Prize Fiction Reading Log 5
Name:_Phoebe Carrona_ Date:_9/29/24 Entry # _5_
PART 1: PREPARING FOR DISCUSSION
SOURCE IDEAS:
“If he can create a deep enough impression of this Delano, like tracing his name until what lies beneath bears the indent, perhaps at some point he’ll find his way back.” (202)
“Your girl Jelly moved in this past september and has already come to loathe living here, due in no small part to your’s brothers antics; his instance you not clear the ivy thats ripping into the roof; his 3:00am sing-alongs with strays he rescues from this or that shithole bar; the dish towers he constructs on the kitchen counter and stove top and in the sink.”(205)
SYNTHESIZING COMMENT/ANALYSIS:
Delano sounds pretty depressed and out of it from the perspective of his brother and his own perspective. It’s like he’s trying to find himself away from his family and defining himself by pulling away and doing dangerous and risky behavior. He’s changing throughout the book but in to what?
QUESTION:
Why is it that he is acting like this? Is it because of his relationship with his brother or family that is causing this? How does this help the plot of this book? What parts of him change his views or how he lives?
Part 2: In-class Writing Response (NAME:__________________)
