The Seventh Most Important Thing
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- Mr. Hampton's Proposal
- Not the punishment I would have given but ok.
- WHAT!?!
- What if he works for me instead?!
- Probation
- Ugh, This Sucks!
- School
- Instead of spending years in Juvie, Arthur would have a chance to redeem himself by working for Mr.Hampton.
- Makes a Friend
- Hey, I am Reginald.
- Arthur begins his probation, it makes him very angry and thinks it is totally unfair.
- Gets to be with his Family
- Arthur has lost the trust of his peers since he went to juvie. When he stood up to some jocks who were bullying a kid, they said he was the bully and got in trouble for it.
- Lets go of sadness and anger
- Arthur meets Reginald or "Squeak" and they become good friends.
- Hey, I'm Arthur
- Spends the the first Christmas without his Father with his family. If he'd gone to juvie, he wouldn't have been there to help put up the tree.
- When smashing mirrors for Mr. Hampton, Arthur feels like he is breaking the mirror of sadness and anger from his father's death.
- Backstory
- When I fought in Guam during WW2, I saw things that made me want to die.
- I made something beautiful out of broken things
- Then I had a vision that led me to build the throne of the third heaven.
- Flashback
- Final piece of Advice
- Don't wait for a better time. I waited too long, and now people aren't going to see everything I want them to see.
- Mr. Hampton explains his back story to Arthur and Squeak.
- Realization
- This could have been part of MY redemption too!
- Mr. Hampton saw the horror's of war and almost gave up on life. Then he had his vision and started making his art.
- REDEMPTION
- One of the themes behind the story is how you can find redemption in the most unlikely ways.
- Mr. Hampton tells Arthur to not wait for a better time to show people what he wants them to see in him.
- The Seventh Most Important ThingbyShelly Pearsall
- When people from the art museum come to look at Mr. Hampton's work, Arthur realizes this project was part of his redemption too. He had been given a second chance to have a better life.
- Image Attributions: break out (https://www.flickr.com/photos/29887284@N00/40701581721/) - Paul B. (Halifax) - License: Attribution, Non Commercial (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/)
Image Attributions
- break out - Paul B. (Halifax) - (License Attribution, Non Commercial )
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