Post 5: Ch. 5-6

Ch. 5

1. Smokey the Bear (mentioned when Bryon and Kenny are making fun of mom's sad sob story about her house catching on fire when she was little). 

Here's a picture of Smokey the Bear; he was a slogan used to prevent forest fires. 



2. Eliot Ness from the Untouchables movie

Click on the link to read a little bit about the tv show which was filmed in the late 50's: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Untouchables_(1959_TV_series)

Ch. 6

1.  Here is a definition of welfare: Welfare means: aid (help) in the form of money or government programs for those in need (people who cannot provide - food, shelter, clothing and/or education - for themselves and/or their families.)

2. Mourning Dove (The bird that Bryon killed with the swedish creme):




3.  The book mentions The Magnificent Seven movie.  Here is the movie trailer and info about the movie: http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/30854/The-Magnificent-Seven/overview


Here is the question for post 5: 

1. Why does byron never feel remorse about torturing kids at school, but he felt bad about killing a bird?