Gary Soto Seventh Grade Summary

Writer’s block can feel like being trapped in a black hole with no end for writers. One way they get around this immobilizing trap is by using the same theme from another story, and conveying the theme in a different plot. This method can be very handy because everybody experiences writer’s block when writing. This most likely was the method Gary Soto used by writing two of his short stories “Oranges” and “Seventh Grade.” The common theme shared by the two stories, “Oranges” and “Seventh Grade” was, it's the small things that count. I found that this theme expresses both stories greatly because they both show a solid connection between literature and how it reflects life.

In “Oranges,” the theme is the idea that saves the main character from being embarrassed. In the short story, the boy wants to buy a chocolate for a girl he likes but doesn’t have enough money to buy the chocolate. “I took a nickel from my pocket, then an orange, and set them quietly on the counter. When I looked up the lady’s eyes met mine, and held them, knowing very well what is was all …show more content…
“Seventh Grade” is a story where a boy named Victor wants to impress a girl named Theresa so she notices him. “Frenchie oh wewe gee in September, Victor repeated. Mr.Bueller understood that the boy didn’t know French and turned away. “Seventh Grade” displays this theme because when Mr. Bueller doesn’t say anything about how Victor not knowing French, Victor becomes Theresa’s French tutor. This theme can also be seen in real life all over the world. For instance, if a person was doing a presentation and said something wrong, the politest thing to do would to say nothing, and not making them embarrassed. After all, “Seventh Grade” is a story that can be interpreted with many themes, but I chose it’s the small things that count because i think it fits the story the

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Summary Of Seventh Grade By Gary Soto