Summer of the Monkeys Essays

Summer of the Monkeys Essays Summer of the Monkeys Paper Summer of the Monkeys Paper Summary: Summer of the Monkeys is a story about a 14 year old boy named Jay Berry who discovers about 28 loose monkeys running around in the prairie. Later in the story Jay Berry finds out the monkeys came from a crashed circus train and the owners are giving a reward to whoever can safely return them. Jay Berry then decides to catch the monkeys but soon realizes how hard it is and that he may not get the pony and . 22 caliber shotgun hes been wanting. When Jay Berry finally catches the monkeys ith the help of his grandpa, instead of spending the money on the pony and caliber, Jay Berry gives the money to his twin sister to fix her crippled leg and give her the option to finally be able to walk. Character Descriptions: Jay Berry Lee: ambitious, care free, clever Grandpa: happy, skillful, altruistic Rowdy: brave, cowardly, smart, giddy limbo: manipulative, sneaky, caring, self-less Discussion questions: 1. In the book summer of the monkeys Jay berry gives his reward money to his sister Daisy to fix her twisted leg, instead of buying the pony and . 2 caliber hes always dreamed of. If you were in this situation would you spend your money the same way Jay Berry did? Why or why not? 2. What does Jay Berry learn at the end of the book when he graciously gives his money to his sister instead of spending it on himself? 3. During this book Jay Berry spend his whole summer hunting down these monkeys and has, messed up numerous times, but has failed to give up. If you were in the same situation as Jay Berry would you give up after one shot? Or continue trying to atch the monkeys like Jay Berry? Key Passage: From chapter 17, page 267: Jay Berry: l cant buy a pony, grandpa, I said. If I do, id always feels guilty. Every time id climb on its back to go riding, ld think of my little sister and that old crippled leg of hers. Im going to give my money to her so she can go to the hospital and get it fixed up. Key Passage Explanation: (TS) The whole end of this book is all wrapped up in the Jay Berrys truthful words. L) Jay Berry has always wanted a beautiful paint pony, and when he finally has the oney to get one she has a nasty scar on her leg. (IQ) When Jay Berry sees his ponies crippled leg, he brings her back home and explains to his grandpa every time Id climb on its back to go riding, ld think of my little sister and that old crippled leg of hers. (Rawls 2 Jay Berry realizes what a shame it is tor the pony to go through that, and how bad i t must be for his sister; whose has a crippled leg her entire life. L) Jay Berry figures the right and logical thing to do would be to give his ister the money. (Q) Im going to give my money to her so she can go to the hospital and get it fixed up. Jay Berry tells his grandpa. (CM) Its really hard for Jay Berry to give all his hard earned money to Daisy to fix her leg, when he wanted the pony so bad. (CM) Jay Berry learned a very valuable lesson about thinking about others before yourself. (CS) At the end of the book Jay Berry is glad he gave the money to Daisy to fix her leg, he learns its more important to think of your family before yourself.