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Picturing the Story
Hoot Themes
Belonging–Roy never quite feels that he belongs anywhere. Coconut Cove is the tenth school that he has attended, and he doesn’t feel that he has a hometown. Discuss Roy’s attempt to belong at school. What finally makes him feel that he belongs in Florida? How is being labeled an outcast related to belonging? Discuss why Mullet Fingers and Beatrice might be considered outcasts. What other characters in the book display a need to belong? What can schools do to help new kids like Roy feel welcome?
Bullying–Ask the class to brainstorm behaviors that characterize a bully. What causes a person like Dana Matherson to become a bully? Discuss the difference between acting tough and bullying. Why is Roy upset when he gets the reputation of being a tough guy after he beats up Dana? Sometimes a person who is being bullied becomes a bully. How does Mullet Fingers’s mother bully him? How might people like Leroy Branitt consider Mullet Fingers and Beatrice bullies? Have the class discuss ways of dealing with school bullies.
Family–Ask students to discuss Roy’s relationship with his parents. Why is Roy so conscious of being an only child? How might his life be different if he had a sibling? Compare and contrast Dana’s and Mullet Fingers’s families. Discuss why Mullet Fingers is so willing to trust Beatrice, his stepsister. Why does she feel such a need to shield him from his mother? Discuss whether there is a correlation between Mullet Fingers’s family life and his desire to save the owls.
Values in Conflict–Mrs. Eberhardt tells Roy, “Honey, sometimes you’re going to be faced with situations where the line isn’t clear between what’s right and what’s wrong. Your heart will tell you to do one thing, and your brain will tell you to do something different.” (p. 160). Discuss places throughout the book when Roy’s heart tells him one thing, and his brain tells him something else. How do his heart and his brain come together at the end of the novel?
Friendship–Roy’s mother worries that he doesn’t have friends, so she is delighted when Roy brings Beatrice home. Discuss the friendship that develops between Roy and Beatrice. What does each individual gain from the relationship? How does Mullet Fingers fit into the friendship? When
Roy gives Mullet Fingers his name so that he can get medical help, Mrs. Eberhardt says, “Your father and I don’t want to see you get in trouble. Even for the sake of a friend.” (p. 159) Discuss whether Roy’s decision to help Mullet Fingers is for the sake of friendship.
Bullying–Ask the class to brainstorm behaviors that characterize a bully. What causes a person like Dana Matherson to become a bully? Discuss the difference between acting tough and bullying. Why is Roy upset when he gets the reputation of being a tough guy after he beats up Dana? Sometimes a person who is being bullied becomes a bully. How does Mullet Fingers’s mother bully him? How might people like Leroy Branitt consider Mullet Fingers and Beatrice bullies? Have the class discuss ways of dealing with school bullies.
Family–Ask students to discuss Roy’s relationship with his parents. Why is Roy so conscious of being an only child? How might his life be different if he had a sibling? Compare and contrast Dana’s and Mullet Fingers’s families. Discuss why Mullet Fingers is so willing to trust Beatrice, his stepsister. Why does she feel such a need to shield him from his mother? Discuss whether there is a correlation between Mullet Fingers’s family life and his desire to save the owls.
Values in Conflict–Mrs. Eberhardt tells Roy, “Honey, sometimes you’re going to be faced with situations where the line isn’t clear between what’s right and what’s wrong. Your heart will tell you to do one thing, and your brain will tell you to do something different.” (p. 160). Discuss places throughout the book when Roy’s heart tells him one thing, and his brain tells him something else. How do his heart and his brain come together at the end of the novel?
Friendship–Roy’s mother worries that he doesn’t have friends, so she is delighted when Roy brings Beatrice home. Discuss the friendship that develops between Roy and Beatrice. What does each individual gain from the relationship? How does Mullet Fingers fit into the friendship? When
Roy gives Mullet Fingers his name so that he can get medical help, Mrs. Eberhardt says, “Your father and I don’t want to see you get in trouble. Even for the sake of a friend.” (p. 159) Discuss whether Roy’s decision to help Mullet Fingers is for the sake of friendship.