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Monday, January 14, 2013

Breathing Underwater

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Book One: Breathing Underwater
Book Two: Diva

95 comments:

  1. Nhjiylah F.
    Mrs. Wilkens 6th hour
    I think Nick really cares about his girlfriend but his anger and his need for control gets in the way, making him hurt her and eventually losing her. He tried to get her back but saying his sorry and giving her gifts but really he didn't really think what he did was wrong.

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  2. Nhjiylah F.
    Mrs. Wilkens 6th hour
    I also think if he really did care and loved his girlfriend so much he wouldn't have even not her in the first place. I mean when you really love somebody you wouldn't hurt them or want anybody else to hurt them. You should want to protect them not cause them harm.

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  3. Nhjiylah F.
    Mrs. Wilkens 6th hour
    What I liked about this book is that it gives specific details of one person and its very emotional. The book had a surprising twist here and there. It kept me wanting to read it , wasn't boring. And it was a book that many people that was put in these type of situations could of related to it.

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  4. Nhjiylah F.
    Mrs.Wilkens 6th hour
    What I disliked about this book was that the ending was bad. The ending really wasn't relevant to the book. Most books endings tell you something that sums up the book. But the book ending really could of be left out the book. I think if the ending was changed the book would of been better.

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  5. Nhjiylah F.
    Mrs. Wilkens 6th hr
    My favorite part is when Nick was in his anger management class at the end of the book and he finally realized why his was wrong for hitting his girlfriend. And that wasn't the way to handle the situation. He also learned that hitting his girlfriend and being in control didn't make him a man.

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  6. Nhjiylah F.
    Mrs.Wilkens 6th hour
    My least favorite part was in the beginning of the book when he was in court for hitting his girlfriend and he pretending that he didn't. It really made me mad cause he should feel sorry for what he did but instead he was blaming her for it.

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  7. Nhjiylah F.
    Mrs.Wilkens 6th hour
    I would recommend people to read this book because its very entertaining even though its not really an action book it keeps you wanting to read it. Its also a very emotional book. It really focuses on the main character feelings. I would recommend this to people that got abused or been the abuser. Really anybody in a relationship can relate to this book. Somebody can read this book if they just like reading books about relationship but doesn’t have one. But what I really like about the book that it was good and short. Some people don’t like reading books because books are long but when you read Breathing Underwater you breeze right through it.

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  8. Christiana g
    Scheller 1
    The setting at the beginning of the book was when nick was with a group of people discussing his feelings towards hitting his girlfriend and he was with others that also hit there girlfriends he didn’t really admit to hitting her he didn’t want to seem that way because he regretted it which caused her to ignore him and get a restraining order and him to loose friends over it and everyone was taking caitlins side and being nice to her and he felt really bad about everything going on and wished he didn’t do what he did.

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  9. Megha P.
    Scheller 1st

    The setting at the beginning of the book was when Nick went to a place where people talk about their feelings. The effect on this setting is that Nick doesn’t want to be there with these people. This place is where people can talk about why they are the people they are. The character thought about this is why he is there because he didn’t nothing wrong. Well beside of him hitting his girlfriend because they got into a argument. Nicks choices for what happen was that he felt bad about what he did to her.

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  10. Barrah a.
    Ms.scheller
    1st hour
    Theres this guy named nick. he has a girlfriend. He is a sophomore.he is 15 years old. this story is a thing we might see in our lifes . yes he did a bad thing and he dosent have the right to do that .if I was his girl friend I might did the same thing and not forgive him. He fells bad for what he did and he tried to say sorry but she didn’t accept it. He lost all his friend for what he did .he is trying to get her back cause he misses her.

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  11. olivia f.
    mrs.scheller
    3
    The setting of the book breathing under water is nicks (main characters) home,school, and help group. The settings effect the story by showing the problem in his day to day life that made nick make the choices that he has. Nicks home life is rough where he is abused which effected his relationships with catilen witch caused him to end up in a help group for people with the same problem as nick witch has effected his school life.

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  12. kristin p.
    scheller 3
    at one part in the story the setting is at his house before he goes to school and his dad gets mad and hits him so hard he has a mark on his face. I think this would affect his actions and behavior because if his dad hits him that would make him more likely to hit someone like when he got in that fight at the party and started being mean to his girlfriend and calling her names. his enviornment is the reason he has anger issues and if i lived in his environment and my mom was dead and my dad hit me i would probably have a lot of anger issues too.

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    1. Christiana g
      Scheller hour 1
      kristin p, I agree with your statement because normally if someone acts badly around you then you would act the same way just because that’s what you’re around so if he hit Caitlin his dad shouldn’t even be mad about it.

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  13. Natalie s.
    Mrs.schellar 4

    The setting is a very important part because for every setting nick acts differently. in the courtroom he acted very shy and innocent , at counseling he acts very innocent like he didn’t do anything wrong and that he is better than everyone else. And when he is at school he is depressed and always dosses out.if I had to adapt to the life style he has I would break. i wouldn’t know what to do with myself I would be a mess.im a person who likes being around people I like talking and interacting and if everyone turned on me I couldn’t function

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    1. Barrah a.
      Schiller 1st hour
      I agree with you he thinks that he is better than everyone and that he is everything. At school he dosent like to talk and he lost all his friends. I cant be like that I have to talk to people at school .

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    2. Emily B.
      Sheller 4th Hour
      I totally agree, especially about in the counseling class. Nick need to open up about what he did, it could really benefit him they could help him get better. When he’s at school he does act all sad and depressed, but if I was in his spot so would I. He lost all his friends and the one he loved the most. Not to mention his father hitting him? How could he act so tough about it? I would have probably left gone to someone else’s house.

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  14. Biehle E.
    Sheller 4
    The setting has a big impact on the characters because one of the settings was the court house, if there was no court house the story wouldn’t make sense. The court house is one of the most important setting because the court house is where you first learn what the problem is between Caitlyn and Nick. One of the other important settings is in his room where he writes in his journal. This setting is sometime really hard for nick, having to write about his love with Caitlyn, especially since he’s lost her. He will write about topics that are sensitive to him and doesn’t want anyone else to read.
    If I were put into Nicks shoes I would probably be super emotional and upset. He lost someone that he loved and is super strong about it. I wouldn’t be as strong as nick is. Plus going to court is scary he handled it like a tough guy I would be freaking out at the court house.

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  15. Isabella Schneider
    Sheller 7th hour
    The main setting in the book Breathing Underwater takes place at school or the court room. The school is a very stressful place for the main character, Nick, because her runs into old friends and sees people he used to be close with. Also, the court room is a big part of setting, because that is where you learn about the problem between Nick and Caitlyn. Caitlyn is very cautious to not run into Nick at school. Nicks friends are now best friends with Caitlyn and take her side for any altercation. The setting affects the book because it gives you the main idea of the story and shows how the story interacts with the characters feelings.

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  16. Barrah a.
    Scheller 1st hour
    I think that nick did a wrong thing when he hit his girlfriend .i think he hit her cause he was really mad at her and that they were arguing and he got pissed off and hit her. He wasn’t supposed to hit her cause she isn’t a little girl and he needs to respect her if he wants her to be his girlfriend. He needs to take care of her instead of hitting her u might not know what could of happened to her maybe she would of hit her head in something and started to bleed then they are going to blame him.

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    1. To Barrah
      I really like your thoughts Barrah they are REALLY good. Like I see where your going at about your day 2 blog. About how Nick hit his girlfriend when he wasn’t really trying to so that. Yeah he does need respect if he ever wanted to not lose her.

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  17. Christiana G.
    Scheller
    Hour 1

    The characters actions I am disagreeing with are Tom’s actions. I disagree with his actions because he was best friends with Nick and then sense nick had hit his girlfriend which was wrong, Tom had totally left Nick alone when they were very close and he took Caitlin’s side for the situation because she felt hurt. Tom had his arm around Caitlin and was saying that he wouldn’t let Nick hurt her again which I thought that shouldn’t have happened because Tom should of trusted Nick not to do that if they were close.

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    1. To Christiana
      I liked your reply and how you were going with about nick and stuff. I agree how Tom wasn’t with Nicks side through the way. Tom just left him all alone, by himself in the world with no one. Tom should always have Nicks back if they were truly friends.

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    2. I agree with you I also think if Tom was truly friends with Nick he would help him and try to make him a better person. He shouldn't just shut him out for his mistakes he should forgive him for it and try to help him. I also think everyone should stop being rude to nick because he is going to couseling and writing in his journal which proves he is trying to get better so i think they should at least respect him for that.

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  18. Megha P.
    Scheller 1st hour

    My character I’m going to talk about is Nick. The action he did was hit his girlfriend. I disagree with this action because it was wrong of him to do that. Nick lost some of his best friends from this that happened. Nick thinks that it was wrong from him to do that. Nick also felt bad about hitting his girlfriend by accident. There was everything wrong with it because he lost people that he knew since kindergarten. He needs to have resect if he wants her back but sadly he can’t have her back.

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    1. Barrah a.
      Scheller 1st hour
      Megha I agree with you, nick did a wrong thing when he hit his girlfriend.he shouldn’t of done that he lost his friend because of that . I know that he loves her but he wouldn’t hit her if he really loved her so If I was her I wouldn’t get back with him.

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    2. olivia f.
      1st hour miss.scheller
      I agree with what meagan said because nicks actions did cause him to lose most all of his friends. Even though he hit her and feels bad and wants her back i think she realized that shes better off without him and doesn't want him back.

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    3. Isabella S.
      Scheller
      Hour 7
      I agree with Megha P. Nicks actions were not okay. There should never be enough reasons for you to hit a girl, let alone your girlfriend. I think its good Nick is getting counseling, even though he doesn’t like it. Hopefully, Nick will learn his lesson.

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    4. Delanie B.
      Scheller 7th

      I agree with Megha that he made a big mistake by hitting her and that it is his fault he is losing friends. I also agree with the fact that he most likely won’t get Caitlin back because of the way that he treated her.

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  19. Christiana G
    Scheller hour one
    Natalie s, I agree with your statement because hes being like 3 people at one time thinking he didn’t do anything wrong and then being sad about it when he needs to think about the same thing the other people see so he can maybe he could fix his anger.

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  20. Kristin P
    Scheller 1st hour
    I disagree with the way Nick is acting towards Caitlyn. He is always really rude to her when he calls her names like fat, stupid etc. And I also disagree with Caitlyn for not sticking up for herself when he is rude to her like when he calls her names or when he through her necklass out the window or saying she cant hangout with her friends.

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    1. OLIVIA F.
      1st hour miss.scheller
      i agree with kristin because the way nick treats caitlyn is wrong. He is way to controlling of what she does and tells her he doesn't like her best friend witch i think is to controlling.

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    2. christiana g
      scheller hour 1
      i agree with kristin because if nick really wanted his girlfriend he should of been nicer to her and should have been a better boyfriend cause with the way he was acting he should have known he was going to loose her.

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  21. Olivia f.
    1st hour Miss.scheller
    One character that I do not agree with would be nick because he abused his girlfriend. He learned this from his father because when his dad would get mad he would hit nick so when nick would get mad at his girlfriend he would hit her and call her names that would upset her. I think that nick should treat his girlfriend better even when he gets mad at her.

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    1. kristin p
      1st hour mrs scheller.
      i agree with olivia because if you get mad at someone you shouldnt call them names or hit them, you should actually try to talk it out with them and try to make things better with the relationship.

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    2. Delanie B.
      Scheller 7th hour

      I agree with Olivia F. because I also think that the reason Nick thought it would be okay to hit Caitlin is because of his dad. I also agree that when he gets mad at her he should figure out a way to get his anger out or he could just talk to her and explain why he was mad.

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    3. Isabella S.
      Scheller 7th hour
      I also agree with Kristin P. Nick had no reason to hit Caitlin. He thought it was okay to hit and say rude names, only because he was upset. Nick needs to learn to control his anger and portray his feelings in a different way. Nick couldn’t even give an explanation for hitting Caitlin besides saying he was mad.

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    4. Barrah a.
      Sheller 1st hour
      I agree with Olivia f. nick shouldn’t hit his girlfriend and that all the things that hs doing is cause when his dad gets mad he hits nick so nick thinks if he gets mad to hit his girlfriend would be good but that’s not good .

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  22. Emily B.
    Sheller 4th Hour
    To anyone reading this: Do you think the counseling class Nick is in is good for him? I believe that it’s going to benefit him in the future maybe even win Caitlyn back. Hopefully if he wins her back he’ll treat her nicely and how she should be treated.

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    1. Delanie B.
      Scheller 7th hour

      Emily B., I do think that counseling will be good for Nick because it could teach him a better way to take out his anger. He is also around all those other people who could’ve done a lot worse so I think that he doesn’t want to turn out like them, he also doesn’t want to have to go back to that class so I do think it will help.

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    2. christiana g
      scheller hour 1
      counseling class is a good idea for nick because he obviously needs help with his anger because if you are name calling and hitting your girlfriend you are doing it wrong. he needs to learn how to treat people correctly.

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  23. Emily B.
    Sheller 4th Hour
    Nick has some serious anger issues. For one he hit Caitlyn, He calls her horrible names when he gets the slightest upset with her, and he acts out in many situations. When Nick gets angry he likes to take it out on someone or in bad behavior. I think Nick is acting this way because of his father. Nicks father has hit him in the past and which could be a cause of why when he gets angry takes it out on people. Nick also lost his “true love” but sometimes he doesn’t show that he wants her back, occasionally he’ll call her the worst names, or treat her poorly. I think Nicks counseling class is good for him. Nick might not think it will benefit him but I think eventually it will end up paying off soon. Nick also needs to learn how to control his anger hopefully he’ll learn that in his class.

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    1. Isabella S.
      Scheller 7th hour
      I agree with Emily B. Nick has serious issues. He needs to learn to control his anger and learn to overcome his sad feelings. Nick needs to move on from the past and become a better person. I think it was wrong of Nick to hurt Caitlin for the reasons he did.

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    2. Megha p
      Schiller
      1st hour
      I agree with Emily B. That’s because Nick does has some types of anger issues. By hitting his girlfriend which that was wrong for him. And he wants to get her back but that not working for him.

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  24. Delanie B.
    Scheller 7th hour

    I disagree with the actions of Nick because he hit Caitlin and he always calls her rude names and he is controlling over her and makes her do whatever he says. He told her that he wanted her to stop being friends with her best friend, Elsa, because he didn’t like her and didn’t want her going to lunch with them. He also made Caitlin take off a necklace that she was wearing because he said it didn’t look like her and that he didn’t like it. I think the character is acting that way because his dad always hit him so I think he learned from that. I don’t think that he should’ve hit her in the first place and he should’ve found another way to take out his anger or not to overreact in the first place.

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    1. Barrah a.
      Scheller 1st
      I agree with delanie b. I disagree with nicks action that he hit his girlfriend and call her rude names and he is controlling her and making her do whatever he says . he should respect a girl and not call her names and treat her in a bad way.

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  25. Isabella S.
    Scheller
    Hour 7
    I disagree with Toms actions. Tom was Nick’s best friend, before Nick had to attend court. Nick was in trouble for abuse, and Tom did not agree with his actions. Now that Nick is no longer friends with Tom, Tom became friends with Caitlin. This hurt Nick, because Caitlin was Nick’s old girlfriend before they had problems. Even though Nick hit his girlfriend, Tom left him and took Caitlin’s side. Tom didn’t even hear the whole story before leaving Nick. I think it’s wrong to hit your girlfriend, but if Nick and Tom were true friends, I don’t think Tom should’ve taken Caitlin’s side.

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  26. Isabella S.
    Scheller
    Hour 7
    I agree with Emily B. I think counseling is good for Nick. It gives him a chance to talk about what he feels with other people. Even though Nick doesn’t seem to like it, I think it will be beneficial for him in the end.

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  27. Isabella S.
    Scheller 7th hour
    The most important conflict in the book “breathing underwater” is the physical dispute between Nick and Caitlin. Nick has anger issues and had a physical dispute with Caitlin, his ex-girlfriend. Nick overreacted and hit his girlfriend, then suffered consequences. This impacted me in a scary way. I think it’s scary and not right to hit anyone, let alone a girl. I don’t think that he should’ve hit her in the first place. This is the main theme of this whole book. It lays out the theme and how he hopefully will overcome his anger issues.

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    1. Delanie B.
      Scheller 7th

      I agree with Isabella, I think that Nick overreacted and he shouldn’t have hit Caitlin and that it was wrong to hit her. I also agree that him hitting her lays out the plot and is basically the main idea of the entire book.

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  28. Delanie Delanie B.
    Scheller 7th

    The most important conflict in the book is that Nick hit his girlfriend, Caitlin. He hit his girlfriend because he got mad at her and he overreacted. It is important to the plot because it is basically what the whole book is about. I don’t think that it is right to hit a girl and I would’ve been really mad at him and I would’ve never talked to him again. I also think that Caitlin did the right thing by getting a restraining order and I think Nick should follow it so he doesn’t get in more trouble.

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    1. Megha p
      Scheller
      1st hour

      I agree with Delanie because it was the main important thing in the whole book so far. I think the same because hitting your girlfriend isn’t right. If you truly love someone don’t hit them and get a restraining order on you.

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    2. Emily b.
      Sheller 4th
      I agree, Nick did over react, but some of this could have came from a bad example from his father. Nicks father did hit his mom, which can set bad examples and behaviors. I also agree on the fact that there would be no story if nick didn’t hit Caitlyn.

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  29. The main conflict of the book breathing underwater is that Caitlyn got a restraining order against Nick because while the two were in a relationship, Nick hit Caitlyn so she got a restraining order against Nick because now she is afraid of him. The conflict is important to the plot because if the conflict wasn’t there, there would be nothing to the book. The conflict is basically the whole story and without it, the book would be nothing. Whenever I found out the reason for the restraining order I was kind of shocked. Nick claims to be so in love with Caitlyn and never wants to be apart from her. But if he really was, why would he hit her. Why would you hit someone you claim to be in love with.

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  30. Christiana G.
    Scheller hour 1
    The main conflict of the story is when Nick hit his ex girlfriend, Caitlin. That is important because it makes the story how it is and if he didn’t hit her the book would be boring and would not really talk about anything because when he hit her it caused a restraining order and for him to lose close friends and have more problems with other people even though they were not involved. Also for him to not have any contact with her whenever he wants her back.

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    1. Megha
      Scheller
      1st hour
      To Christiana
      I agree with you conflict it was the same as mines. I also agree that it was wrong of Nick to hit her. If he truly loved her and stuff. Yeah he lost all of his friends that he was friends with. Nick can’t get her back because he got the restraining order put on him.

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  31. Megha P
    Scheller
    1st hour

    The main conflict in the book breathing underwater is Nick hitting his girlfriend and Caitlyn getting a restraining order on him. I know it was wrong of Nick to hit her. Nick got mad and he lost control of what happened. If nick really loved her he wouldn’t have hit her. He overreacted and lost control and he lost her and his friends. Nick also wants her back but he can’t get her back sadly. Nick and his conflict with Caitlyn are the main problem in this book. He also claimed to be in loved with her and never lose her.

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    1. Olivia F
      sheller 3
      I agree that the conflict in breathing under water if the fact that catlien got a restring order on nick because he was abusive. This is the conflict because with out if I don't think nick would have lost all his friends and gotten help with the consoler.

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  32. Barrah a
    Scheller 1st

    The main conflict in the book breathing under water is that nick hit his girlfriend. He got mad so he hit her. Its important cause its mainly the whole book. I think it was a bad idea to hit her .caitlin did the right thing by getting a restraining order .i think if nick really loved his girlfriend he wouldn’t of hit her from the first place not even if she did a really bad thing cause he has no right to hit her .i think he has anger problems and cant help it and had to do it.

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    1. OLIVIA f.
      ScHELLER
      I totally agree with barrah that the conflict in breathing under water if that nick hit catilen and now has a restring order over nick and I agree that he should have never hit her and now im glad he is getting help and I hope his dad gets in trouble for hitting nick.

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  33. Olivia F.
    scheller 3
    The conflict of breathing under water is the the main character nick hit his girlfriend when he got angry at her and treated her wrong. I think that catilen did not deserve to get hit. I think that nick needs to open up more in consoling to try and help him more because most his problem is because of his life and home with his dad. This is the most important conflict because if nick didn't hit her he would not have a restating order and he would not have lost all his friends but also if he didn't hit her he wouldn't be getting the help he needs but I believe he could have gotten help in a better way without all the trouble.

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    1. Emily b.
      Sheller 4th
      I agree with you but I also think that if nick didn’t hit Caitlyn there would be no story, or at least an interesting one. I also agree with the fact that if he didn’t hit her he wouldn’t get eh help he needs, he has a lot of anger issues, but the main reason for them is his father. I think that him hitting Caitlyn would have never happened if his father stepped up and showed him how to treat people, instead of hitting.

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    2. Natalie Seay
      Schellar

      I agree with you reasoning for why it all happened because it is what made the book the book

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  34. Natalie Seay
    Schellaer

    Nicks behavior is horrible. He tells Caitlyn that he loves her and that she is all he ever wanted. Then he goes and tells her is she is a gross human being and that she should hate herself then he hits her. He is acting this way because he doesn’t want her on “display” so he tells her these things so she won’t do things without his approval .I think it is horrible because nobody should ever put you down especially if this person claims they love you. He should just tell her he doesn’t want other people to take her and he’s worried about them stealing her.

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    1. Barrah a.
      Scheller
      1st hour
      I agree with you nicks behavior was horrible .he shouldn’t of lied to her and told her that he loves her and she everthing that he ever wanted he should of told her that he dosent anyone else to Take her from him.

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  35. Emily b.
    Sheller 4th
    The biggest conflict is the restraining order between Caitlyn and Nick. Caitlyn and Nick have a restraining order, because Nick hit her in the face one time while driving. Nick wants Caitlyn to drop the restraining order and get his “true love back”. I think what makes this the biggest conflict Is the fact that Nick hit Caitlyn. If he didn’t hit her and treated her nicely and respected her he wouldn’t be in this situation. When Nick hit Caitlyn out of anger I was shocked, I didn’t think he would have done it in that time, especially driving putting both their lives in danger. If Nick never hit her there would be no story to tell, there would be not drama to pull you in.

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    1. Natalie S
      scheller


      I agree because the entire book he is trying to get back caitlyn without getting caught and beaten up.

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    2. Christiana G
      scheller
      I agree because that's basically what the whole book is about. One mistake just kind of changed his life and without it happening it would just be a boring love story

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    3. I agree, you worded this very well. The whole story he talks about how he loves and misses her. He would chance getting in trouble just to talk to her; he learned her new schedule just to "accidentally" bump into her.

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  36. Christiana G
    1st hour scheller



    I believe the theme of this book is that abusive behavior is both physical and mental and hitting people, even once no matter what the reason, is wrong. I think this because the main idea of the book is that he hit his girlfriend and that you are not supposed to do that and hitting her not only affected her but it effected his self-causing his friends to turn on him and he was basically alone and even his dad was mad at him for this. He definitely shouldn’t have done it.

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    1. I agree in a way but i think it's also about someone facing facts and problems and getting help. It shows how people may think they don't have an problem when they really do.

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  37. Barrah a.
    Scheller
    1st hour
    The theme is abuse .nicks father is abusive ,and nick became abusive .for example a quote that shows it is “god, I just had to get her off me .get her off me ,get her off me!’ readers see this in the novel when nick hits caitilin in the car. Another theme in the book is being a man . the message is self-awarenees is good because you realize the wrong u done . Readers see this in the novel when nick sees that hes the one to blame not his girlfriend for the destruction of the relationship., the example is ‘ten minutes later ,in my room god, was I like that with caitilin ?

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    1. Megha p
      Scheller
      1st hour
      I agree with you barrah a. I see where you’re going at with the theme of the book breathing underwater. How nick is abusive to his ‘girlfriend’.

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  38. Megha P
    Scheller
    1st hour


    The theme of the book breathing under water is never hit your girlfriend. That’s because it can come back and hunt you forever. And you would also regret it for the rest of your life. One example is how Nick hit Caitlin by accident. Also it shows how nick cares about his girlfriend and desires the thing he says and does to her. Either was Nick try’s so hard to get her back it not working. That’s because she put a restraining order on him.

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    1. Barrah a.
      1st hour
      Scheller
      I agree wth u megha p I agree with you he should never hit his girlfriend he dosent care about her if he did he wouldn’t of hit her from the first place

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    2. christiana g
      scheller
      I agree with your comment but I don't agree that it was an accident he just is saying that to cover it up if he really did love her than he would show her respect. But I agree with the fact that he regrets it because he does want her back and hes losing people close to him and hes getting help for his anger problem.

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    3. olivia f
      Mrs.scheller
      english
      may 10th
      I agree with megha p that the theme is you shouldn't hit your girlfriend because that is part of the theme but i agree with christana that it was not an accident and nick did it out of rage a anger.

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    4. natalies

      i agree u should never hit your girlfriend but is that the theme of the book.that was just something to teach the lesson

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  39. Julie C.
    Mrs. Scheller
    English 1
    May 10th, 2016
    Theme

    The message of “Breathing Underwater” is that everyone makes bad choices but sometimes it’s the effect of how they’re treated in their home life. If they grow up getting beat by their loved one; they may do it to their future love, because they think that’s how love is supposed to be and they have anger built up. It doesn't make it ok, but if you do something bad you need to own up to it and get help so it doesn't happen again and some people think they don't need help until they actually get a bunch of it and compare themselves to the stuff the leader is saying.

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    1. olivia f
      Mrs.scheller
      english
      may 10th
      I agree with you julie the theme is that everyone makes bad choices and it could be because of their home life like nick. He did hit his girlfriend because what he learned from his dad but he went and got help and stood up to his dad now i think things will change for him.

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    2. kristin p

      i agree with you julie everyone makes bad decisions and nick made a few but that does mean he cant change the way he acts

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    3. Delanie B.
      Scheller 7th hour

      I think that if Nick really wanted to he didn’t have to turn out like his dad and abuse someone else like he was. I agree with the fact that everybody makes bad decisions but Nick did it repeatedly and sometimes he did it on purpose to stop Caitlin from doing something that he didn’t want her to do.

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  40. olivia f
    Mrs.scheller
    english
    may 10th
    The main message of "breathing under water" is that people sometimes make bad choices but that doesn't mean their a bad person and that they can not change. Nick made a bad choice to hit his girlfriend and no one would talk to him or even be his friend but he went and got help and changed for the better of himself and just because he made the decision to hit his girlfriend and it was a bad choice it didn't mean he was a bad person and couldn't change.

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    1. kristin p

      i agree with you julie everyone makes bad decisions and nick made a few but that does mean he cant change the way he acts

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    2. kristin p

      i agree with you olivia f nick wants to change because he goes to his classes and tries to talk to her and get her back and he writes in his journal a lot more than hes supposed too. i think he didnt mean to act that way but only did because he was raised into that bahvior

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  41. kristin p
    mrs. scheller
    1st hour

    I think the theme of this book is about physical abuse and mental abuse because of when nick calls his girlfriend mean names and says stuff to her like "you shouldnt take your shirt off to go swimming because youve been eating a lot lately and its starting to show" or "i dont want you to be in the talent show because your singing sucks and youre going to embarrass the both of us" or like the time when he hit her just for taking over the wheel when he was driving recklessly. i also think nicks dad has a part to play in the theme because his abusive behavior when he hits nick rubs off on him so it causes nick to act abusivly towards caitlin.

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    1. Emily B.
      Sheller 4th
      I agree with you, I also think that its about self respect and respect for others. He did do horrible things and abused others mentally and physically. But u think at the end of it all he learned from his mistakes for sure.

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    2. Isabella S.
      Scheller/7th
      I also agree with the theme of Kristin P. Nick had mental and physical anger issues. Nick had anger issues for a reason. It was good for him to go to therapy to describe his feelings towards others. His dad played a role in his anger issues, and also his past.

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  42. Emily B.
    Scheller 4th
    The theme is self-respect and respect for others. Nick learns at the end of the book how to respect him self and how to respect others. He had a problem respecting other people especially Caitlyn. He calls her fat and ugly, and that she cant sing. Not to mention he hit her because he got upset. He took classes to help him and they really payed off. When his father got up self at nick for something he didn’t do he stands up for himself. There for he not only respects him self and others around him others including his father starts to respect him.

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    1. i agree because he was hurting caitlyn because he didnt know what to do with his anger so he hit her

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  43. Emily B.
    Sheller 4th
    Is anyone else going to read the other book “Diva”? Its in Caitlyn’s point of view or the new school. Do you think she will find someone else? Or could she still have feeling for nick?

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  44. Natalie S.
    4th hour
    Schellar

    The theme of breathing underwater is that you have to love and respect , yourself before you do the same for somebody else. Nick didn’t know respect and he hit his girlfriend because she wanted to do something for herself. He also let his dad abuse and hurt him until the end where he stood up to his dad and his dad stopped and tried to become sober. after he gained respect for himself he started getting his life together and became a better person

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    1. Delanie B.
      Scheller 7th hour

      I agree with the fact that Nick is abusive towards Caitlin because that is the way his dad treats him. I think that Nick did a good job by standing up to his dad because his dad will treat him better and most likely he wouldn’t treat Caitlin or anybody else like that anymore.

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  45. Isabella S.
    Scheller/7th
    The theme of breathing underwater is treating others how you want to be treated. Nick treated his ex-girlfriend, Caitlyn, very poorly. Caitlyn proved her point when she filed a report of the abuse she was in. It is not right to hurt someone just because you were upset or angry. Nick had serious anger issues, and I’m glad he went to therapy to help him control them. Caitlyn never hurt Nick, only nick hurt her. The main idea of this nook is to treat others the way you would want to be treated. This theme is present throughout the whole entire book.

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  46. Isabella S.
    Scheller/7th
    I agree with Emily B. theme. You must respect yourself, in order to respect others. Nick had anger issues, which lead him to being angry at others. Caitlyn did not do anything to nick, for him to hurt her. Eventually Nick went to therapy to get help.

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  47. Delanie B.
    Scheller 7th hour

    I think that the theme of this book is to always treat people with respect and to treat people the way that you want to be treated. I know that Nick doesn’t want to be treated that way by his dad because he confronts him at the end of the book for hitting him but he shouldn’t be treating Caitlin that way either. I think that theme is important in this book because Nick’s dad hits him and doesn’t treat him with respect so Nick goes and hits Caitlin and he doesn’t treat her with respect. Most likely, if Nick’s dad wasn’t abusive towards him then Nick wouldn’t be that way towards Caitlin.

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