Characterization
Holly Goldberg Sloan does a great job of depicting Dell Duke as a slacker. Find seven examples of where Dell Duke doesn't put the effort in to be the best he can be.
Here's a fun example! Dell Duke thinks about his life, "He had daydreamed bigger than this," (Sloan, 38). He doesn't even dream big; he only daydreams!
Discussion Questions
Dell says that Bakersfield says, "On paper, it looked incredible." (Sloan, 40). How is this similar to Dell Duke?
Author's Purpose
Until this chapter, the novel was told in the first person point of view. However, this chapter switched from Willow's perspective to third person limited point of view. That means that it follows the thoughts of one character, in this case Dell Duke, but it is told from an outside narrator's voice. Why do you think Holly Goldberg Sloan did this? Did it change the way you read the chapter?
Holly Goldberg Sloan does a great job of depicting Dell Duke as a slacker. Find seven examples of where Dell Duke doesn't put the effort in to be the best he can be.
Here's a fun example! Dell Duke thinks about his life, "He had daydreamed bigger than this," (Sloan, 38). He doesn't even dream big; he only daydreams!
Discussion Questions
Dell says that Bakersfield says, "On paper, it looked incredible." (Sloan, 40). How is this similar to Dell Duke?
Author's Purpose
Until this chapter, the novel was told in the first person point of view. However, this chapter switched from Willow's perspective to third person limited point of view. That means that it follows the thoughts of one character, in this case Dell Duke, but it is told from an outside narrator's voice. Why do you think Holly Goldberg Sloan did this? Did it change the way you read the chapter?