The central conflict of the story is introduced when Elliot is transferred to a new school after being bullied at his old school for many years. After being bullied at his old school for so many years all he wants to do is fit in with the rest of his peers. After learning about the organization of bullies called the Guardians he wants to fit in more than ever. The conflict is complicated because one day his friend Oliver, a spy for the Guardians has sent a message to Elliot saying that the Guardians want to meet with him. Elliot is terrified because he does not know what the Guardians want with him. The conflict is further complicated due to the fact that the Guardians want Elliot to take their place when the Guardians graduate from the school. It is also complicated due to the fact that Elliot can not tell anyone that he is a Guardian. The conflict is resolved when Elliot goes and tells the headmaster of the school what has been going on and what the Guardians have been doing.
A young boy Elliot, who had been a victim of school bullies has had enough. Even his family needed to move out of town. The family were going to have a fresh start in their new life at Holminster. Elliot has a chance to re-invent himself. His dad has a new job and his mom has two new jobs now. Just when things at Holminster were looking good, he discovered that a group of bullies who calls themselves the “Guardians”, run the school with new sets of rules. This worried Elliot since he was small and vulnerable. He had been a victim of bullies in the past and he had a high chance of being a victim again in Holminster High. One day in the change room right after gym class, a big kid who was a Guardian was bullying on a kid because he was dirty. When the teacher came in, Elliot had been asked what was going on, since Elliot was new to the school and was unlikely to lie to the teacher. However, Elliot had lied to the teacher. Although this was a dishonest thing to do, Elliot was noticed by the Guardians in a good way without knowing so. Elliot had thought of an idea to make him fit in. He tried out for the school swim team. He had been the third fastest swimmer in Holminster High. This had probably made Elliot fit in even more. One day, the Guardians called upon Elliot for a meeting. They were considering Elliot as one of them. Elliot had to go through many tests, meetings and pre-cautions. He was being watched. But Elliot who is very clever made the tests, meetings and pre-cautions safely. He was now considered one of the Guardians but, he must take one final test. He must punish one kid at Holminster High to prove that he is a true Guardian. He chose fighting because it was least humiliating and it probably the easiest one Elliot could think of. But, right before he did this, the night before, he noticed that this was all wrong. He had to take action. So the next day he went to the principals office and he knocked.
Shawn Hanlon Mrs. Russell ENG1D1-05 Thursday May 14, 2009
The main conflict of the story “Inventing Elliot” is that the main character Elliot is trying to fit in at his new school and it takes a wild turn. Now you are going to learn how the main conflict is introduced, complicated and resolved. It was first introduced when the main character Elliot just ended his school year and is looking forward to his new school because he was bullied and pushed around a lot at his old school. He is looking forward to his fresh start but is nervous because he thinks that he might not get noticed in the right way. The conflict is complicated when he is noticed in the right way by the Guardians( A social club that pretty much runs the school) and they ask him to be a part of there social club. It is further complicated when he witnesses his first punishment and he is sick to his stomach because he knows what it is like on the other side of that kind of treatment. The conflict is resolved when he decides to be himself and leaves the guardians behind.
Francesco Marini Part A #2 Mrs.Russel ENG 1D1- 06 May 14, 2009
2. The central conflict that goes on this whole novel is character vs. himself. This conflict is introduced as Elliot who is a teenager has to live with being bullied. He never trusts himself, never thinks strongly about him self and is always putting him self down. Inside of him he is telling him self nothing can ever change that it will always be the same. Later in the story he is faces with something that makes his life so much more difficult, he gets recruited by the guardians. He now has to throw away all he believes and be strong so they wont see him falter. Elliot has to fight the urge to just breakdown and tell them all about his past but instead he stands with a cool face on even though inside his mind is racing like no tomorrow. This conflict escalates even more when he meets a girl in school and now has to “wear” 3 faces. Its like his life broke up into 3 different lives and at no point can they ever clash together or meet. The conflict is resolved when Elliot stand up for himself tells his thoughts and his whole brain to be quiet and knocks on the principals’ door to reveal the identity of the guardians. This is a big point for him because he is standing up for what he believes in, doing everything that he never thought he would ever do and finally becoming Elliot. The central conflict in this story is Elliot vs. Elliot himself.
The central conflict of the story is introduced when Elliot went to his old school. HE was a normal boy, with some friends. But something about him didn’t seem appealing to some people. The other kids, especially Kevin, were bullying him constantly. Day by day and week by week. When Elliot arrived at his new school, he still expected nothing to be different; he expected to be bullied again. Therefore, he developed a new Elliot; this is where the title of the book comes into play. He invented several Elliot’s for several occasions. For example at school and with the Guardians he would have to be not noticed in the wrong ways. At home he would be normal. With Louise, he’d be happy and normal, but untruthful. With Ben, he would have fun moments, but it was still dangerous for him to hang out with a kid from the punishment list. This got too hard for Elliot to keep up with, which is where it is all resolved. After school, he quietly goes to the principal’s office, knocks on the door, and then the book ends. We can foreshadow he told the principal about the Guardians and their decisions.
I definatley agree with Daniel Velocci, because the conflict is introduced because Elliot doesn't want to get bullied anymore, because it happened a lot at his old school, so he tries to fit in at his new school, to start a new life, to "Invent a new Elliot". but, as Daniel said, the Guardian's want to meet Elliot, and eventually want him to become one of the Guardians. this complicates things a whole lot.
that part i agree with Daniel, BUT... the thing is, Daniel focused on the main plot when explaining how the central conflict of the story is complicated. He forgot to mention Elliot's home life, and how Elliot didn't like being at home, because of his dad not being able to do anything, and his mom way too stressed about work. and how about when Elliot meets Ben? Louise? When Elliot is with Ben, he cannot be seen by anyone from his school in order not to be labeled "Uncool", so Elliot only hangs out with Ben on the weekends. When Elliot is with Louis, he is in a total other place, this lessened the strain of the pressure from school, until Louise told him that she hated the Guardians. since Elliot was becoming a Guardian, this struck him hard, and made him even more stressed out, complicating the plot even more.
I think that Daniel's post was a good one, just not as complete as it could have been.
Shawn's paragraph on the central conflicts in the book "Inventing Elliot" were very well done and had just the right amount of information included. I think he did a great job on listing the main events that occured and gave examples, making it easier to understand. He also described each step of the conflict on how it was introduced, complicated and resolved very clearly and detailed which I enjoyed. Another factor of his answer I liked was that it gave just enough information to understand what was going on, but wasn't too detailed that it was like reading the book again. But, I think his brief explanation on the Guardians could have been better described then, "A social club that pretty much ruins the school." He could have been more descriptive and detailed. But overall, Shawn did a fabulous job on explaining the central conflict of the novel and how it was introduced, conplicated and resolved.
Katie Konstantopoulos Mrs. Russell ENG 1D1 05 May 17/09
The central conflict in the story ‘Inventing Elliot’ is character vs. himself, which progresses through Elliot’s actions when he reinvents himself, joins the Guardians, and when he resolves the problem. The protagonist, Elliot, is a teen boy who has been bullied at his previous school for many years. The conflict is introduced when he changes to Holminster High; he figures that since he is at a new school with new opportunities, he can reinvent himself to become someone who is more socially acceptable than who he used to be. Elliot just wants to fit in with the rest of his peers so that he can live a normal life. He becomes a person who does not care, learning to eradicate his mind from his surroundings as if he cannot feel or see anything. The conflict becomes complicated when Elliot is asked to join the Guardians, he is scared because he does not want to become a bully like them, yet he feels that if he does, he will never have to worry about being bullied in the school again since he will be virtually untouchable. He is pressured because he cannot tell anyone about him being a Guardian, he has to keep up many personalities, and he goes against his morals and beliefs when he does this. His moralistic disputes consist of him becoming a bully even though he knows how it feels to be the victim. The conflict is resolved when Elliot finally gets up the courage to tell the headmaster of his school what has been going on with the Guardians and how much influence they have over the school. This is hard for him because he could be shunned or get bullied again for being a coward and snitching on them. The central conflict in this story was interesting overall, since Elliot changed his personality, became a bully himself, and told a adult about the controlling and bullying going on within the school.
i really liked velocci's answer to the question becasue it was staight to the point. In his answer he explained everything needed to. He gave us some info on the Gaurdians and told us how elliot has been bullied years before which can give us insight on elliot as a person. i also liked how he added in oliver into the answer. i also liked how he made it short but full of all the inforation you would need. that is why i liked daniel V's answer.
Daniel's answer was quite agreeable however I feel some things were left out. Not many points were made about how his family, or how Ben and Louise impact Eliot's conflict. Granted the Guardians are the main source of Elliot's inner troubles, how Elliot is impacted by them is rather evident when one puts into consideration his relationships with any of them. Take Ben for example. Ben is a victim of bullying much like what Elliot was before coming to Holminster. Elliot found comfort in hanging out with Ben however he brought up the problem Daniel mentioned: "Elliot cannot tell anyone about the Guardians." Without any sort of example of this point the amswer seems somewhat vague.
Shawn, I agree with what you said. Graham Gardner is a great writer. He can get people to relate to his novel and his novel’s are very persuasive. But, I would just like to add of how he can easily get his readers to relate to the novel. He can relate well between two characters in his book. For example, he relates Elliot with other kids that get bullied everyday at school. “Losers, all of us.” (Gardner 23). He is also a good persuader. He keeps writing the same message in the story over and over again so that the readers can get messages in their heads. My favourite one is “...stand out just enough to fit in” (Gardner Backcover). Judging by how many times this message appears in the book, I can tell Mr Gardner likes this message also.
I agree with what Francesco said, it is almost the same idea i was getting at. He put a good amount of information for the reader to understand the central conflict. The conflict is character vs self, something i forgot to put in my post. Francesco included information about Elliot's problem with not having self confidence. Something i also put in my post. Elliot always has the image of him being not being strong. He always thinks that nothing will change, but that is not true, if you try hard you can change things. I also agree with the fact that Elliot has to have different identities when his around certain types of group. He has to be different with the guardians, at school, and with the girl he loves.
Though, i think Francesco could have mentioned about Elliot's past life. How a bully, named Kevin, always beat up on Elliot.
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Expository Paragraph #2
Question #2
Daniel Velocci
Ms. Morris
ENG 1D1
7 May 2009
The central conflict of the story is introduced when Elliot is transferred to a new school after being bullied at his old school for many years. After being bullied at his old school for so many years all he wants to do is fit in with the rest of his peers. After learning about the organization of bullies called the Guardians he wants to fit in more than ever. The conflict is complicated because one day his friend Oliver, a spy for the Guardians has sent a message to Elliot saying that the Guardians want to meet with him. Elliot is terrified because he does not know what the Guardians want with him. The conflict is further complicated due to the fact that the Guardians want Elliot to take their place when the Guardians graduate from the school. It is also complicated due to the fact that Elliot can not tell anyone that he is a Guardian. The conflict is resolved when Elliot goes and tells the headmaster of the school what has been going on and what the Guardians have been doing.
Daniel Jubandhu
Mrs Russell
ENG 1D1
10 May 2009
A young boy Elliot, who had been a victim of school bullies has had enough. Even his family needed to move out of town. The family were going to have a fresh start in their new life at Holminster. Elliot has a chance to re-invent himself. His dad has a new job and his mom has two new jobs now. Just when things at Holminster were looking good, he discovered that a group of bullies who calls themselves the “Guardians”, run the school with new sets of rules. This worried Elliot since he was small and vulnerable. He had been a victim of bullies in the past and he had a high chance of being a victim again in Holminster High. One day in the change room right after gym class, a big kid who was a Guardian was bullying on a kid because he was dirty. When the teacher came in, Elliot had been asked what was going on, since Elliot was new to the school and was unlikely to lie to the teacher. However, Elliot had lied to the teacher. Although this was a dishonest thing to do, Elliot was noticed by the Guardians in a good way without knowing so. Elliot had thought of an idea to make him fit in. He tried out for the school swim team. He had been the third fastest swimmer in Holminster High. This had probably made Elliot fit in even more. One day, the Guardians called upon Elliot for a meeting. They were considering Elliot as one of them. Elliot had to go through many tests, meetings and pre-cautions. He was being watched. But Elliot who is very clever made the tests, meetings and pre-cautions safely. He was now considered one of the Guardians but, he must take one final test. He must punish one kid at Holminster High to prove that he is a true Guardian. He chose fighting because it was least humiliating and it probably the easiest one Elliot could think of. But, right before he did this, the night before, he noticed that this was all wrong. He had to take action. So the next day he went to the principals office and he knocked.
Shawn Hanlon
Mrs. Russell
ENG1D1-05
Thursday May 14, 2009
The main conflict of the story “Inventing Elliot” is that the main character Elliot is trying to fit in at his new school and it takes a wild turn. Now you are going to learn how the main conflict is introduced, complicated and resolved. It was first introduced when the main character Elliot just ended his school year and is looking forward to his new school because he was bullied and pushed around a lot at his old school. He is looking forward to his fresh start but is nervous because he thinks that he might not get noticed in the right way. The conflict is complicated when he is noticed in the right way by the Guardians( A social club that pretty much runs the school) and they ask him to be a part of there social club. It is further complicated when he witnesses his first punishment and he is sick to his stomach because he knows what it is like on the other side of that kind of treatment. The conflict is resolved when he decides to be himself and leaves the guardians behind.
Francesco Marini Part A #2
Mrs.Russel
ENG 1D1- 06
May 14, 2009
2. The central conflict that goes on this whole novel is character vs. himself. This conflict is introduced as Elliot who is a teenager has to live with being bullied. He never trusts himself, never thinks strongly about him self and is always putting him self down. Inside of him he is telling him self nothing can ever change that it will always be the same. Later in the story he is faces with something that makes his life so much more difficult, he gets recruited by the guardians. He now has to throw away all he believes and be strong so they wont see him falter. Elliot has to fight the urge to just breakdown and tell them all about his past but instead he stands with a cool face on even though inside his mind is racing like no tomorrow. This conflict escalates even more when he meets a girl in school and now has to “wear” 3 faces. Its like his life broke up into 3 different lives and at no point can they ever clash together or meet. The conflict is resolved when Elliot stand up for himself tells his thoughts and his whole brain to be quiet and knocks on the principals’ door to reveal the identity of the guardians. This is a big point for him because he is standing up for what he believes in, doing everything that he never thought he would ever do and finally becoming Elliot. The central conflict in this story is Elliot vs. Elliot himself.
The central conflict of the story is introduced when Elliot went to his old school. HE was a
normal boy, with some friends. But something about him didn’t seem appealing to some people. The other kids, especially Kevin, were bullying him constantly. Day by day and week by week. When Elliot arrived at his new school, he still expected nothing to be different; he expected to be bullied again. Therefore, he developed a new Elliot; this is where the title of the book comes into play. He invented several Elliot’s for several occasions. For example at school and with the Guardians he would have to be not noticed in the wrong ways. At home he would be normal. With Louise, he’d be happy and normal, but untruthful. With Ben, he would have fun moments, but it was still dangerous for him to hang out with a kid from the punishment list.
This got too hard for Elliot to keep up with, which is where it is all resolved. After school, he
quietly goes to the principal’s office, knocks on the door, and then the book ends. We can
foreshadow he told the principal about the Guardians and their decisions.
Roman Lapshin
Ms. Morris
ENG 1D1
May 15 2009
I definatley agree with Daniel Velocci, because the conflict is introduced because Elliot doesn't want to get bullied anymore, because it happened a lot at his old school, so he tries to fit in at his new school, to start a new life, to "Invent a new Elliot". but, as Daniel said, the Guardian's want to meet Elliot, and eventually want him to become one of the Guardians. this complicates things a whole lot.
that part i agree with Daniel, BUT... the thing is, Daniel focused on the main plot when explaining how the central conflict of the story is complicated. He forgot to mention Elliot's home life, and how Elliot didn't like being at home, because of his dad not being able to do anything, and his mom way too stressed about work. and how about when Elliot meets Ben? Louise? When Elliot is with Ben, he cannot be seen by anyone from his school in order not to be labeled "Uncool", so Elliot only hangs out with Ben on the weekends.
When Elliot is with Louis, he is in a total other place, this lessened the strain of the pressure from school, until Louise told him that she hated the Guardians. since Elliot was becoming a Guardian, this struck him hard, and made him even more stressed out, complicating the plot even more.
I think that Daniel's post was a good one, just not as complete as it could have been.
Part B - Literacy Blog Discussion:
Shawn's paragraph on the central conflicts in the book "Inventing Elliot" were very well done and had just the right amount of information included. I think he did a great job on listing the main events that occured and gave examples, making it easier to understand. He also described each step of the conflict on how it was introduced, complicated and resolved very clearly and detailed which I enjoyed. Another factor of his answer I liked was that it gave just enough information to understand what was going on, but wasn't too detailed that it was like reading the book again. But, I think his brief explanation on the Guardians could have been better described then, "A social club that pretty much ruins the school." He could have been more descriptive and detailed. But overall, Shawn did a fabulous job on explaining the central conflict of the novel and how it was introduced, conplicated and resolved.
Katie Konstantopoulos
Mrs. Russell
ENG 1D1 05
May 17/09
The central conflict in the story ‘Inventing Elliot’ is character vs. himself, which progresses through Elliot’s actions when he reinvents himself, joins the Guardians, and when he resolves the problem. The protagonist, Elliot, is a teen boy who has been bullied at his previous school for many years. The conflict is introduced when he changes to Holminster High; he figures that since he is at a new school with new opportunities, he can reinvent himself to become someone who is more socially acceptable than who he used to be. Elliot just wants to fit in with the rest of his peers so that he can live a normal life. He becomes a person who does not care, learning to eradicate his mind from his surroundings as if he cannot feel or see anything. The conflict becomes complicated when Elliot is asked to join the Guardians, he is scared because he does not want to become a bully like them, yet he feels that if he does, he will never have to worry about being bullied in the school again since he will be virtually untouchable. He is pressured because he cannot tell anyone about him being a Guardian, he has to keep up many personalities, and he goes against his morals and beliefs when he does this. His moralistic disputes consist of him becoming a bully even though he knows how it feels to be the victim. The conflict is resolved when Elliot finally gets up the courage to tell the headmaster of his school what has been going on with the Guardians and how much influence they have over the school. This is hard for him because he could be shunned or get bullied again for being a coward and snitching on them. The central conflict in this story was interesting overall, since Elliot changed his personality, became a bully himself, and told a adult about the controlling and bullying going on within the school.
i really liked velocci's answer to the question becasue it was staight to the point. In his answer he explained everything needed to. He gave us some info on the Gaurdians and told us how elliot has been bullied years before which can give us insight on elliot as a person. i also liked how he added in oliver into the answer. i also liked how he made it short but full of all the inforation you would need. that is why i liked daniel V's answer.
Terry Troy
Mrs. Russell
ENG1D1-06
18 May 2009
ISU part B reply to Daniel Velocci
Daniel's answer was quite agreeable however I feel some things were left out. Not many points were made about how his family, or how Ben and Louise impact Eliot's conflict. Granted the Guardians are the main source of Elliot's inner troubles, how Elliot is impacted by them is rather evident when one puts into consideration his relationships with any of them. Take Ben for example. Ben is a victim of bullying much like what Elliot was before coming to Holminster. Elliot found comfort in hanging out with Ben however he brought up the problem Daniel mentioned: "Elliot cannot tell anyone about the Guardians." Without any sort of example of this point the amswer seems somewhat vague.
Shawn, I agree with what you said. Graham Gardner is a great writer. He can get people to relate to his novel and his novel’s are very persuasive. But, I would just like to add of how he can easily get his readers to relate to the novel. He can relate well between two characters in his book. For example, he relates Elliot with other kids that get bullied everyday at school. “Losers, all of us.” (Gardner 23). He is also a good persuader. He keeps writing the same message in the story over and over again so that the readers can get messages in their heads. My favourite one is “...stand out just enough to fit in” (Gardner Backcover). Judging by how many times this message appears in the book, I can tell Mr Gardner likes this message also.
I agree with what Francesco said, it is almost the same idea i was getting at. He put a good amount of information for the reader to understand the central conflict. The conflict is character vs self, something i forgot to put in my post. Francesco included information about Elliot's problem with not having self confidence. Something i also put in my post. Elliot always has the image of him being not being strong. He always thinks that nothing will change, but that is not true, if you try hard you can change things. I also agree with the fact that Elliot has to have different identities when his around certain types of group. He has to be different with the guardians, at school, and with the girl he loves.
Though, i think Francesco could have mentioned about Elliot's past life. How a bully, named Kevin, always beat up on Elliot.
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