Analysis Of Sleeping Freshman Never Lie By David Luber

When High School comes around, everyone goes through changes to their life. In Sleeping Freshman Never Lie there is a boy named Scott who is starting high school, and goes through many changes with his friends, family, and life. He meets up with his friends from middle school in the beginning of the year, but soon meets new people and has new friends, in this book many of the characters change and experience some of the same things as Scott. This book is a journey through his high school experience, and all the changes that happen in his life during his freshman year of high school. Wesley changed the most in Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie because he switched from being mean to a nice guy, and

“High school is going to kill me” (Lubar 32) said Scott on his first day of school. In Sleeping Freshman Never Lie, Scott started high school, which was not the only big change. He starts off school trying to win Julia’s heart, doing every activity she does. It doesn't work out too well though. Without knowing them Scott usually judged people on their appearance or how they acted. He also realized that his mom is acting pretty weird, and come to find out she is pregnant. Since Scott is having such a hard time in school he decides to write a journal for his new sibling. His friend group starts to change dramatically. His three best friends he would always thought he would have go off and do other things. Scott changed the most in Sleeping Freshman Never Lie because he became less judgemental, and made new friends.

Wesley Cobble had always been a bully, that is, until he became friends with Scott. Wesley had been known as a bully throughout high school. But that all changed when one morning, Wesley picked up Scott (the main character) and brought him to school, it was as if Wesley had a change in heart and wanted to be friends with Scott. Wesley wasn’t usually the type to make friends, but for some reason, he became friends with Scott, which changed him and benefited him. Wesley changed the most in Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie because he went from being a bully to Scott to being his friend, and he learned to stop stealing.

SFNL Character Change “We plunged toward the future without a clue” (Lubar 1). Sleeping Freshman Never Lie is about a freshman, Scott, and his first year of high school. Throughout the book, Scott loses and makes friends. Two of his new friends are Lee, the scary new girl and Wesley, the senior bully.

Changing from beating people up and stealing their money, to being their friend, is one of the biggest changes that can be made. In the book Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, the character that changed the most, was named Wesley Cobble. Wesley changed the most for multiple reasons. One of the reasons is that at the beginning of the book, Wesley stole money from Scott and other kids. But later on, Wesley stops stealing people’s money, and even becomes friends with Scott!

High school: a place of acceptance, growth, and love. Life After High School by Joyce Carol Oates takes place in the small town of South Lebanon, New York in 1959. Oates details the lives of three students: Zachary Graff, Barbara “Sunny” Burhrman, and Tobias Shank. Zachary struggles with finding love; both Sunny and Tobias turn him down during the rough times of the 1950’s, and Zachary’s struggle ultimately leads to his death. Throughout the stories the three characters mask themselves behind a happier and fitter version of themselves; the hide behind religion, lies, and stereotypes. Oates writes in a third person limited point of view to reveal the theme of hiding one's identity is destructive. Oates creates a perspective of literary fiction to reveal the emotion of what the characters feel, think, and act.

Jessica is the new girl, while Alexia is popular and bratty. Peter is the class clown, while his friend Luke is the smart kid and a total nerd. Danielle is shy and has a hard time standing up for herself. Anna is an outcast because of her home situation, and Jeffery hates everything. Mr. Terupt is the new teacher who knows how to deal with them all. The class wanted to have a great year with their new favorite teacher, but then a playful joke turns into a possibly fatal freak accident. So, the kids grow very close to each other as they hold onto hope that their teacher will be okay.

Arvin Estrellado is a hardworking freshman that attends Chino Hills High School and has a diverse set of interests and hobbies. As a member of the band, which takes up most of his time and quickly creates a schedule filled to the brim. Like any other student, Arvin has hobbies that he enjoys in his free time. Some of his favorite activities include playing his trumpet, playing video games, swimming with his friends, or watching Anime. Alternatively, he has a few favorite places where he loves to spend time when he gets the chance. These places include Huntington Beach and almost anywhere where he can hang out with friends. As far as school goes, Arvin works for his grades and is inspired by his brother. Although it has only been fourteen weeks

Mouth changed the most in Sleeping Freshman Never Lie because in the beginning of this book he was just a Freshman, full of life, but in the end of the novel he tried to kill himself. “He got called Loud Mouth the moment we started school. It was shortened to Mouth after that” (Lubar 8). This quote proves that Mouth did talk a lot, and how it was easy for people to get annoyed, and to start developing inadequate thoughts about him. Mouth was always talkative at the bus stop, at school, and pretty much anywhere else and it was sad to see how things people said about Mouth affected him so much to the point he tried to take his own life.

starts school, which he begins at a later age than other boys because his mother

Falling from the roof gave Chase Ambrose a chance to restart his life. He completely lost his memory from the incident and he will start 8th grade with a clean slate. However, not with some other students. Before Chase’s accident, he was one of the most popular kids at Hiawassee Middle School. To some he was a football star,a friend, a jock. To other’s he was the biggest bully in school. When he was told about the “old” Chase, he molded himself into the “new” Chase; a kinder, more sympathetic person.

     The first student I will talk about is the first one to be seen in the movie. This is Claire Standish. Claire is one of the popular girls in the school.

At school, Charlie finds a friend and mentor in his English teacher, Bill. He also overcomes his chronic shyness and approaches a classmate, Patrick, and his stepsister Sam, become two of Charlie's BFFs. Charlie’s new found friends – Sam, Patrick, Mary Elizabeth and Bob - aren't exactly popular and are outcasts themselves. They are all seniors and often hang out at the Big Boy except Bob who doesn't go to school.

He resigns himself to his fate at the school and gets as angry as he ever gets over boys "getting fresh" with girls. IF, and I'm not saying he does, but IF he loses his innocence, he is still able to keep an optimistic view on things, sort of like ANN Frank's "In spite of everything, I still think people are good at heart" -kind of narrative.

The book is about the Tennis Team captain of Eastwood High School, who name is Ezra and his recovery from his car accident, which almost crippled him. Ezra was the class president and dated the hottest girl, but after a party, he crashed into another car. The story is about how Ezra found himself after the accident, and his romance with the mysterious Cassidy Thorpe.