Question

Mullet fingers and Roy have very different approaches to save the owls. Whose approach do you think ultimately produces the most results? Explain.

Answer 1

Roy and Mullet Fingers are alike in many ways. The boys are about the same age and size; Roy's shoes fit Mullet Fingers. They both appreciate nature. Both boys are clever, coming up with ingenious ways of reaching their goals. Mullet Fingers puts alligators in the portable latrines and uses snakes with taped-shut mouths to scare away the guard dogs. Roy creates an elaborate ruse to ensnare Dana Matherson in his own misdeeds. Neither boy, Roy or Mullet Fingers, gives up easily. Roy doesn't give in to Dana, and he persists in tracking down the running boy and in trying to save the owls. Mullet Fingers works persistently to pester Mother Paula's company with increasingly severe pranks. Both Roy and Mullet Fingers seem to have a high pain tolerance. Roy invites Dana to hit him, and the bully strikes him on the head three times while on the bus. He also endures some serious brawling in the janitor's closet. Mullet Fingers, despite his infected and wounded arm, runs to the construction site, arriving there before Beatrice and Roy on the bike. He also escapes from the hospital emergency room despite his fever and injury. Neither boy is a "bad kid"; they both stay primarily within the law and avoid causing physical harm to people while they try to interfere with the constant

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Answer 2

Answer: Roy and Mullet Fingers are the same in their environmental activism in that they both have the same specific end goal. Both boys want to see that the owls are saved, and both boys are willing to stand in the face of strong opposition. Both boys also have the same solution to saving the owls. Their solution is to stop the construction project from happening rather than finding a new building site or moving the owls. The difference is in how they go about trying to stop the construction project in order to save the owls. Mullet Fingers's approach is to sabotage the actual construction project through various forms of vandalism. He takes huge risks doing this because he is breaking the law in order to fight the building of Mother Paula's Pancake House.

On the other hand, Roy is not so willing to break the law in order to fight against the construction to save the owls. Roy's activism is done through legal channels, and he spends a lot of time digging through public records. Roy hits a major breakthrough when he discovers that the environmental impact study report is missing. Roy then takes additional action by giving the information to a reporter, and that allows the media to elevate the story to a level that Roy and Mullet Fingers are not able to achieve by themselves.

Explanation: Not my answer. JONATHAN BEUTLICH'S ANSWER