Chapter+1+-+Ernie's+Ark+(5)

Ernie is an older man that has worked at the mill for a long time. He was on the verge of retiring when the strike occurred and is very bitter about the situation. He seems to be a grumpy old man at this point because of the strike, his wife's illness, and young boys trampling his lawn with their bicycles. He has a lot on his plate right now and is looking for something to ease his mind at which point he decides to enter the art contest at the local college. His lack of a job has encouraged him to not sit back and be idle, but to make some use of all his free time and get his mind off the not so positive things in his life at the moment.
 * Ms. Tibbetts**

One thing I can really relate to from this chapter isn't directly tied to Ernie but is that the town of Abbott Falls in the book was nicknamed Cancer Valley, which is exactly what we have always called the towns of Rumford and Mexico in which I grew up in. Something directly related to Ernie that I can relate to is that we both had someone close to us with cancer. It seems like an inevitable thing when living in a town called Cancer Valley. Also it seems like Ernie lets little things bother him now that he is so upset about losing his job such as the young boys trampling his lawn, which is how I can be at times. If I have something big that is stressing me out I seem to get stressed out about every little thing as well.


 * Torey-  Ernie was a old man that worked at the mill for a several decades or so.Ernie worked t He was two weeks away from being retired and then the C.E.O. of the company fired him. The mill is being sold so all the workers have started a strike and refused to work till they decide they are not going to sell the mill. **

I relate to Ernie on how we both hate it when kids on dirtbikes tear up your lawn. Me and Ernie both have a loved one with cancer. My Aunt Lee Ann has breast cancer and his wife Marie has cancer. Ernie and I live in community near a mill. Ernie and I also are both very cute ;)


 * Cody:**
 * Ernie worked at the mill till the C.E.O. wanted to close the mill. So Ernie was late off and all the employees went on strike. Ernie’s not making any money to support his wife. So Ernie as built an ark to enter in an art competition to earn some money. Ernie didn’t think he won the competition because he never followed the guide lines. Ernie’s wife Marie has cancer and he is going to get her out of the hospital. Ernie doesn’t like the way the hospital is treating Marie. Ernie was to bring Marie home to see the ark.**
 * I can relate to Ernie in a way because: He has a wife named Marie that has cancer and I have an aunt named Mary who also has cancer. When I was like 6 i went to a party and I was entered in a pie eating competition and I got 4th place.**

Ernie is an elderly man who used to work at the mill. He was laid off before he could get retirement money, along with many other people. He feels that the world is turning into a cheaper-more unfair place. He is angry and frustrated with the things in his life; the stupid teenage boys who dirt-bike through his lawn, the fact that his wife is ill in the hospital, and the CEO that caused the strike at the mill. Everything around him seems to be changing for the worst, and he can't stop it.
 * Jackiellen**

I relate to Ernie because I can understand how he is feeling. He is discouraged and upset with his life and everyone around him. People he used to know have moved away and left him. The one person he cares most about is sick, and he can't do anything to make her better. All he can do is give her what she needs and be patient. He is angry because it seems like no one is listening to him and no one cares. Everything just feels unfair.

Ch 1. In chapter one there is a man named Ernie. Ernie is an angry man. He was working at the mill but it then went on strike so he is laid off. Ernie’s wife Marie is sick and in the hospital. He is making no money right now so he enters a contest to build an ark. Ernie builds this ark so that he can try and win it and get his mind of the life around him, with Marie being sick, dirt bikes riding on his lawn, and whatever else is going on.
 * Lauren**

I can relate to Ernie because when something makes me mad I just want to do something different and get my mind of it. He lets a lot of thing bother him just like I do.


 * Ashley C. - Ernie is a grown man, who has a wife named Marie who is battling cancer. Ernie had worked at the mill for 40 years now and is upset because it has been going on strike for 8 months, because the CEO, John McCoy, wants to sell the mill. Ernie had only held little hope to this tragedy. **

I relate to Ernie by, when something bad happens in my community or school. I like to get my mind off it or think of a way that I could somehow help it or make it end. Also I can relate to Ernie because, he has someone that he loves that is dealing with cancer, and it is very sad to see them go threw it.


 * Oscar**

Oscar DeRoche Ernie’s Ark Chapter 1 Analysis Assignment

The main character of chapter 1 is Ernie. He is a worker on strike at the mill and his wife has cancer. He is angry at hoodlums that ruin his yard every day, and has filed complaints, but nobody cares. His wife is dying in the hospital, and the only thing that keeps him company is a small yorkshire terrier. His wife loves art so he builds an Ark for an art contest of very large art.

I relate to the character in that we both have dogs, and both know victims of cancer. His wife is dying of cancer and my friend Devon died of cancer. We both have people riding dirt bikes by our houses loudly and destructively. The kids ride on his lawn and my neighbors do that too. My dog is bigger than his though.


 * Hannah**

**Ernie's Ark.**

There is an older man named Ernie, he has worked at the mill for quite a while. He was forced to go on strike because the way Maine had the decision. This was made because that the mill is getting sold and there will be new workers coming into that mill. Ernie has a wife and her name is Marie, she is battling cancer. Ernie sounds to be like a quite angry and upset man, from the strike, bikers riding through their yard and tearing it up, his wife's sickness. So what he is trying to do is get his mind off everything and build an ark, so he enters a competition.

I relate to Ernie because when something bad happens I would like to do something better and bigger to get my mind off something that I am mad at. Ernie sounds to be a really smart guy for thinking about building and ark. Who else would’ve thought of that? The only thing is that makes it really sound like me, would have to be he lets little things bother him, that sounds just like me. Like when something big happens and I get irritated I will find something else and then that will just bother me more!

The Main Character Ernie is out of his job at the paper mill because of a strike that is going on. His wife Marie is in the Hospital and has cancer, Ernie goes to visit her everyday. Ernie’s life is effected by the mill because right now he is out of a job and bill’s are stacking up. Ernie relates to the strike because he can’t go back to his job until it is over. Ernie found out that McCoy is threatening to sell the paper mill and now Ernie is worried that he won’t get his job back.
 * Daniel**

I relate to the character Ernie by the fact that we both have a dog. Ernie also relates to be by one of his relatives having cancer and in the hospital a lot, although he visits them everyday and I don’t. Another way I relate to Ernie is that he used to work at the paper mill, and my brother used to work at the saw mill. Also Ernie built the Ark and I built a sailboat with my brother, although not as big as an ark. And lastly Ernie built an installation for an art contest, I have also built a piece of art for an Art contest.

Ernie is pipe fitter in a paper mill. Ernie was angry man. Ernie love his wife, Marie. She has cancer. He is perseverance man. Because he made ark. At first he was frustrated. Because he can't work because of a strike and his wife is sick. But he was happy. Because he find ark. I thought everything will be okay like thought Ernie will be a rich man when he was young, though i can speak English well. But language was more important than I thought. Ernie was frustrated by the time go by. I lose my confidence because of language.(Because i can't express my thought, and can't conversation with friends.) But soccer makes me be confidence.(exactly company who play with soccer.) Like Ernie find the ark and it makes him happy. He get more comfortable life. I can know what is teamwork.
 * DaJeong**

I relate to this character because while my dad and I were building the garage we needed to get a building permit.We had go to town a by a building permit. Also while working in the woods we had to buy a harvest permit to cut on a house lot.A person who worked for the town came over to our house and made us get a permit to get fill when they were digging up the ditches on our road. I have been into a paper mill with my dad before job shadowing.
 * Jeremy-** In chapter one of Ernie's Ark Ernie is laid off from work. His wife has gotten cancer and is in the hospital. Ernie wants to build an Ark for the Corthell Competition. While He is building the Ark Mr. Little who works for code enforcements tells Ernie he needs a building permit. Ernie decides not to get a building permit.

This chapter is focused on a very angry character named Ernie. Ernie is an elderly man, who worked at the paper mill for a long time, just weeks away from his retirement. However, the 8 month strike at the mill held his pension hostage. This not only affects Ernie, but his wife Marie too, because they can't afford to pay for the medical bills she racks up due to her cancer treatments. Ernie decides to build an ark to enter in the Corthell art competition, hoping to win the cash prize.
 * Grace:**

I related to Ernie, because I also have loved ones who were close to me that had to be hospitalized due to cancer. About two years ago my Grandmother died from lung cancer, and just this year my Grandfather had to come home early from vacation so he could be treated for a type of blood cancer. This relates to Ernie because his wife, Marie, was also in the hospital because of cancer. I can relate to Ernie's feelings, depressed and worried about his wife. I also feel sympathetic towards not just Ernie, but his wife too, because I remember how horrible my Grandparents felt when they were in her position.

Ernie work at a paper mill running the number five machine. The C.E.O. wants to close the mill. The mill laid off all there works. Now Ernie doesn’t have a job and he doesn’t have any income coming in. The effects Ernie because his wife Marie has cancer and can’t support her as much as when he had a job. Ernie then enters an art competition, he builds an ark to enter into the art competition.
 * Colby**

I can relate to Ernie because I entered a drawing/coloring competition in 4th grade. This was to make a poster on stop smoking. I had to make sure I met all the requirements and try to add something “special” to make it stand out from the others.


 * Connor**

Ernie worked at a paper mill as a pipe fitter. Ernie was an angry man because he was three weeks away from retiring when the mill workers went on strike. Without his job, he has no money coming in. Ernie’s wife, Marie, has cancer, and they need to pay for treatments. They also, won’t have money for house bills. Ernie is stressed about the strike and that makes him more upset about the kids who ride their dirt bikes through Marie’s garden.

Just like Ernie, my dad lost his golf course job. My family was also thinking about expenses and whether or not we could pay for everything. My dad has cancer, just like Ernie’s wife. Ernie’s wife has a little dog that embarrasses him. I have a big dog. My dog is a black lab named Sully. I’m not embarrassed of my dog. We walk our dog at night just like Ernie walks Pumpkin Pie.

Ernie is an older man that’s wife is in the hospital because she has cancer. Ernie worked at the paper mill but recently he has been laid off. Ernie is having a hard time staying happy when his wife is in the hospital, he is having a hard time because the dirt biker’s from down the road keep tarring up his lawn and the town won’t do anything about it. One day Ernie found a new’s paper add for the Corthell Competition, that gave Ernie an I idea. He decided to make an ark in his backyard, but when Dan Little come’s to his house to tell him he need’s a builder’s permit to be building something like that Dan say’s either you get the permit or you have to start taking it down. The way I relate to Ernie is by his wife. My grandmother was in the hospital for a very long time. My whole family wanted to just go down to Boston and bring her home. I can also relate to the book by my grandfather being laid off for a couple months at the rumford mill. That is how I relate to Ernie.
 * Bryce Ernie’s Ark **


 * Trevor**

Ernie an older man who lives in a fair neighborhood in new york city. He was an angry man. There were many reasons he was angry, some were the melon faced man who was the CEO of a new york city who forced a strike on the paper mill. Ernie has a wife with cancer and he thinks she is going to die. and Mr White, who bugged him about a builders permit and wont let him enter the contest to build an ark. While Ernie’s wife was in the hospital, three boys go into his yard and tear up the garden with dirt bikes, this makes ernie very angry.

I relate to ernie in a couple different ways, some are that i am stubborn just like he was with Mr White. also he has a tiny dog and i have 3. also ernie i entering a contest and i love to have a little competition.

Ernie is a hardworking, down to earth man. He's worked at the mill all his life just to get laid of three weeks before his pension. His wife is in the hospital with cancer. She creating lots of bills that he can't pay. He's also working on a ark to win a art competition. Ernie cares about the people he loves and would do anything for them. I would do the same for my family and friends. We both enjoy being outside wirking or otherwise we also have many different skills. That is how we are alike.
 * Aighdan**


 * Ashley W.**
 * Chapter One Analysis.**
 * Ernie is having a hard time. The mill is going to be sold and new workers will be hired. While all of this is going on, he also has decided to join the Corthell Competition. It was extremely hard for Ernie to build the ark when Mr.Little wanted him to either get a building permit or take it down. His wife; Marie is also sick at the time.**


 * I can relate to the way Ernie is feeling. Ernie is frustrated because he is trying to do something big while so many other things are going on at the same time. I get distracted when I need to get something done and other things are bothering me. Ernie’s trying to build the ark while his wife is sick.**