#yes we did get Sally deciding to divorce him on her own which is great!!!

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There were several changes I disliked because it robbed us of the fun from the books, but literally beside myself they took away Percy giving his mother Medusa’s head so she could decide whether to use it against Gabe.

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“The Art of Getting By”

George is a loner high school student who has a unique view on the world which is why he never does homework and skips school frequently. His academic delinquency puts him on academic probation. One day while on the school roof he encounters another classmate, Sally who was smoking. When a teacher appears, George pulls out a cigarette and takes the fall for Sally. The two become friends and hangs out together. On career day, George meets Dustin, an alumni artist who graduated from the school, who seems to have inspired him. When the two talked, Dustin invited George to his studio. George takes Sally with him to Dustin’s studio where Dustin acknowledges George’s talent in arts and revealed that he was attracted to Sally.

Sally invites George to a New Year’s Eve Party where they went to a club and celebrated. George gets drunk, he goes outside, throws up and falls asleep in the roadside where Sally finds him. They go to Sally’s place and she puts him to bed on foam next to her bed. On Valentine’s Day, George goes out in a date with Sally, it was going well until Sally began asking weird questions like asking George to have sex but she immediately said that she was just kidding.

After their date George started avoiding Sally even ignoring her phone calls. He also did not go to school. When he does, he avoids making contact with Sally and her group. He also stopped doing his school works which gets him sent in the Principal’s office again. The principal gives George two choices: he can be expelled, or he can make up all of the homework he has missed all year to be passed within three weeks in order to graduate. When he reaches home, he is confronted by his parents where they got on an argument and ended up revealing about his stepfather being jobless.

George ran away and went to Sally’s place. He kissed Sally but later finds out about Sally and Dustin’s relationship. The next day, he met his mother in the park where his mother told him that she and his stepfather are having a divorce, George consoles her and he decided to do all of his assignments to graduate. His art teacher tells him he wants only one project, but that it must be meaningful, honest and real. He works on his assignments and takes his final exams while Sally continues to date Dustin. One day, George gets a message from Sally, they meet in a bar. She tells him to be her friend again, that her mother is remarrying and she’s moving to Texas, also that she’s skipping their graduation because she and Dustin are going to Europe. George told Sally that he loves her and they go back to Sally’s apartment where they shared a kiss, Sally tells him that they’re going to be together one day.

           George turns in all his assignments at the same day of the graduation, and the day Sally leaves, the principal said that he’ll know when his name is called. George's art teacher applauds him on his project. George sits at the graduation ceremony with Sally's friends and his mother in the audience. Sally is at the airport with Dustin. George's name is called and he walked to the stage receiving his diploma where the Principal whispers “anything is possible” to him. Afterwards George is in the art classroom looking at his art project. It is a portrait of Sally. Sally walks in and joins him looking at the painting.

1. What life lessons can be learned from the movie?

           The life lesson/s I learned from the movie is that to live your life, you have to struggle. No one can survive alone in this world, yes, it is true, though in the beginning of the movie, the protagonist mentioned about a quote he read, “We live alone, we die alone, everything is just an illusion”, the reason why he doesn’t exert any effort in everything at all because that’s his logic but, here’s the catch, you can’t obtain anything without doing something in exchange. Just like you can’t buy anything without a penny, you can’t earn a penny without working. Another one is that things have their own time, just like how their romance ended up taking a long way round; you just have to wait for the right timing. There are sometimes that we do things at the wrong time and do things with the wrong person. We should always consider the place time and companion in everything we do. Another one is that I realized that contradicting to George who feared life, many people feared death more. At first, I was confused but I knew the answer as I watched the movie, it made great sense with the statement “we die alone”, I think people are afraid to die because they are afraid to let go of what they have when they are still living, letting go of treasures you worked hard to earn and keep.

2. What part of the story was most powerful? Why?

The part of the story that was most powerful was the part when George and Sally talked about being together one day until the ending of the movie. It was the most powerful to me because this was the time that George, our main character that doesn’t like to work and exert effort, finally showed what he is worthy by finishing a year’s worth of assignment within three weeks and making a piece of art with all meaning and honesty, expressing his love in every touch of the brush in the canvas, painting the first woman he have ever loved with all his heart.

3. Who was your favorite character in the movie? Why?

My favorite character in the movie was the protagonist, George, because of his unique character. I especially like the quote “We live alone, we die alone, everything is just an illusion.” That made a great impression on George. This was also the main reason why he doesn’t exert much effort, asking ‘we die alone so why do we still have to spend life struggling from an illusion?’ every time he is asked why he doesn’t do his homework. He made quite an impression to me because there was a time when Sally asked him what he feared and he answered “I fear life.” I was wondering why because usually you fear death, even though you know it will come at a certain time, you still get scared of it but his answer was unique but as the movie progressed, I came to realize why, because living is tiring, seeing your parents working their selves to the bone and repeating the cycle of argument, it is indeed tiring.

4. Did anything that happened in the movie remind you of something that has occurred in your life or that you have seen occur to others?

So far, I haven’t had a similar experience nor know someone that has any similarity to the movie which is a little unfortunate but was a bigger percentage of being fortunate.

5. If you had a chance to ask a character in this movie a question, what would it be?

If I was given a chance to ask a question to one of the characters in the movie, I would like to ask Sally. Why didn’t you choose George over Dustin in the first place if you already had feelings for him?

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The Art of Getting By

George is a loner high school student who has a unique view on the world which is why he never does homework and skips school frequently. His academic delinquency puts him on academic probation. One day while on the school roof he encounters another classmate, Sally who was smoking. When a teacher appears, George pulls out a cigarette and takes the fall for Sally. The two become friends and hangs out together. On career day, George meets Dustin, an alumni artist who graduated from the school, who seems to have inspired him. When the two talked, Dustin invited George to his studio. George takes Sally with him to Dustin’s studio where Dustin acknowledges George’s talent in arts and revealed that he was attracted to Sally.

Sally invites George to a New Year’s Eve Party where they went to a club and celebrated. George gets drunk; he goes outside, throws up and falls asleep in the roadside where Sally finds him. They go to Sally’s place and she puts him to bed on foam next to her bed. On Valentine’s Day, George goes out in a date with Sally, it was going well until Sally began asking weird questions like asking George to have sex but she immediately said that she was just kidding.

After their date George started avoiding Sally even ignoring her phone calls. He also did not go to school. When he does, he avoids making contact with Sally and her group. He also stopped doing his school works which gets him sent in the Principal’s office again. The principal gives George two choices: he can be expelled, or he can make up all of the homework he has missed all year to be passed within three weeks in order to graduate. When he reaches home, he is confronted by his parents where they got on an argument and ended up revealing about his stepfather being jobless.

George ran away and went to Sally’s place. He kissed Sally but later finds out about Sally and Dustin’s relationship. The next day, he met his mother in the park where his mother told him that she and his stepfather are having a divorce, George consoles her and he decided to do all of his assignments to graduate. His art teacher tells him he wants only one project, but that it must be meaningful, honest and real. He works on his assignments and takes his final exams while Sally continues to date Dustin. One day, George gets a message from Sally, they meet in a bar. She tells him to be her friend again, that her mother is remarrying and she’s moving to Texas, also that she’s skipping their graduation because she and Dustin are going to Europe. George told Sally that he loves her and they go back to Sally’s apartment where they shared a kiss, Sally tells him that they’re going to be together one day.

           George turns in all his assignments at the same day of the graduation, and the day Sally leaves, the principal said that he’ll know when his name is called. George’s art teacher applauds him on his project. George sits at the graduation ceremony with Sally’s friends and his mother in the audience. Sally is at the airport with Dustin. George’s name is called and he walked to the stage receiving his diploma where the Principal whispers “anything is possible” to him. Afterwards George is in the art classroom looking at his art project. It is a portrait of Sally. Sally walks in and joins him looking at the painting.

 Guide Questions.

1. What life lessons can be learned from the movie?

           The life lesson/s I learned from the movie is that to live your life, you have to struggle. No one can survive alone in this world, yes, it is true, though in the beginning of the movie, the protagonist mentioned about a quote he read, “We live alone, we die alone, everything is just an illusion”, the reason why he doesn’t exert any effort in everything at all because that’s his logic but, here’s the catch, you can’t obtain anything without doing something in exchange. Just like you can’t buy anything without a penny, you can’t earn a penny without working. Another one is that things have their own time, just like how their romance ended up taking a long way round; you just have to wait for the right timing. There are sometimes that we do things at the wrong time and do things with the wrong person. We should always consider the place time and companion in everything we do. Another one is that I realized that contradicting to George who feared life, many people feared death more. At first, I was confused but I knew the answer as I watched the movie, it made great sense with the statement “we die alone”, I think people are afraid to die because they are afraid to let go of what they have when they are still living, letting go of treasures you worked hard to earn and keep.

2. What part of the story was most powerful? Why?

The part of the story that was most powerful was the part when George and Sally talked about being together one day until the ending of the movie. It was the most powerful to me because this was the time George, the main character doesn’t like to work and exert effort, finally showed what he is worthy by finishing a year’s worth of assignment within three weeks and making a piece of art with all meaning and honesty, expressing his love in every touch of the brush in the canvas, painting the first woman he have ever loved with all his heart.

3. Who was your favorite character in the movie? Why?

My favorite character in the movie was the protagonist, George, because of his unique character. I especially like the quote “We live alone, we die alone, everything is just an illusion.” That made a great impression on George. This was also the main reason why he doesn’t exert much effort, asking ‘we die alone so why do we still have to spend life struggling from an illusion?’ every time he is asked why he doesn’t do his homework. He made quite an impression to me because there was a time when Sally asked him what he feared and he answered “I fear life.” I was wondering why because usually you fear death, even though you know it will come at a certain time, you still get scared of it but his answer was unique but as the movie progressed, I came to realize why, because living is tiring, seeing your parents working their selves to the bone and repeating the cycle of argument, it is indeed tiring.

4. Did anything that happened in the movie remind you of something that has occurred in your life or that you have seen occur to others?

So far, I haven’t had a similar experience nor know someone that has any similarity to the movie which is a little unfortunate but was a bigger percentage of being fortunate.

 5. If you had a chance to ask a character in this movie a question, what would it be?

If I was given a chance to ask a question to one of the characters in the movie, I would like to ask Sally. Why didn’t you choose George over Dustin in the first place if you already had feelings for him?