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=Vocabulary Builder: Taylor Bauman= =Image Finder: Scarlet Foley= The first image that I picked was the scenrey of the relaxing pool. Everything was very peaceful and calming, just a regular day; nobody would have thought something so disturbing and painful could be happening at the hotel there. Also, this is where the man first saw the strange little man at the begining of the story. This is also where the outragous bet started to take place.
 * Pleasant: adjective. pleasing, agreeable, or enjoyable. I chose pleasant because it describes the feeling at the very beginning of the story when the narrator was enjoying just sitting outside by the pool.
 * Lighter: noun. A mechanical device used in lighting cigarettes, cigars, or pipes for smoking. I chose lighter because the lighter helps display setting. Because the old man wants to make a bet on the lighter, he wants to have the bet on the lighter inside his hotel room, which changes the setting.
 * Curiously: Adjective. Prying or meddlesome. Curiously helps to describe the feeling when the old man was asking questions to start the bet, for example he kept saying "All-ways?" He was questioning if the lighter always works.
 * Bet: Verb. To wager with (something or someone.) Bet helps to show the characterization of the old man. The old man never gives up on the bet, even when the subject has been dropped he keeps asking the younger boy to agree to the bet. So, the old man being obessed with bets, shows that the old man is risky.
 * Tension: Noun. Mental or emotional strain, intense. Tension describes how you feel when you are waiting to see if the younger boy agrees to the old man's terms in the bet. Which is having one of his fingers chopped off if he loses, but if he wins then he recieves a Cadillac. So the moments before you find out what the younger man has choosen is full of tension.
 * Finger: Noun. Any of the terminal members of the hand. Finger descibes the setting because one of the bet's consequences is a lost finger. So a chopped finger is what you begin to picture in your head for much of the story.
 * Cadillac: Noun. An automobile company. The Cadillac becomes a major part of the tone and setting because the younger boy feels very strongly about this bet because he wants to win the Cadillac and it seems like an easy bet. That leads to the tone because the younger boy really wants to win the Cadillac. But it also shows the setting because they all venture outside to make sure the old man actually has a Cadillac to give him.
 * Drinks: Verb. To imbibe alcoholic drinks. Drinks helps create the tone because when the group goes to the old man's hotel room, he offers them all drinks, which could be inferred as he's just being friendly or he wants them to get very full of drinks so they won't remember what happens next.
 * Knife: Noun. An instrument for cutting. The knife becomes a key part to the tone because for a while you didn't know if the old man was kidding about actually cutting his finger. But when he gets a knife the tone changes from confusing to dangerous.
 * Menace: Noun. Something that threatens to cause harm, evil, or injury. Menace is the perfect characterization of the old man because you find out at the end, he loves taking people's fingers which is the perfect example of being a menace.

The next picure i chose was the lighter. If the boy wouldnt have taken out his lighter to light his cigarette the dangerous bet would have never taken place. The whole bet was based around if the American boy's lighter could light the little mans cigar. However, if it wasn't succsesful, then the America boy would have to have his finger chopped off and the little man would take it. And if it did work the American boy would get a brand new car.

For my next picture i chose a finger. The boy had to bet his finger if he lost the bet. This is a very unusual bet, which made this story very strange, unlike any story i have ever read. This is a very serious wager for the boy, especially back then. They didnt have all the high technology that we have today that would easily fix a cut off finger. However, back then this boy would have some troubles trying to keep it from getting infected. The final picture that I chose was an old looking hotel room. Since this ws back when teen aged boys were forced to join the military, I knew the hotel room had to look older. In the hotel room is where everything started to become sureal for the boy and ever the girl and the other man. This is where the little man was planing on cutting of the boys finger. It was a very disturbing bet and it started to feel much more real to this boy in the room. This is where it started to become something more then just a little bet. Fortunutly, the woman was able to come i just in time and save the American boy from getting his finger chopped off. It turnd out that the little man does this a lot, he even did it to the little man.

=Extender: Alli Ambrosini= 1. In "Man From the South", we find out that the old man has been tricking people into making risky bets for a very long time. He is obviously very charismatic and good at what he does, like many serial killers - such as Ted Bundy. Obviously, killing people over and over again is very different then cutting people's fingers off, but they do share some of the same characteristics of using tricks and charm to get people to do what they want.

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2. In the movie "Four Rooms", an almost identical scene happens as in "Man From the South." There is a bet for a car, and on of the characters has to successfully light his lighter ten times in order to win a car. This time, he fails on the first try and immediately gets his finger cut off! In this version, money was also involved, and the other man runs away with it. (The actual clip contains a lot of swearing, as well as the finger shown getting cut off, so I'll just leave it out).

3. Doing risky (or stupid) bets is still pretty common today, and with video cameras, the aftermaths are easy to find on the internet. While shaving one's head for losing a bet is different than cutting a finger off, they both have to do with people making silly bets! Such as in this video - media type="youtube" key="BvQF-2fjNXA" height="315" width="420"

4. There are many movies and other stories where in a surprise ending, such as in "Man From the South," we find out that characters are not who you think they are. This is just the case in "Primal Fear", where we discover that one of the main characters had a personality split the whole time, changing the whole story, like the old man actually having tricked countless other people into doing the same bet without the other character's knowledge in "Man from the South." media type="youtube" key="ghPawAMTJVc" height="315" width="420"

=Character Tracker: Miguel Martinez= 1. Relaxed- The character who is talking at the very begininng must be a relaxed or laid back person. I say this because the person says that they were going to buy a beer and sit on a deck chair by the pool. 2. Persepctive- This character is a very persepctive person. An example to show that they are persepctive is that when they are sitting out on the pool deck, they are describing the setting with very great detail. 3. Brave- The little old man is a very brave person. The story shows this because when he makes the bet with the boy about how the lighter will not work on the cigar, he is willing to give away a really nice car, yet he shows no fear at all. 4. Bored- Bored represents the English girl who was with the sailor. I say this because throughout all that is happening, it says that all she really does is stare at the sailor witha blank face. 5.Caring- The lady who is caring for the little man is very caring. I say this because when she walks into the room she takes the little man and starts yelling at him because he has nothing to his name and he is still beting. She said that they went vactioning there so he could stop the betting. But it didn't work. So she tried everything she could possibly do to help.

=Costa's Levels of Inquiry:= Taylor's questions: 1. Where were the sailors from? 2. Infer why the woman had only two fingers? 3. Imagine you were the sailor, would you agree to the bet?

Scarlet's questions: 1. Was anybody else in the room when they were lighting the cigar? 2. Analyze why the woman had to buy a new car. 3.Judging by the sailors attitude, would he have gone through with the bet?

Alli's questions: 1. Where were the characters in this story vacationing? 2. Why do you think that the young girl as well as the main character agreed to come along with the old man and the American boy? 3. What was the old man's relationship with the woman that appeared near the end of the story? Why might she have been staying with him?

Miguel's Questions: 1. What color was the girl's swimsuit? 2. Compare how the the old man and the young sailor boy are alike. 3. What would you have done if you were the young sailor boy and you lost the bet?