Crazy Characters
Can't remember what happened to his eyesight.
Who is Paul
Paul can't remember what happened to his eyesight.
What is person vs. himself
the methods a writer uses to develop a character
characterization
The muck fires never stop buring.
What is person vs. nature
An internal or external problem with the main character(s).
Conflict
Calls Paul "Mars"
Gino
Paul ratted out the Tangerine soccer players for vandalism here.
What is the carnival
Paul is afraid of Erik.
What is person vs. person
The use of clues that will hint at events that will occur later in the plot
Foreshadowing
Erik's follower
Who is Arthur Baur
The school where the minorities are the majority.
Tangerine Middle
Paul hates himself for thinking that he actually looked at a solar eclipse
What is person vs. himself
An interruption in the sequence of events to relate events that occurred in the past.
Flashback
Calls the kids at Tangerine "gangstas"
Joey
Mike Costello was hit by lightning here.
Lake Windsor High School
Erik's friends make fun of him for looking into an eclipse. Teachers and adults use him as an example of what not to do.
What is person vs. society
A reoccurring element, image, or idea that has symbolic significance in a work of literature.
Motif