“The Bully” by Roger Dean Kiser
Questions
VOCABULARY
booths
The name doesn't ring a bell
I sat there continually racking my brain trying to remember
I picked up my coffee up and took a sip
I mumbled
I swung myself around on my stool
orphanage
this big bully slammed me up against the lockers in the hallway
Not the big burley guy that I remember
I spun around to see what had happened
van
a wheelchair loader
Darn thing sticks once in a while
What goes around comes around
a stern look
the interstate
the southbound ramp
QUESTIONS
1. What is the setting of this narrative?
2. Who comes to talk to Roger? What does she want from him?
3. Who was Tony? What was his relationship with Roger?
4. What do we find out about Roger's childhood?
5. What happened at the end of this narrative?
6.-Write three sentences about each character:
Roger:
Tony:
Barbara:
TRANSLATION
Translate these excerpts:
“How many times that sorry guy had made fun of my big ears in front of the girls in my class?” How many times this sorry son-of-a-gun had laughed at me because I had no parents and had to live in an orphanage? How many times this big bully slammed me up against the lockers in the hallway just to make himself look like a big man to all the other students?”
I reached down and grabbed him around the waist and carefully raised him up into the passenger seat of the van.
ANALYSIS
1. Describe a conflict that Tony deals with every day.
2.
Describe a conflict Roger faced as a child.
3.
Describe a conflict Roger and Tony had.
4. What are the topics covered in this story?
5. Comment on the last sentece:
"He will be the only friend that I have from my high school days."
