Characters
The novel's protagonist who sets out to avenge his brother's death
The elevator
The following quote represents what type of figurative language or poetic device?
"The middle drawer called to me"
Personification
--To show that someone had it out for Shawn
--To humanize Shawn's death and to highlight the cyclical violence in his neighborhood
--To place extra grief on Shawn's mother
--To show that violence can happen anywhere and that everyone is not safe
To humanize Shawn's death and to highlight the cyclical violence in his neighborhood
Shawn's mentor who introduces him and Will to the rules
Buck
Shows Will that it is okay to break rule #1 by crying upon seeing Will in the elevator
Shawn
This symbol represents Will's fate
The L-button
The following quote represents what type of figurative language or poetic device?
"Beef / gets passed around like name-brand / T-shirts around here"
Simile
Which details suggest that Will Holloman will murder Riggs at the end of the novel? (Why do we think Will plans to kill Riggs?)
BONUS: Can you name THREE events that make Will question his knowledge that Riggs murdered Shawn?
Will had a plan for killing Riggs in the early morning.
BONUS:
1) Dani was shot and killed at 8 years old on the playground. 2) Frick does not know Riggs. 3) Will's dad shot and killed the wrong guy.
Uncle Mark
Shot and killed the wrong guy
Pops (Mikey is his real name!)
This symbol represents the cycle of violence present in Will's neighborhood
The gun
The following quote represents what type of figurative language or poetic device?
"A tool / for RULE No. 3"
Assonance (same vowel sound)
What purpose does Dani serve in the novel?
She represents the tragic consequences of cyclical violence.
The Dark Sun that Will believes killed Shawn
Riggs
Was shot at a playground at eight years old
Dani
This symbol represents the darkness in Shawn
The middle drawer
The following quotes represent what type of figurative language or poetic device?
"A man who moved with precision,/ patience, purpose" OR ". . .to get lost in the new/ and strangely familiar feeling/ of fatherhood."
Alliteration
When did Shawn teach Will rule #1?
When Dani died when she and Will were both eight.
A mother who prayed that her older son would not get hurt
Shari (Shawn and Will's mom)
Shot and killed by Shawn as retaliation
Frick
This symbol represents unwritten governing edicts that perpetuate cyclical violence
The rules
The following quotes represent what type of figurative language or poetic device?
". . .that it stopped Mom from/ scraping loose a river/ of wounds" OR ". . .uncomfortable being/ crammed in this. . ./ this vertical coffin/ another second."
Metaphor
How was Frick going to gain entrance into the Dark Suns?
This symbol represents the darkness in people
The nighttime