Question

Use the paragraphs to complete the activity.

Patrick lived in Emoryville, but every Saturday morning he rode two city buses to his uncle’s bookstore in Northview, where he worked. He didn’t mind the commute because he loved his job. He loved spending time with his uncle, but he also loved going to work because he had become friends with Andrew, one of his co-workers. The boys would talk about everything from baseball scores to movies to favorite pizza toppings.

So this Saturday, when Patrick got to work, he and Andrew got to talking as they always did.

“Hey, Pat,” Andrew said casually.

“Hey,” said Patrick. “Did you have a good week?”

“Yeah,” he said. “Great week. My basketball team made it into the semifinals. The game is tonight. We’re playing Emoryville, our nemesis.”

Before Patrick could say another word, Andrew continued. “I don’t like Emoryville. I don’t think I could ever be friends with someone from that town. Our schools are such rivals.”

Patrick was speechless.

“Where are you from, Pat? I can’t believe I’ve never asked you that before!”

Patrick fumbled over his words. “Not too far from here,” he said before he quickly changed the subject to the new shipment of graphic novels.

In 3–5 sentences, identify the two different points of view in the story, and describe the humor and suspense created by the differences in point of view.

(4 points)

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

The two different points of view in the story are Patrick's perspective, where he enjoys spending time with his uncle and Andrew at the bookstore, and Andrew's perspective, where he expresses his strong dislike for people from Emoryville due to the rivalry between their schools. This creates humor as Patrick tries to avoid revealing where he's from to Andrew, knowing that it may affect their friendship if Andrew discovers he is from Emoryville. The suspense is created by the tension of whether Andrew will find out where Patrick is really from and how he will react when he does.