This important room is where we first see Edwin in this chapter
The Bathroom
Though Bill has worked many jobs, he now works as a custodian at the local sports stadium. When the stadium is in use, you can see what popular American sport being played here
Baseball
In the story, it's mentioned that Maggie and Calvin have a brother, with this name
Charles
It has been stated that Bill was in the US Armed Forces and has served overseas. The book mentions that he was active duty in this foreign country
Vietnam
"I wish you would calm down, you're gonna have a heart attack. ... I went through twenty-six hours of labor for you..."
Karen Black
This famous social media platform is how Edwin contacts his father
During the chapter, Bill recounts his past. During this, he ponders the memory of the tragedy that struck, killing sixty-three people. If more people weren't at home watching the ongoing baseball game, this type of disaster would have been much worse
An Earthquake
During this chapter, it is described how Maggie's and Calvin's father left them. It also describes their mother mentioning that the circumstances regarding it were not related to them. Maggie doesn't believe her, claiming that she had been undiagnosed with this mental illness for too long
Bipolar Disorder
-Daily Double-
When Charles and Carlos confront Calvin for missing his payments, Calvin is caught off-guard and is upset that Charles met him at this place
Maggie's house
"You're right. I should hustle, and pay Octavio back for some sh*t I got stolen from me by his homies. So thank you. You're really helping me out here, brother."
Calvin Johnson
During this chapter, we see Edwin enraged at his mother for bringing up a topic that is very sensitive to him. Edwin ends up screaming at his mother for talking about this specific thing
His weight
While at the stadium during his shift, Bill notices something strange while cleaning. He is then lead to attack this thing and chase it down
A Drone
After leaving Maggie's house, Calvin, Charles and Carlos end up at a strange house. Octavio, the man Calvin owes money to arrives and is shocked. He pulls a gun on Calvin, but there is something special about it. The gun is this unusual color
White
After an altercation at a biker bar by Fruitvale down by the railroad tracks, Bill ended up stabbing someone with a knife. Claiming it was self defense, he was still charged with 5 years at this California prison.
San Quentin State Prison
"I feel as if I am going through withdrawal. I've read about residential internet rehab facilities in Pennsylvania. They have digital detox retreats and underground desert compounds in Arizona"
Edwin Black
After continuing his time on the computer, Edwin finds himself developing an interest in the brain. According to his findings, this vital portion of the brain is connected to memory
Hippocampus
During his lifetime Bill served in the US Armed Forces. Unfortunately for him, he was eventually dishonorably discharged for being absent without leave, or more specifically "going ____"
AWOL
After Charles, Carlos and Calvin leave Maggie's house to go for a drive, Calvin see's that his brother drives a very nice car. It almost looks like it was polished earlier today. A custom made four-door, with a dark blue paint job, Charles is seen driving this type of car
Chevy El Camino
After reconnecting for the first time with his father, Edwin asks him where he/they are from. His father replies with this western Native-American tribe
The Cheyenne
"Don't put it like that. Put it on him. He needs to be able to make it on his own now. He's-"
Bill Davis
-Daily Double-
After Edwin's altercation with his mother, he returns to his room. He sits back down in his chair and puts on music by this modern/post-modern band from Ottawa
A Tribe Called Red
During his incarceration, Bill took up reading as one of is primary hobbies. He read works by famous authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Earnest Hemingway, and Hunter S. Thompson. Though within the novel, it is stated that this piece of historical literature was his favorite. Even getting angry when watching the movie adaptation and realizing that one of it's important characters is severely undermined.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
During the standoff with Octavio, Calvin envisions his brother and him taking down Octavio, fighting with the gun, and ending in a standoff. In this vision, Calvin points the gun to a defenseless Octavio, and in the moment of contemplating taking his life, would notice something about him. Something small and insignificant, but something to humanize Octavio, the color of his eyes, which are this color
Green
Recounting the past, when Charles and Calvin were younger, they explored into a sewer tube, having to jump across water, and encountering what was thought of as a voice and something the grabbed Calvin's leg, all beneath this public area
Diamond Park
"It's been a while. It's been a long f*cking while I would say. Where you been? Vacation? Must be nice. Hiding out like this."
Charles