https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea Made with my fingers, slamming the plastic letter keys on this Acer Chromebook en-us 2020-01-16 13:38:21 UTC 2020-02-21 03:17:20 UTC hello@padlet.com dlaub666 https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea/wish/432380290 2020-01-16 13:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea/wish/432380290 dlaub666 https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea/wish/432380628 2020-01-16 13:45:55 UTC https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea/wish/432380628 dlaub666 https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea/wish/432388392 "My girl-in-a-new-dress feeling has faded. My new girl feeling has disappeared."
(p. 3)
This is important because Rachel will now be a part of a new life, not unlike how Maribel was in a new world in The Book of Unknown Americans.]]> 2020-01-16 13:57:22 UTC https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea/wish/432388392 dlaub666 https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea/wish/432392451 "When [Jamie] finally reached the courtyard, he saw that his bird was not a bird at all. His boy was a  boy and a girl and a mother and a child." (p. 19)
This specific scene is important because it shows how Jamie deals with seeing the sudden, gruesome, death of a family in front his eyes, from his initial reaction to what went on to happen as a result of the event.]]> 2020-01-16 14:03:38 UTC https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea/wish/432392451 dlaub666 https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea/wish/440227956 2020-02-04 13:18:36 UTC https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea/wish/440227956 dlaub666 https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea/wish/440228049 In this part, we learn that Brick is running away from home. The reason for this could be one of many however the most likely is that he is running away as a means of coping with the trauma in his life. This is further supported by the fact that he decided to run away only after the police wanted to pick his brain on the accident. (Durrow 141)]]> 2020-02-04 13:18:48 UTC https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea/wish/440228049 dlaub666 https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea/wish/440229207 2020-02-04 13:20:59 UTC https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea/wish/440229207 dlaub666 https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea/wish/440229501 Rachel is upset at her grandmother because she was verbally harassing her mother. Throughout the book we see that Rachel has not wanted to be particularly open about the accident as a coping mechanism. At this point in the book, however, we see that she is willing to be more open about her trauma and is willing to share more information about the accident. At this point, this goes to show that she is able to be mroe open about the accident and is able to advance as a character.]]> 2020-02-04 13:21:32 UTC https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea/wish/440229501 dlaub666 https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea/wish/448017867 Throughout the course of the book, the blue bottle has been used to A, represent a coping mechanism that Rachel has used. and B, has been used to show the importance of certain things to her. The blue bottle in many ways is representative of all of the things that she keeps to herself and the fact that she is now opening up to Drew about it shows how much she considers Drew to be important, even though she tries seducing him to no avail.]]> 2020-02-20 14:07:24 UTC https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea/wish/448017867 dlaub666 https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea/wish/448019565 Grandma's garden, in many ways, is representative of the amount of adversity she has had to deal with in her life. When she was at her lowest point in life, the garden suffered the consequences, however now that she is more able to express and truly feel happiness, the garden sees growth.]]> 2020-02-20 14:09:31 UTC https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea/wish/448019565 dlaub666 https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea/wish/448021523 Rachel has had a noticeable lack of parental figures in her life, especially a father figure. When Drew entered her life, she used him as a way to fill the void inside of her that was A, left there by not having a father figure, and B, by John Bailey, her most recent ex as of now.]]> 2020-02-20 14:12:02 UTC https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea/wish/448021523 dlaub666 https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea/wish/448023359 Well, this is a hard one. I'll try to be as factual as possible here. Essentially as a result of the aforementined adversity and lack of love/caring that Rachel has had, she uses men as a way to fill said void. When nothing came about with Drew, she turned to Anthony Miller as a means to help fill the void she has noticeably had now for some time.]]> 2020-02-20 14:14:24 UTC https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea/wish/448023359 dlaub666 https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea/wish/448436376 By now it's clear that Rachel uses Drew as a way of filling the aforementioned void inside of her and at this point she is trying to be overoptimistic (In my opinion) and try to imagine him liking her back.]]> 2020-02-21 03:13:19 UTC https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea/wish/448436376 dlaub666 https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea/wish/448436964 As a result of the amount of trauma Rachel has experienced up to this point (Losing her family in the accident which she lived through, Tamika, the multiple breakups, etc.) she starts to refocus herself and seemingly misses her family (Her "old" family, that is). In this case she is visualizing what a certain circumstance would be like had her family been there with her.]]> 2020-02-21 03:15:29 UTC https://padlet.com/dlaub666/1u8c83ksqzea/wish/448436964