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PLOT STRUCTURE ANALYSIS
The story is told in flashback with two narrators alternating the telling of the tale. It begins with a mini-prologue in which John Conlan and Lorraine Jensen relate the story of an old man named Mr. Pignati whose friendship changes their lives and helps them mature. They meet him during a telephone prank and............
RISING ACTION
The rising action begins after John and Lorraine explain that they are recording the events which took place their sophomore year in...........
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FALLING ACTION
The falling action involves the chapters which follow Mr. Pignati’s return from the hospital. John and Lorraine seek out his..........
POINT OF VIEW
The entire point of view is from the perspectives of John and Lorraine who alternate chapters as they tell their............. .
THEMES - THEME ANALYSIS
Growing Up
The theme of growing up fulfills the idea of the bildungsroman. John
and Lorraine learn some very painful lessons as they grow over a period
of several months in their tenth grade year. They learn how painful their
parents’ lives have been and how they might avoid the same mistakes. They
learn that playing child games with an adult never..............
Fate or Destiny
The theme of fate or destiny impacts the reader because there are so
many instances of “woulda, coulda, and shoulda” in the novel. Lorraine
calls these moments omens, because when she felt them and should have
acted upon them, she ignored them and someone was hurt or died. Their
very meeting with Mr. Pignati was almost fated in ...........
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