Choose a scene that you wish would have happened a little differently and rewrite the ending.
ie: In Chapter 10 Harris lies to Elaine Peterson about the narrator, he says: "He ain't right right. It has something to do with when he was borned. They cut the cord to fast or something and his brain didn't get into the light." I wish Harris had not lied, and ruined the new relationship that was blooming with Elaine. It would have been interesting to hear some funny stories about the narrator and Elaine. I can imagine Harris interrupting the two of them, or tricking them! That would have been better than embarrasing Gary and making him seek revenge.
I would change that when Gary and Harris hunt for mice that Gary didn't have to give half his mice to Buzzer
ReplyDeleteIf there was a part I could change, it would probably be in chapter 11, when harris goes 'at least 100 miles per hour on the bike' and falls into the ditch. I would of made Elaine come out of her house and see harris and gary. Her and gary would of made fun of harris, instead of harris embarrassing gary.
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ReplyDeleteI would pick the same Cassidy!
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ReplyDeleteif i could change a scene i would change the tarzan swing. i would change what they used and where they did the swing at.
ReplyDeleteId have Louie pee on the wire instead of Harris then Harris takes the pictures. then Gary and Harris get in a fight
ReplyDeleteI would change the scene when the boys were about to jump on Bill and Gary held onto the edge. I would change it so that both boys would jump, land on Bill and get bucked back into the loft, back to safty. Then, of couse, Harris would do it again and get hurt like usually.
ReplyDeleteIf I could change a scene in these chapters, I would change the scene where Harris ruins Gary's chance at love. I would change it so that Harris never showed up and Gary and Elaine fell in love. <3
ReplyDeleteI would change the movie that Harris and Gary sees over and over again. It should be a movie we all know and can relate to.
ReplyDeletei have to agree with kevin
ReplyDeleteI would change the same thing as Nicole.
ReplyDeletei would change the same thing as Melanie,and Nicole!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Kevin two
ReplyDeleteI would change the tarzan jump.I would have Gary jump too
ReplyDeleteIf I could change a part I would have changed the part when Harris messed up Gary's conversation with Elain
ReplyDeleteIf I could change the scene, I would make it so that Louie would give Harris the pictures back instead of Louie making him pee on the fence to get the pictures.
ReplyDeleteIf I could change a scene, I would change when Harris gets hit by the bull. I would rather have Gary be hit, allowing to take a break, rather than let Harris fake it and let the others do all the work.
ReplyDeleteIf I were able to rewrite my scene I would at least let him talk to her.
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ReplyDelete@makenna p. that is also the part that i said i would have changed.
ReplyDelete@alexis e. if i was to pick a second part to change, that is what i probaly would have wrote.
I would totally change that Harris and his dream girl actually talk and like, go out or somthing ;)
ReplyDeleteI would have changed Louie getting the "Dourty Peectures" but then Harris or Gary will find them so Louie would take them but then they will get them back!
ReplyDeleteanother scene that i would change would be who's shining ability i would have it be gary's shining ability
ReplyDeletei would change how that gary didnt get elaine from harris. i would let him ruin it himself.
ReplyDeleteIf I could change any part in this book I would change the part where Ernie attacks Gary on the Tarzan swing. I would make it so Ernie is waiting in the granary for Harris to jump and then sneak attack.
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ReplyDelete@kacie h. if i was to change a part i would say what kacie said
ReplyDeleteI would make it so in chapter 8 Gary does the gene autry jump so Harris has to work that would be a nice trick
ReplyDeletegood change allie i like it when Harris gets hurt because it relates to me and my brother
I would change that louie catches gary in the barn loft when he looks at the carvings and lets gary learn how to carve figures.
ReplyDeleteI like it when they are trying to make their bikes go faster and he lost his pants.
ReplyDeleteI would have changed Harris losing the dirty pictures to Louie. I would have let Harri get them. He peed on the wire for nthing, poor Harris.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't change a thing. I loved it when harris peed on the wire!!! I would't do it for 200 "Dourty peectures"!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHailey A there's one problem Harris wouldn't have peed on the wire if Harris hadn't done tht or Gary talked
ReplyDeleteIf I could change something I would make Gary & Harris race the two bikes.
ReplyDeleteThe scene that I wish to change is the one where Louie grabs the dirty pictures out of Gary's hands. I would change it to Glennis taking the pictures and getting mad at Gary and then she would beat him, instead of the usual Harris.
ReplyDeleteThe scene, that I would re write is when poor Harris, get's tricked into peeing on the electric wire, and getting promised the dirty pictures. Instead, I would let Harris get the pictures, because he went through what he did, to not get his reward.
ReplyDeleteI agree with shane g. I wish they would of raced the bikes and then Harris lose his pants in the ditch and Elaine came out so then Gary could get revenge for what Harris did in town.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Nicole K. I would change when Harris ruins Gary's chance at love. I would change it so Harris was doing something else or was never there and then Gary and Elanie could fall in love.
ReplyDeleteThe part I would change is from Knute hitting the bull and breaking his hand, to the bull hitting Knute and breaking his face or something like that.
ReplyDeleteMine is similar to Makennas, but i would have Harris do something and then Gary and Elaine falls in love. Then they would secretly meet eachother later in the book.
ReplyDeleteI would change what happened when Gary met Elaine. I'd make it so that Gary had a nervous breakdown or something...
ReplyDeleteI have enjoyed reading everyone's comments. It is interesting how sometimes I forget that Harris & Me is a nonfiction book. Doesn't it always figure that bad things happen to good people? Poor Gary has a few incidents, but I sometimes wonder if Harris gets hurt too many times! Even though this book is based on the 1950's Americana, it is great to see how events in the story can still be related to in 2011.
ReplyDeleteIf I could change any part of the book, I would change the chapter where the boys hunt mice. I feel like this chapter drags out and could have been written more succinctly. It is, however, a good reminder that life isn't always an adventure EVERYDAY!
What if could change a scene it would be when Gary had to leave the Larsons family. I think he could stay with the Larsons instead of his parents.
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ReplyDeleteI think harris should not have lied
ReplyDeleteI think that all of your comments are great but the scene that I would rewrite would have to be when Harris and Gary try to jump on Bob (or is it Bill) well anyway I would make Gary jump off too but Gary would get kicked first and then Harris would laugh then Bob or Bill would kick Harris.
ReplyDeleteIf I were to change anything I would change the part in which Gary returns "home" to his drunk parents. And make him stay with the Larsons, his better family
ReplyDeleteIf i was to change anything, it woul be when Gary meets Elane. i would at least give Gary a chance and not have Harris ruin it for him.
ReplyDeleteI go with Alexis Rostad except i would make it that Gary would have said you arent right in the head because he does stupid things such as playing war and try to shoot a gun on bob
ReplyDeleteI agree with Alexis Rostad to. But i also agree will Sarah H.
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