Do you think that the boy who fell from the “Flatiron” building was influenced by Peak? Is this accident Peak’s fault? Why do you think so? Use your background knowledge and facts from the book to support your answer.
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I would say that it was both Peak and the boy’s fault that the accident happened. Yes, it is true that Peak did not personally encourage the boy to climb, but he unknowingly put the idea into the boy’s head and the boy chose to follow Peak’s lead and climb the building. The boy probably would never had climbed if Peak did not, which, I believe, makes the biggest difference.
Yes, he was influenced by Peak but, I think it isn’t Peaks’ fault because he didn’t tell the boy to go climb the building and he didn’t even know the boy who did.
i agree with smandy. The boy was influenced by Peak but Peak didn’t tell him to go jump off a building. Technically it’s manslaughter because Peak caused the boy’s death.
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Personally, I do think the boy was influenced by Peak, but I do not agree that it was Peak’s fault at all. If you think about it, Peak had no idea that someone was going to scale a building because of him. So if it was Peak’s fault, we might as well not go and do anything risky or daring because sombody could do the same as us, and end up dead.
PEAK IS INNOCENT!
I actually feel bad for Peak in this situation. Peak loves to climb and its not his fault that some reporter put his climbing stories into a newspaper or a magazine and inspired some kid to go climb a building. He was just doing his hobby. Anything could have happend to that boy, he could have became a successful climber or it could have gone wrong like it did. Peak probably did inspire him but just because that kid fell doesn’t mean that Peak should get blamed for it. Over all I believe that Peak should not be responsible for the boy’s death.
Yes, I do think Peak influenced the boy even though he didn’t know him because the boy wanted to be like Peak so he decided to climb the ”Flatiron”. But Peak is inocent in a way because I don’t think he tried to kill the kid.
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I think the boy was influenced by Peak becauce he climbed the building. I do not think Peak should be blamed totally for what the boy did because he did not tell him to do it.
What Peak did was completely irresponsible. If he had thought it over he probably would have realized that it is quite possible he would be imitated and as a result injure his followers. Yes, I will admit that it was also irresponsible of the boy who attempted climbing the building to try at such a feat, but you should never rely on probability. Anything is possible and when Peak learns that he will be a much more knowledgeable person. I give very little fault to the child who fell from the “flatiron” building. Peak should think before he does, and be more responsible.
Of course it was Peak’s fault because he shouldn’t have been climbing up a building in the first place! I don’t think Peak should have been punished for what the boy did but it was Peak’s fault. Craeme
Yes the boy was influenced by Peak. But, I don’t think this is Peak’s falut because, the boy probably just wanted to try climbing buildings and get some attention and be like Peak.
I do believe that the boy was influenced by Peak. But it wasn’t Peak’s decision that this boy decided to climb. Peak was a bad role model, but he didn’t even know this kid. It wasn’t Peak’s idea to put newpaper articles about him all over, and if this climbing incident hadn’t been so publicized maybe the kid wouldn’t have thought it was such a good idea to climb in the first place. FREE PEAK!!!
Peak (in my opinion) definitely influenced the boy to climb the building, but I don’t agree that it was Peak’s fault for the boy’s death. I mean, it wasn’t like Peak asked him to do it! Plus, Peak seems like a nice kid. Why would he want to kill someone and get more jail time?!
Yes, the boy was influenced by Peak. If Peak didn’t get caught or if he didn’t climb it at all the boy would not have tried it. The boy falling to his death is not Peak’s fault because no one told him to climb the building. I know for sure that if I had no climbing experience at all, I would be smart enough to not try to climb.
lotta13 has a good point about not climbing the mountain becasue he is not experienced
though…. Peak said he has scaled I think it was six buildings in the past. So what makes you think it was this particular climb that made the boy do it? Maybe the boy had been planning to do this for a while?
It would be the boy’s fault for trying to copy Peak. Peak shouldn’t be punished for other people’s actions.
I think that Peak did inspire that kid to climb the building. However, I do not think that the boy’s death is Peak’s fault. I also think that Peak should not have been climbing buildings in the fierst place. For his own sake (safety and jail-time) and also because if he had never started climbing buildings than the boy wouldn’t of either. I do understand that climbing is one of Peak’s passions but I do think he should have been climbing somewhere else such as a small mountain or even an adavnced rock climbing wall. As a result though, I think Peak is a good person and he should not be blamed for the death of the boy.
I don’t have time to read this whole conversation, so i am just gonna read the question and give my opion on that
I think that the boy’s death was not Peak’s fault. I do agree that this incident wouldn’t have happened if Peak had not climbed the skyscraper (or not got caught) the boy would have lived. But I do think that that the boys death is not peaks fault because it was the boy’s choice to climb the skyscraper.