https://padlet.com/jordan_732047/99hk4vo6xum8 en-us 2018-04-20 16:35:15 UTC 2018-04-29 22:45:26 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/File.png jordan_732047 https://padlet.com/jordan_732047/99hk4vo6xum8/wish/253908598 John Updike was born March 18, 1932 in Reading, Pennsylvania. Updike died on January 27, 2009. He was an American writer and "known for his careful craftsmanship and realistic but subtle depiction of 'American, Protestant, small-town, middle-class' life".(britannica) He graduated from Harvard University in 1954. After graduating, he began an association with the New Yorker Magazine. His well known pieces of work is Rabbit, Run which was followed by three books Rabbit Redux, Rabbit Is Rich, and Rabbit at Rest. Following the attack that took place on September 11, Updike wrote Terrorist in 2006.]]> 2018-04-20 16:40:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jordan_732047/99hk4vo6xum8/wish/253908598 jordan_732047 https://padlet.com/jordan_732047/99hk4vo6xum8/wish/253917790 https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Updike

]]> 2018-04-20 17:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jordan_732047/99hk4vo6xum8/wish/253917790 jordan_732047 https://padlet.com/jordan_732047/99hk4vo6xum8/wish/253920357 Flick is a mechanic of some sorts. "He just sells gas, Checks oil and changes flats"(Line 19-20)
The author sees him as an amazing ex-basketball player. "He was good: in fact, the best. In '46 He bucketed three hundred ninety points, A county record still." (Line 14-16)]]> 2018-04-20 17:06:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jordan_732047/99hk4vo6xum8/wish/253920357 jordan_732047 https://padlet.com/jordan_732047/99hk4vo6xum8/wish/253928477 "Pearl Avenue runs past the high-school lot." This is personification, because Updike gives the street human characteristics by saying it can run.
"Flick seldom says a word to Mae, just nods Beyond her face toward bright applauding tiers Of Necco Wafers, Nibs, and Juju Beads." This is also personification because Updike has the snacks in the back clapping ]]> 2018-04-20 17:24:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jordan_732047/99hk4vo6xum8/wish/253928477 jordan_732047 https://padlet.com/jordan_732047/99hk4vo6xum8/wish/256350249 The main factor of why the poem is unhappy is because Flick Webb is not doing basketball and he misses it. He misses being the best basketball player. ]]> 2018-04-29 22:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jordan_732047/99hk4vo6xum8/wish/256350249