Analyzing Victor's Short Story 'Seventh Grade'

“Seventh Grade” Academic Paragraph

Victor is a boy who tries to impress a girl and gain her attention. For example, Victor wanted to be like all of the other boys and make the girls like him, so he tried scowling and he felt unwise. A quote from the text that proves that my topic sentence is true is, “On the way to his homeroom, Victor tried to scowl, he felt foolish.” This quote means Victor doesn’t think that any of the girls are interested in him as much as they are to his friends, so he thinks that he needs to change his actions to make the girls like him. Another sentence of what this quote means is, Victor feels like when he tried to scowl that it felt very unusual to him and he felt embarrassed. My second piece of evidence from when

Victor embarrasses himself is, Victor was way too embarrassed to go back into class because he told Teresa that he knew French and the teacher heard him. The French teacher knew that he was bluffing so he called Victor out and was very ashamed and embarrassed. A quote from the text that proves that my topic sentence is true is, “Victor was too weak from failure to join the class. He stared at the board and wished he had taken Spanish, not French. Better yet, he wished he could start his life over. He had never been so embarrassed. He bit his thumb until he tore off a sliver of skin.” This quote means that Victor felt horrible, he regrets that he had taken French, Victor only took French because he knew that Teresa was in there, and he just wanted to spend time with her. My second sentence of what this quote means is, Victor felt to ashamed of himself to go back to class because of what had happened in class. He is telling himself in his head that he should have taken Spanish, he feels like his life is ruined and he wants to start his life all over again. In conclusion with these two pieces of evidence, they both show how Victor embarrasses himself and what his consequences are.