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Chicago, 1982 - Brick is scared. (Pg.133)

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Chicago, 1982 - Brick is scared. (Pg.133)

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At this moment in the book we find that Brick is very scared. He is scared that the pigeon man would find him, too scared to go to the hospital, and too scared to go back home. We are noticing that Bricks character is still the same. He is still making things up and not being truthful.

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Chicago, 1982 - Brick is still not truthful.

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Chicago, 1982 - Brick is still not truthful.

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At this moment we find Brick lying again. This time a police officer came to his door and asked him questions about who he saw push Rachel's family off of the building; even though he didn't see anyone actually do that. But instead of coming forward with the truth that he never saw anyone, he just lied again and made up something. This shows that Brick is lying to himself and others still.

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Kansas City, ? - Brick meets Paul and Lisa. (pg. 194)

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Kansas City, ? - Brick meets Paul and Lisa. (pg. 194)

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We Brick is in Kansas City running away, at the bus station he meets two people names Paul and Lisa. They are homeless drug addicts. They use him for money. They end up giving him a drug that makes him fall asleep. This shows us Bricks personality, because without even knowing what the pill was, he took it. Maybe this happened because of how he grew up.

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Kansas City, 1982 - Brick takes a pill. (Pg. 145)

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Kansas City, 1982 - Brick takes a pill. (Pg. 145)

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At this moment in the book we find Brick at a bus station, with some other people. The other people want to use Brick as a money maker, because he can play the harmonica. They give him a pill without telling him what it is; he takes it. This shows us that Brick takes things that some people would think is bad, as normal. This maybe because in Bricks past he has gone though many different things that might not be normal to many people.

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Kansas City, ? - Brick is determined. (pg. 195)

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Kansas City, ? - Brick is determined. (pg. 195)

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At this moment we see that Brick is determined to get a home. For a while Brick was staying at different houses, just trying to have a good life, but they kept kicking him out of them. He really wanted a house and would do anything for a place to call home.

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Portland, 1986 - Rachel thinks about her feelings. (Pg.120)

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Portland, 1986 - Rachel thinks about her feelings. (Pg.120)

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At this part of the book Rachel thinks about many different things. She thinks about how she wants to be like Lakeisha. She also now says that she identifies as black. This also goes with theme, because the main theme of this book is that people can change in a snap. Earlier she was not sure what she identified as. She is growing as a character because we are getting more details on how she is changing as a person.

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Portland, 1986 - Rachel uses symbolism. (Pg. 149)

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Portland, 1986 - Rachel uses symbolism. (Pg. 149)

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In this moment in the book we see that Rachel uses a coin to describe the help that Grandma and Mor give her. Even though Mor, is not alive anymore, Rachel still uses her memory to help her in some moments. A coin has 2 different sides, those sides in her use of symbolism are Grandma and Mor. She can have the, both help her in her life.

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Portland, 1986 - Rachel yells at Grandma. (Pg. 151)

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Portland, 1986 - Rachel yells at Grandma. (Pg. 151)

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At this moment in the book we find that Rachel yells at Grandma. This is not normal for something Rachel would do. She yelled because her blue bottle inside of her built up so much that the littlest bit of anger made her blow up. This was not normal for something Rachel would do, but she did it.

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Portland, 1986 - Rachel blames it on herself.

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Portland, 1986 - Rachel blames it on herself.

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After doing something with Anthony Miller, Rachel blames some of it on herself. Eve though it happened without her consent and it wasn't her fault, she still blamed it on herself. This shows us that Rachel's personality usually thinks things are her fault.

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At this moment in the book we find that Grandma's garden, isn't really a garden anymore. She doesn't take care of it. The garden was used as symbolism to show how much Grandma cares. Now that she is getting kind of depressed and different, she doesn't care for the garden anymore, and doesn't care for Rachel as much as she did before.

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Portland, 1987 - Rachel likes Drew (pg. 181)

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Portland, 1987 - Rachel likes Drew (pg. 181)

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At this moment in the book we find that Rachel wants to impress Drew so he will like him back, as more than a friend. She really likes him. This shows us more of Rachel's personality, and how it has changed throughout the book.

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Portland, 1987 - Rachel meets Brick (pg. 191)

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Portland, 1987 - Rachel meets Brick (pg. 191)

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This moment in the book is really important because it shows the two main stories coliding; Brick and Rachel's.

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Portland, 1987 - Brick was bad. (pg. 217)

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Portland, 1987 - Brick was bad. (pg. 217)

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In this moment in the book, we see that Brick was an addict, alchoholic, and homeless. But then he changed his life around. This shows us Brick's character, and how he has changed throughout the book. This also supports theme in the book because the book's theme is that people can change in a snap, and that's what Brick did.

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Portland, 1987 - The blue bottle breaks. (pg. 237)

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Portland, 1987 - The blue bottle breaks. (pg. 237)

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In this moment in the book we see that Rachel yells at Grandma. But there is a big piece of symbolism in this part of the book, and that is the blue bottle. Rachel hasn't brought it up in a while. All her emotions that were bottled up, spilled out, because there were too many in there.

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At this moment, Rachel is remembering what happened at the accident. She doesn't really think she can have a good life. She thinks her life is one she can throw away. Even though she was given a second chance at life.

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At this moment in the book, Rachel finds a letter that her dad wrote to grandma. He wants to know how she is doing, but doesn't want to see her for some reason. Rachel seems mad and sad and confused after reading this.

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Portland, 1987 - A future unwritten. (pg. 264)

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Portland, 1987 - A future unwritten. (pg. 264)

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At this moment in the book we find that Rachel finally realizes that she shouldn't throw away her life. She actually has a future.