https://padlet.com/2025482/o3p19ynw0emj Rick Yancey en-us 2016-03-10 15:43:21 UTC 2016-03-30 14:21:45 UTC hello@padlet.com 2025482 https://padlet.com/2025482/o3p19ynw0emj/wish/100490804 Location 190
I can connect to the text at this part because the text says "When he put on his  security  guard uniform, he reminded me of Barney Fife from that old Andy Griffith Show, or rather a Pez dispenser of Barney Fife, because of the oversized head and skinny body." I can relate because I used to watch that show all the time and I can paint an image in my head of what Alfred is talking about. ]]> 2016-03-11 15:45:02 UTC https://padlet.com/2025482/o3p19ynw0emj/wish/100490804 2025482 https://padlet.com/2025482/o3p19ynw0emj/wish/100491894 Location 931
I can connect to the text at this part when the text says, "I had another dream too, a terrible dream, the kind that makes you wish you could wake up." I have had dreams that I wake up crying. I think everybody has. ]]> 2016-03-11 15:48:50 UTC https://padlet.com/2025482/o3p19ynw0emj/wish/100491894 2025482 https://padlet.com/2025482/o3p19ynw0emj/wish/101050731 Location 1571
The text says, "We were somewhere between Hazelton and Scranton in Pennsylvania." I can relate to this because one of my favorite television shows is based in Scranton Pennsylvania. This helps me visualize where the setting at the moment was. ]]> 2016-03-15 14:21:46 UTC https://padlet.com/2025482/o3p19ynw0emj/wish/101050731 2025482 https://padlet.com/2025482/o3p19ynw0emj/wish/101053528 Set the Scene
Location 3200
"So that's how I ended up back in Knoxville, Tennessee, after saving the world and everybody in it, including the Tuttles." This sets the scene by making the setting in Knoxville and Alfred dreading the Tuttles which were his foster family. ]]> 2016-03-15 14:28:29 UTC https://padlet.com/2025482/o3p19ynw0emj/wish/101053528 2025482 https://padlet.com/2025482/o3p19ynw0emj/wish/101057037 Aha Moment
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As the reader, I had an aha moment when Alfred learned that Bernard Samson was his father. "Alfred, Bernard Samson was your father." This makes a lot more sense to me now because I figured out why Alfred's name was the password to the desk and why Alfred never knew his father. ]]> 2016-03-15 14:38:29 UTC https://padlet.com/2025482/o3p19ynw0emj/wish/101057037 2025482 https://padlet.com/2025482/o3p19ynw0emj/wish/101092997 Words of the Wiser
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Bennacio is talking to Alfred and he says, "Do not concern yourself so much with guilt and grief, Alfred, No battle was ever won, no great deed ever accomplished, by wallowing in guilt and grief." He is giving Alfred advice and helping him get through the tough times that he is going through. ]]> 2016-03-15 16:20:56 UTC https://padlet.com/2025482/o3p19ynw0emj/wish/101092997 2025482 https://padlet.com/2025482/o3p19ynw0emj/wish/101197262 Location 3082
The tone at this part of the book is heartfelt and there are a lot of emotions mixed into the story. "The shadow came closer and I heard her softly, 'Alfred, why are you crying?'" The tone is set by dialogue from a character that is very emotional. ]]> 2016-03-16 03:42:11 UTC https://padlet.com/2025482/o3p19ynw0emj/wish/101197262 2025482 https://padlet.com/2025482/o3p19ynw0emj/wish/101199142 Alfred Kropp
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Alfred explains what his perception of himself is. He is a big kid but knows his morals and is kind. "Because of my large head, big hands and feet, and my general shyness, a lot of people assumed I was mentally handicapped."]]> 2016-03-16 04:11:35 UTC https://padlet.com/2025482/o3p19ynw0emj/wish/101199142 2025482 https://padlet.com/2025482/o3p19ynw0emj/wish/101199340 Bennacio
He is a mysterious guy with a big heart and will give you his word. He is very trustworthy and honest. Bennacio used the same tone he had used with me sometimes, like a patient father talking to a thick-headed kid.]]> 2016-03-16 04:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/2025482/o3p19ynw0emj/wish/101199340 2025482 https://padlet.com/2025482/o3p19ynw0emj/wish/101200021 Dive In
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"Bennacio took my hand and placed it on the flat part of the blade." This part in the text gets right into explaining what is exactly going on. It is sort of a pre-climax.]]> 2016-03-16 04:26:49 UTC https://padlet.com/2025482/o3p19ynw0emj/wish/101200021