Characters
The main character in the story.
Who is Joseph?
Joseph must overcome this in "New Boy."
What is bullying?
When the story begins, this is where it begins. Not a country, but literally where the characters are.
What is a classroom?
This is the exposition of the story.
What is there is a new student in the classroom in Ireland from a different place?
What are "knickers?"
What are undergarments/underwear?
The only name that is given for the teacher.
What is "Miss"?
The ways that the main character experiences racism.
What is through being called live aid, being told that he should sit next to the other black student in the class?
The largest conflict takes place here.
What is recess?
The climax of the story.
What is Christian Kelly throws milk on Joseph when they go outside for recess?
What is his father was his teacher and he witnessed him being killed?
The kid that attempts to bully Joseph telling him, "You're dead."
Who is Christian Kelly
The ways in which the main character overcomes his differences from the other characters.
What is by finding something in common, and by laughing together, or making fun of the teacher together?
Joseph is now in this country.
What is Ireland?
What is there are some students bullying the new student, telling him that "your dead," the new student throws another student to the ground for touching him with a "snot" on his finger, then the recess bell rings?
The name of the student that the girl says the main character should sit next to, and the reason she says this.
The girl with the glasses, that is good at math, and also tells the teacher what happened on the playground.
Who is Hazel O'hara?
The conflict that exists in the story is between whom or what?
What is Joseph vs Christian Kelly/Seth Quinn?
What is Joseph vs his memories?
The place where Joseph witnesses his father being killed.
What is his previous classroom?
The falling action after the climax.
What is main character grabs the bully's finger again, the teacher comes out and catches them, and makes them all wait outside the door after recess?
The phrase that the teacher always calls out to the students and the reason she does this.
What is "hands in the air" and to get the students to quiet down?
The boy that is the sidekick to the bully of Joseph. He also threw his book out of the window.
Who is Seth Quinn?
This person is telling the story. The story is told from this point of view.
What is the narrator and what is third-person point of view?
Where Joseph is from. This is mentioned in the short film, but not the short story.
Where is Rwanda?
What is the three boys laugh about the teacher together and find a common ground. What is the teacher sees they are getting along and lets them back in the classroom?
This is what he hear from the main character, although he is not actually speaking out loud.
What is his internal dialogue?