Guns - The behaviours of Brian and Kevin

Hey,

today as the computers in the class didn't work, we did a quick warm up about the picture illustrating our text. You were reminded of the date 1916, which is a very important date for the Irish people since it corresponds to "Easter Rising", a period when the Irish showed how independent they wanted to become.

Then we continued our analysis of the text entitled "Guns" and we particularly focused our attention on the attitudes of the two boys. Here is what we said:

The evolution of the characters attitudes / behaviours:

- Brian:
Brian is impulsive. He is proud of himself and exited to own a gun. He shows off.
When Kevin criticizes him, he gets angry very rapidly.
-> "in a sudden blaze of temper" / "ready to lunge again at him"

- Kevin:
He is quieter / calmer but he also gets angry with Brian. He tries to calm him down.
And he manages to calm him down.
-> "the fire was gone out of [Brian]" / "he slumped his shoulders" to accept his defeat.
Kevin refused to help Brian and he is fed up with his attitude. They may have the same ideas but they want to use different means.
=> Kevin is peaceful whereas Brian is violent.

Vocabulary:
(to) reel -> to fall and roll to the floor
"it's no good"
"how the Hell***..." = Furious
(To) speak abruptly = (to) snap at

HW: learn your lesson and new vocabulary.