sence because with him working late he hardly was at home.
@ Alyssa
ReplyDeletei agree with you that if will does become a business men{ which i don't think will happened but if} he won't be like his dad and he will spend for times with his family.
@ Janet
ReplyDeleteyes another reason, she has to support James, it will me more likely that James will support her, but yes.
@heli, yes true it is more likely that james is more likely to mother , but there is some ways his mom can support him by being there, and if she actually tries suicide, i think it would worsen james and sidecide isnt really an answer but i DONT THINK james mother will actually commit suicide
ReplyDelete@janat i agree i dont think his mom will comite suicide it may be an option but i dont think she will comit sucide
ReplyDeleteJames mother will think she has too much responsibility so she won't suicide.but she doesn't know yet she is going to get help from her son.
ReplyDelete@ jan101 thats what i said!!
ReplyDeleteheli you might be right about that one!
ReplyDeleteOh wow the blog started going again while I was gone
ReplyDelete@Janat there's always the possibility.Grieving can turn people into very different individuals.It's always been that shes been strong for the family,but on the inside...What if the mother feels empty? Feels almost,dead inside?
@Heli The book may end romanticized on purpose to show ''hope''.That people can over come problems like this.But for the few that succeed,many fail.If it ends with the book as a tragedy,it will show how the world really is,the terrible truth.
I think that the real thing that should be discussed is the message of the author.What is it really trying to tell us about our own selves,how we act locally and how we act globally.
@Heli Humans can be unpredictable.A death can change the victim's family so much that it could let the family members think that the world isn't worth living for.Will's Mother is always there,and as a social worker she can assist James's Mother through this catastrophe.
ReplyDeleteThen again,it could be all happy in the end and the book just leaves me angry that the book didn't end as a tragedy.
well i dont know about commiting suicide but probably be angry for a long time and not accepting the fact that the father is dead,ummm yeah!!
ReplyDeleteAnger will be a key role in james is life he will be mad at him and his father for going and for leting him go. James will that itr cause of him that his dad passed away.
ReplyDelete@Heli why don't you think Will will become a buisness man? What do you think he will be (or wants to be) if you don't think he will become a buisness man?
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