1. Again, can you remember your first reaction to this scene?
Yes. I was grieving, incredulous. I seriously didn't want to
continue. Remember, though, I was about 13 or 14 at the time, and
everything was a crisis.
2. Now is the time to assess the entire action sequence as a literary work.
Go back over the chapter and comment on it as a piece of writing. Does it
accomplish the writer’s purpose? Does it engadge the reader? How does it
succeed of fail?
I was totally engaged in this chapter. The chapter discussion leader kept
my attention the whole time :)
3. Note the curious puncuation of the ‘He staggared’ line. It is very
deliberately chopped into four separate bits, rendering the moment into slow
motion. How’s that for effective writing (I know we have English teachers out
there).
As a non-teacher, I thought it was really cool - very effective way to draw a
picture with
words.
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Then with a crash came a great ringing shout: ra-hoom-rah! The trees quivered and bent as if a gust had struck them. There was another pause, and then a marching music began like solemn drums, and above the rolling beats and booms there welled voices singing high and strong.
We come, we come with roll of drum: ta-runda runda runda rom!
