Characters
The novel’s protagonist who sets out to avenge his brother’s death.
Who is Will?
Makes Will say aloud that he is going to kill someone.
Who is Uncle Mark?
The feeling of entrapment by the rules.
What is the elevator?
"The middle drawer called to me".
What is personification?
“...that it stopped Mom from/ scraping loose a river/ of wounds.”
What is a Metaphor?
Shows Will that it is okay to break rule #1.
Who is Shawn?
The Dark Sun Will believes killed Shawn.
Who is Riggs?
Represents Will's fate.
What is the L button?
“Beef/ gets passed down like name-brand/ T-shirts around here."
What is a simile?
“...uncomfortable being/ crammed in this.../ this vertical coffin/ another second.”
What is a Metaphor?
Shot and killed the wrong guy.
Who is Mikey?
A mother who prayed that her older son would not get hurt.
Who is Shari?
The cycle of violence present in Will’s neighborhood.
What is the gun?
“A man who moved with precision,/ patience, purpose”.
What is Alliteration?
"over and over and over and over again"
What is Repetition?
Was shot at a playground at eight years old.
Who is Dani?
Will’s friend who plays basketball and talks a lot.
Who is Tony?
The darkness in Shawn.
What is the middle drawer?
“...to get lost in the new/ and strangely familiar feeling/ of fatherhood.”
What is Alliteration?
"Blink, blink, blink."
What is Repetition?
Shot and killed by Shawn as retaliation.
Who is Frick?
Shawn's best friend who provided the gun Will has.
Who is Buck?
Unwritten governing edicts that perpetuate cyclical violence.
What are the rules?
“A tool/ for RULE No. 3”.
"My chest fell into my stomach"
What is personification?