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Prologue, Chapters 1&2 were about Jim, William, and The Salesman.Moreover, Jim and Will were born a couple minutes apart, Will being born on Oct 30th and Jim being born Oct 31st. During the day The Salesman gave them a lightning rod that protects a building from lightning and Jim must put it on top of his house. Chapter 3 was about the boys running to something up ahead. Later in the chapter we see that a guy is at a bar and isn't there for himself but something inside him.

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I think that the lightning rod will work because it will attract the lightning.

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I wonder if the lightning strikes Jim' house or will it actually strike someone else' house from the neighborhood

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I was confused as to why people were talking in the bar and why the man said "i don't need it... But someone inside me does"(pg 18)

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This novel is told in third person P.O.V .

This is important because the reader has a better understanding and gets to know the thoughts of the character.
Imagery- "The air smelled fresh and raw" (pg 10)

Figurative Language- "and Jim, at last, stretched like a cat, and turned his head"(pg 7)

Syntax-"I got the only rods in the world that hear, feel, know, and sass back any storm,no matter what tongue, voice, or sign." (pg 7)

The authors style is conversational

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I was surprised when Jim didn't want to put the rod on top of his house because he thought it would be cool to see his house burn down. "No...Why spoil the fun?" (pg 10)

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•”the vast glittering acreage of the dime store..”(page 19) the context clue that helped me was the word vast which can mean a big area of land.
•The word acreage means an area of land, typically when used for agricultural purposes, but not necessarily measured in acres.

••”the song was incongruous for October, but immensely moving...”(page 22) the context clue that helped me was the song because it was talking about Christmas and it was October.

••The word incongruous means not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something.

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•”Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Show— Fantoccini, Marionette Circus, and Your Plain Meadow Carnival.”( page 24) This shows that a carnival will be coming to town which is important to the plot because this might be the wicked thing that comes.

••”Will swallowed hard, and felt Jim’s hand pinch his arm.” This shows that Will really doesn’t want to go around in the streets and wants to go home which is important to the story because Jim may take it to far and both him and Will might suffer some consequences because of him.

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Will and Jim pass through the town and we are introduced to Mr.Tetley and Mr.Crosetti. While walking they smell Cotton Candy and licorice which leads us to Charles Halloways prospective and he’s also walking around town where he hears christmas music and gets creeped out. He see’s a man by the telegraph pole but he pastes away to a sign and mr.halloway runs after him and see’s the sign and it says a circus will be coming to town. Now we are back to Will and Jims prospective and Jim wants to explore more over to the street of the theater and will says no but Jim convinces him anyway, where they see people doing weird things in the theater. Will decides he wants to go home and Jim stays behind.

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•“Shades slithered, doors boomed, keys rattled their bones in locks, people fled with hordes of torn newspaper..Bang! they were gone!.." (page 19) this show that as soon as nine o'clock hits the people from town start to head home and the owners close their shops for the night.The author included this to show the reader that something is about to happen later in the story.

••"There's no place in town that sells cotton candy. Only circuses" (page 21) they only sell cotton candy in circuses which may lead us to think a circus is coming. The author may have included this to build suspense and show that this may be the wicked thing coming.

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"But Will shivered, feeling cold tidal waves of strange rain....When the lightning nailed the town, he wanted to be layered under sixteen blankets and pillows”(page 20)this is contradictory because even though he is running around town he wants to be at home because he is scared.