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He has a story to tell that he has never told anyone before because it is so unbelievable.

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Will seems to be taking it lightly in the moment compared to what I would’ve expected, and it seems like he may have been expecting it to eventually possibly happen. - C

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Jason Reynolds was very sad when his brother died.

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Will claims that he wasn't surprised that his brother got shot, which hints at the fact that his brother did something or got involved in something which led to his death, whether if it was fair or not. I

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The narrator's brother, Shawn, was shot and killed recently.

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Will has a story to tell the reader that may change our view of him. It was a big moment if his life and even hard to believe.- L

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He has been through experiences like this before because he brings up the fact that he does what he “always” does and how he was “trained” to do it.

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They’re used to people getting shot

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He feels an emptiness just like how he talks about the missing tooth and like something is missing without Shawn. - I

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The author is trying to make us understand what he felt with his dental analogy.

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Will’s best friend’s name is Tony, who’s very short but amazing at playing basketball.

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People think William is crazy and do not believe his story

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There is going to be something a bit less believable soon.

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Gun violence is an often occurrence in the narrator's life.

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There is a sequence of events that tend to happen after someone dies. - L

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Will seems to be taking his brothers death lightly and seems to not care so much, almost as if he was expecting it, or he knew it was coming

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The men/boys are expected to be tough, while the girls/women are expected to be emotional. It seems like a neighborhood where men provide and women work around the house.

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Will isn’t accustomed to Shawn’s death, and it feels strange for Shawn to not be there.

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There are a lot of shootings around where Will lives.

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He knew that when the police came that he should just stay quite, because he says how you don’t want to be a part of it.

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The narrator's brother was shot and killed

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There was only One body THIS time. That means they have gone through this when they were younger or that their neighborhood may not be that safe. (C/I)

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This is similar to internment. In interment, when someone died or was taken away their family reacted, but everyone else went on with their day because it was normal in the camp. Violence seems to be normal here as well. No one else seems to be upset by a death in the community. Only the people close to Shawn are upset.

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I can sort of emphasize with Jason Reynolds because I remember in January when my grandmother died. However, at the same time I understand the way his brother died is very different and more sad, and that I can’t fully understand.

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People in Will’s neighborhood don’t tell the police about what happened in crime scenes because it is too dangerous to.

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Why did the narrator not answer the police's questions when all they were trying to do was help catch his brother's murderer?

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Why isn’t Will super surprised and upset at the moment of Shawn’s death? Was he expecting it?

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They haven’t told us who actually killed Shawn. I believe that this may become important later. William may want to look for revenge.

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Shawn was shot and killed

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Will mentions his mother and brother, so maybe he doesn’t have a father.

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The narrator, William, claims that the death of his brother had brought him the feeling as if an earthquake had swallowed him up. L

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I think that he has experience something like this before, he says the words, “this time” after the shooting happens, implying that it has happened before.

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The story is told from a 1st person perspective

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He has an empty feeling of pain inside of him and is still grieving the loss of his brother.

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There might be a lot of deaths in their neighborhood and they all probably have experienced something like this before . The men also don’t scream so  they have to be put on a tough face and something might have happened to the men in the past that makes them act this way

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Will knows what to do during a shooting because they probably happen really often

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His brother was shot and killed, Shawn, yesterday

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Judging by how they responded to Shawn’s death, when the police came I think that his wasn’t the first time this happened.

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Deaths by gunshots are common in his neighborhood. Everyone there has probably witnessed more than one and are desensitized to this kind of thing.

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Will Will do something drastic to defend his brother’s death? He seems to say that at the end of his story, we will either like him, or we won't.

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William and Tony reacted quite instinctually, as if they had gone through countless similar experiences in the past. C

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The killing might have happened because Shawn might have done something to upset someone else (I)

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Will describes the despair of losing his brother as an earthquake swallowing him

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Will, the narrator, is sad and is having a hard time accepting his brother, Shawn’s, death.

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Will is probably not reacting much to Shawn’s death because his father may have met a similar death.

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Is Will feeling nothing in the moment, but deep down inside he sort of has this grudge against the person who killed Shawn?

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Doesn’t trust police. maybe they did something against him before

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Shawns mom and girlfriend cried when he died, but Will did not.

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I remember him saying that if you have the same blood as someone else you would never want to see it outside of yourself (L)

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William Holloman is telling the story from his perspective.

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This scene introduces his conflict of how to deal with Shawn’s death and reveals he lives in a harsh environment

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Jason Reynolds has experience with these type of events

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With Will being able to mention so many details of the day of loss, he seems to be haunted by it and to have thought about it quite a bit.

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Will’s brother, Shawn, had just been shot the other day.

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How come the children and people dont answer the policeman's questions? Don’t they want to identify the murderer? Why would they stay quiet? Are they scared that if they talk they will be next? C

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Gunshots are fired at random people because of the neighborhood they live in (Panic, Stress)

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Why was Shawn targeted? Did he do something that caused Will to know it was coming, or was it a racist attack?

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These occurrences are common. So common that people don’t even hesitate on what to do.

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William might dislike people calling him ‘William’ in the future, because that’s what his brother called him. Will he allow his mother to still call him that?