Week 3 Post A

Vocab:

sepulchral: of or pertaining to burial.

malicious: mischievous in motivation or purpose.

Apeals:

"Unlit cigarettes dangling from the corners of our mouths, eyelids at half mast, we studied ourselves in the mirror"(43). In this quote Toby is describing how him and his friends try to act "cool." It seems to me that Toby and his friends are the type of kids that skip class and pull pranks and are they are also pretty immature.

"I rocked and murmured to her. I was practiced at this and happy doing it, not because she was unhappy but because she needed me, and to be needed made me feel capable"(55). This emotional appeal shows the care that Toby has for his mother. At first I thought that Toby cared for both his mom and dad the same, but now I see that he is a lot more closer to his mom. After his mom came home from a bad date crying, Toby was there to comfort her.

"Our problem was that I wanted a bike and she didn't have enough money to buy me one. She had no money at all"(52). This is a logical appeal and shows the tough times that Toby had to go through in his chilhood. His mom struggles to make ends meet and can't even afford to buy him a bike, which most kids take for granted.

Quote:

"We heard the eggs smack the pavement,boom against the car. This time there was no cry of protest"(47). I chose this quote to show that that Toby and his friend's fun can turn bad quickly. It started out with them throwing eggs onto the street and ended up with them wrecking someone's nice thunderbird and causing chaos throughout the whole neighborhood.

Theme:

I believe that an appropriate theme for this section of the memoir is, happiness is more important than glory(money).