Characters
This characters was shot and killed by Shawn as retaliation
Who was Frick?
This hand-me-down item symbolizes the cycle of violence present in Will’s neighborhood
What is the gun?
Shawn taught Will Rule #1 after this event.
What is after Dani died?
“Beef/ gets passed down like name-brand/ T-shirts around here.” is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a simile?
This character Shows Will that it is okay to break rule #1
Who was Shawn?
This character was the novel’s protagonist who sets out to avenge his brother’s death
Who was Will?
This object symbolizes the way Will feels trapped by The Rules
What is the elevator?
Frick was supposed to gain entrance to the Dark Suns by doing this.
What is rob Buck?
"Pop! Pop! Pop!" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is onomatopoeia?
This character shot and killed the wrong guy
Who was Mikey/Pops?
This character was shot at a playground at eight years old
Who was Dani?
The smoke in the elevator symbolizes this.
What is Will's increasingly clouded thinking.
Dani's presence as an innocent bystander in the novel serves this purpose.
What is she represents the tragic consequences of cyclical violence?
“The middle drawer called to me” is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is personification?
These symbolize the unwritten governing edicts that perpetuate cyclical violence
What are The Rules?
This character was Will’s friend who plays basketball and talks a lot
Who was Tony?
The monkeybars symbolize this.
What is the innocence Will had before he learned The Rules
When Shawn gets on the elevator, he does this.
What is not speak to Will?
“A man who moved with precision,/ patience, purpose” is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is alliteration?
This character makes Will say aloud that he is going to kill someone
Who was Uncle Mark?
This character is the Dark Sun Will believes killed Shawn
Who was Riggs?
The nighttime symbolizes this.
What is the darkness in people?
Shawn was killed on his way home from buying his mother special soap for her eczema. What was Reynolds’ purpose in writing his death that way?
What is to humanize Shawn and highlight the cycle of violence in the neighborhood?
“...that it stopped Mom from/ scraping loose a river/ of wounds.” is an example of this type of figurative language
What is metaphor?
Will id on the elevator for this amount of time.
What is 67 seconds?