Week 5 Post A

Vocab:



brooding: preoccupied with depressing or painful memories or thoughts.



frivolity: the state or act of being frivolous(lacking serious purpose).



Appeals:

"Chuck congratulated me when I told him about the scholarship, but I was careful not to let my happiness show too much" (263). This is a logical appeal, which show that even though Toby was excited for getting a scholarship to Hill, he still couldn't share his happiness with his best friend, Chuck, since Chuck was going through tough times.

"I was remembering it. Over $1,300. But it wasn't really the money that made me feel sorry for myself, it was the time" (262). In this emotional appeal, Toby is upset that all the time he put in to saving up so much money was now wasted.

"Look at yourself. What are you doing? Tell me what you think you are doing" (250). In this quote Father Karl is trying to get through to Toby, to get his life back on the right track. He was getting drunk, smoking and hanging out with people that were a bad influence on him.

Quote:

"My wallet was thick with bills which I would lose at cards in one night, but which I then believed would keep me going for months. In a couple of weeks I was leaving for California to be with my father and my brother. Soon afther I got there, my mother would join us. We would all be together again, as we were meant to be" (286). This quote just shows that at the end of this memoir Toby was able to get his life together and his family was finally united together, everything had turned out well, after all the hard times he had gone through.

Theme:

A final theme for this memoir is hard work pays off. Toby was able to get his life together due to all the hard work he put in. An example of his hard work paying off is when he got a full-ride scholarship to Hill.