Tristen's+E+Journal

Hi Tristan! Ms C here. Thank you for your start to the summary. Please be sure to finish the summary and make personal connections to the novel. You have used specific detail to assist the reader in getting a better and more clear understanding. I would be motivated to read this novel as I feel empathy for the characters and their personal struggles. I am sure that we can all relate on some level or another. Do you understand what the word 'vacuous' means? Could you use it in a sentence to give meaning? Please do so for me! Thank you! Keep up the good work and be sure to collaborate with your peers. You are welcome to give your wiki master feedback as well. You can edit with permission. Please see me if I can be of any assistance- keep up the good work! Ms C :)

Summary of Chapters 1-5 Fourteen-year-old Brandon Clifford of Kingsville, ON, is his school's most notorious troublemaker. Considered a lazy, vacuous moron by peers and teachers alike, Brandon complacently maintains his bad-boy image by disagreeing to complete homework, getting in fights, and regularly interrupting class. During one of Brandon's many indoor suspensions, he looks on as the George family (13 year old Leon, 12 year old Winnie, and 10 year old Sam) registers for school. The school is soon abuzz with word of the new family, the new black family, the only black family in town. Brandon is interested in the Georges after learning that they've moved into his apartment building, and he begins to observe the family from afar. While Winnie and Sam quickly make friends, Leon remains uninvolved and intensely focused on his schoolwork and his new job at the local grocery store. When Brandon's teacher, Mr. Fletcher, announces a new project called "Fletchville," in which the students pretend they are 25, living on their own and working full-time, Brandon and Leon, the class's two outsiders, team up. Although the two slowly become friends, Leon remains secretive, never inviting Brandon into the Georges' apartment.


 * Protagonist || Brandon Clifford. Characteristics are unpredictable and humorous. Leon George characteristics are responsible and mature ||
 * Antagonist || Ricky Skelton, characteristics are rude and obnoxious. ||
 * Setting || The settings are Kingsville’s Elementary school yard, gym and principle’s office. Another setting is Leon’s and Brandon’s apartment, 35 Tobermory app #’s 411 and 205 ||
 * Climax || The climax is when Leon tells Brandon about there major problem. Pg 90 ||
 * Conflict || The conflict is when Leon, Winnie and Sam are caught by Child Services and sent to trial if they have to go a foster home. Pg 140 ||
 * Resolution || The judge said that Leon, Winnie and Sam were able to live the way they were for the last eight months. Pg 151 ||
 * Foreshadowing ||  ||
 * Simile || They stood out like chocolate chips in vanilla ice-cream. Pg 6 ||
 * Metaphor ||  ||
 * Alliteration || "Dead dirt bike" pg 71 ||