People Brent Meets
Car Culture
Whirligigs
Those who encounter the Whirligigs
Religious references
100
Bishop, like the chess piece. Let's see if he moves back and forth diagonally, the way a bishop should.
Who is Chaz
100
Brent's father's occupation
What is working for a car-rental company
100
the breeze picked up, making the spout clack up and down like a sewing machine needle.
What is the whale & mermaid in San Diego
100
Brent watched the boy at work-and cast off all worry about hurricanes. After the storm, new whirligigs would appear.
Who are the "apprentices" in Florida
100
Jesus forgave you no matter what you'd done. But that was his business, and the priests' and ministers'. They were professional forgivers. This though was different - hearing himself forgiven freely, by someone he trusted.
Who is the painter
200
You're like a leech or something! Get off of me! Can't you take a hint?
Who is Brianna
200
The car in the TV commercial that starts the family talking at dinner
What is a Jaguar
200
Nailed to the wall of the restaurant was a little marching band made of wood.
What is the one in Florida
200
It's wonderful! Truly. It makes me feel like a little child.
Who is the painter in Maine.
200
Pushing on, he passed between two white churches glaring at each other across the street
What is Portland, Maine (village green)
300
We're meeting today to apologize, and to understand, and to atone.
Who is Miss Gill
300
Jonathan's car which he can't use, because he forgot to pay the insurance.
What is Mazda MX-6
300
He (Mr. Mintz) told us this Chinese saying, about how rest gives strength to activity...the whirligig worked the same way. If it turned all the time without stopping, it would break.
What is the girl playing the harp in Washington.
300
I pledge allegiance to Sarah Chang and all other Asian- americans that I will be quiet, hardworking, and polite, succeeding in all things through dedication-
Who is Anthony
300
My parents had given me a name as far from the Old Testament...as you could get - never going to synagogue, avoiding speaking of my grandmother's experience, even getting a Christmas tree- that propelled me in the opposite direction. I'd enrolled in Hebrew school
Who is Jennifer (kindelah)
400
The Lord doth provide. And the dump's where He does it. Most folks don't realize that.
What Cliff Howlett
400
What Brent drives and what Jonathan calls it
What is a Chevy & a Studebaker
400
Tibetan flags that flap in the wind, sending out prayers...a one-man band for the eyes.
What is the one he built in Maine
400
Somebody, I don't know who, said there shouldn't be laughing after Auschwitz. That nobody could ever want to laugh again after the things that happened there. But I was there...They want us to laugh all the laughs that were taken away from them
Who is the dying grandmother in California
400
Religion, as practiced by his parents, was a social rather than a spiritual affair, the choice of which Methodist church to attend very similar to the choice of what car to buy and be seen in
Who are Brent's parents
500
He noticed that tied to her belt loops were short strips of bright fabric.
Who is the artist from Maine
500
the car the boys talk about at the party
What is a Porsche
500
his clacking, flashing, jingling memorial would give off sound and color all year, holding back the tide of death. It was a kinetic gravestone...
What is the last one (Maine)
500
this is the perfect place for guided imagery. You can't see the wind, but look what it can do. It's invisible but powerful...It symbolizes all unseen forces.
Who are Steph and Alexandra
500
No one's alone with Jesus
Who is motel maid in the Bible Belt (Florida)
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