Notes on the book loser

But zinkoff also raises his hand with all the wrong answers, trips over his own feet, and falls down with laughter over a word like jabip. These literature circle questions are keyed to blooms taxonomy. Frist off this book is a character study and i perfer books with plot. Loser summary and analysis like sparknotes free book notes. To ask other readers questions about loser, please sign up. People calling him a loser make it very hard for him to. Loser is an unusual book, because it does not just describe the life of a boy, but reads like a case history. Just like other kids, zinkoff rides his bike, hopes for snow days, and wants to be like his dad when he grows up. The loser community note includes chapterbychapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography.

Loser quotes showing 114 of 14 best friends are always together, always whispering and laughing and running, always at each others house, having dinner, sleeping. Who in the book do you think believes that zinkoff is a loser. Donald zinkoff has always been the nerd of the school. Whereas correction deals with a character representing the philosopher. Loser is unique for being written in the second person. Loser is a coming of age young adult novel first published in 2002 by american author jerry. Written almost twenty years after correction, the loser strikingly resembles the earlier novel in both form and content. Their old friend, andy schmeikl, invites them to a gang meeting where they meet the new leader, viktor chemmel, who steals not because he needs to, but because hewants to. Loser is a touching book about the human spirit, the importance of failure, and how any name can someday be replaced with hero. Donald zinkoff is going through 1st6th grade being called a loser in his life from his peers. Being absolutely right and being spectacularly wrong feel exactly the same. The loser community note includes chapterbychapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. This summary of loser includes a complete plot overview spoilers included. Jerry spinellis novel loser is about a young protagonist who works very hard at being a good person.

The novel follows the protagonist, donald zinkoff, through his early life. The themes of loser include education, societal indifference toward kindness, and the nobility of maintaining ones vision of life. The book starts with donald zinkoff in first grade, and. Loser by jerry spinelli meet your next favorite book. Were considering expanding this synopsis into a fulllength study guide to. And you eat lunch with him and talk with him and share secrets and laugh a lot and go places and do stuff, and when you wake up in the morning, hes the first person you think of. Chemmel says theres nothing wrong with wanting more after all, thats what the fuhrersays.