https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth A snazzy alternative to crickets en-us 2021-03-09 14:29:38 UTC 2021-03-09 20:53:02 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287885131 Does anyone else get the feeling her dad's bones are in the bag? "'What the devil they want that for?'" (pg 186). "...the bag was much lighter than they had anticipated" (pg 186). "The moonlight was playing tricks on him, for he thought he saw the figure of a man standing right behind his friend" (pg 186). ]]> 2021-03-09 14:54:41 UTC https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287885131 https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287885377 I think an extremely memorable image is the final scene/image of ch 8 where it shows that "a women" saw all of what Milkman and Guitar were doing and was confused as to why the took it.

I think this clearly suggests that there really is no gold.]]> 2021-03-09 14:54:44 UTC https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287885377 https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287886195 Does Hagar not know what's in the bag? Why would she let Milkman and Guitar into the house without saying something? Why didn't she try to kill Milkman while he was there?]]> 2021-03-09 14:54:52 UTC https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287886195 https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287887323 "what the devil they want that for?' she wondered" (186). i thought this quote was really funny and shows how its probably not the gold that macon and milkman thought. they planned this great heist, but in reality pilate ( i think) watched them waste their time.]]> 2021-03-09 14:55:03 UTC https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287887323 https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287887406 Why did Pilate and Macon leave each other after one argument when they were children? They were both young and afraid with no one else, so why did they so readily separate?]]> 2021-03-09 14:55:04 UTC https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287887406 https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287888776 Will the dad's ghost show up again later in the story, or is this the actual last time we see him? Also is the doctor going to come back as a ghost, or is he already the flower things?]]> 2021-03-09 14:55:17 UTC https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287888776 https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287889377 "Everything they did seemed to be about him, yet nothing he wanted was part of it." (165)]]> 2021-03-09 14:55:23 UTC https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287889377 https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287890212 (Ch 7) I think that it's lines up with Macon's character that he would demand his son go steal gold from his sister, kind of like Scrooge. He is willing to put him in danger for his own plans, although it remains to be seen what he actually steals, given that the sac likely doesn't contain gold. ]]> 2021-03-09 14:55:32 UTC https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287890212 https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287890541 The imagery found in Pilate's life story was extremely moving with moving backstory explaining her life actions. Especially memorable was her isolation and eventual acceptance of herself. This contextualizes her actions throughout the other parts of the story. ]]> 2021-03-09 14:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287890541 https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287891009 This might happened again after Milkman and Guitar found out that nothing valuable inside of the green bag.]]> 2021-03-09 14:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287891009 22kozlova https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287891694 It's something mentioned repeatedly throughout both chapters and there's a lot of emphasis on how it reacts w/ Milkman and the Dead family, which I also think will become more important later on. ]]> 2021-03-09 14:55:46 UTC https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287891694 https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287891865 Not sure if there are more examples but it is very clear that Guitars mind is very focused on the Seven Days' mission, and finding explosives. One quote I thought was "funny"/humorous was on page 181 where Guitar says, "'I don't understand you. You come running after me with a dynamite proposition..." I liked the word choice here emphasizing the focus of Guitars thoughts.]]> 2021-03-09 14:55:48 UTC https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287891865 https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287895757 Will Macon actually give Milkman half of whatever's in the bag?]]> 2021-03-09 14:56:26 UTC https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287895757 https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287899908 "a woman's face appeared. "What in the devil do they want that for?" she wondered."]]> 2021-03-09 14:57:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287899908 22kozlova https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287906820 "and this latest Jack and the Beanstalk bid for freedom, even though it hd been handed to him by his father - assigned almost - stood some chance of success" (180). I just like this quote because it represents such a deeply-rooted conflict within Milkman, where he wants be freed from his family, but has so much passed down from his father, like behavior, the last name, etc, his "freedom"is even dependent on his father. ]]> 2021-03-09 14:58:13 UTC https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287906820 https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287908061 Guitar might come after Milkman and/or Macon for the gold]]> 2021-03-09 14:58:24 UTC https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287908061 https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287910896 I thought the white peacock stood out as a symbol that seemed out of place and significant. ]]> 2021-03-09 14:58:52 UTC https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287910896 Kimchii https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287913176 "And if I do it, will it change me too?" (176). This quote stood out to me because it goes back to why we thought that Guitar told Milkman about the 7 days. Is Milkman thinking about joining the 7 days?]]> 2021-03-09 14:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287913176 https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287915921 "Each thought it was the way freedom smelled, or justice, or luxury, or vengeance" (pg 185).]]> 2021-03-09 14:59:41 UTC https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287915921 https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287918625 What does the white peacock stand for?]]> 2021-03-09 15:00:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287918625 https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287922074 What are the chances that Hagar actually killed Milkman earlier, and the rest of this is his fever dream?]]> 2021-03-09 15:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287922074 https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287924565 how is the white peacock and wealth related?]]> 2021-03-09 15:01:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287924565 https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287936701 Will Guitar actually kill those girls? I felt like deep down, he was struggling with it morally at the beginning of chapter 8 and pretending it was about money.]]> 2021-03-09 15:02:59 UTC https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287936701 https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287941735 not gonna quote directly from the book but guitar uses really dehumanizing and vulgar language to describe white people, which is an extreme position he uses to justify committing acts of terrorism (179-180).]]> 2021-03-09 15:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287941735 https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287962566 Maybe the ghosts of the white kids he killed will come haunt Guitar later]]> 2021-03-09 15:06:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cjconlon/bbscrnhek01vzbth/wish/1287962566