Rich Patterson linebacker on the football team picks on Cameron to the point where he lites up matches and lets them burn up the stick til they burnt the end of his fingers. His mom is divorced and is dating Randy who is a cop. Cameron wants to join the track team but can't because he has bad grades. Well the only way he has to take care of his probloems is to kill.
Setting-
Syracuse, New York, March
Charaterization-
Cameron-Protagonist; Rich Patterson-Antagonist; Robbie, little brother of Cameron; Randy, Camerons moms boyfriend; Steve Finelli, used to be his best friend
Figuative Language (3)- "I would lose an arm to have friends like you guys."
"My brother is so big he looks like an elephant."
Symbolism-
Matches, because he has a great collection of them and he lights them up and lets them burn until they burn his finger tips.
Pictures, because they show her (Hollis Woods) emotions, dreams, and how she sees other people.
Genre-
Fiction
Quotes that show setting (3)-
"God I hate this weather its so muggy all the time why do we have to live here."
Quotes that show characterization (6)- "Your just a big brute, your over six foot and two hundred pounds and your in seventh grade."
"Mom quit worring about me i dont need your help."
"Well now you can say that he took care of his problems."
"A second chance, thats all he wanted, from the beginning."
(1)(Hollis) "No wonder she hasn't been adopted. She's a mountain of trouble, that Hollis Woods."
(2)(Hollis) "...with her sea-grass hair cascading down her back...She looked older then I was, but as I touched her face, the small nose, the large eyes, the tiny scar in the forehead, the arms out, I could see it was me."
(3) (Josie) "It wasn't just that she was movie-star beautiful, or that she was wearing a blue dress made of filmy stuff that floated around her, and rings on eight of her fingers."
Quotes that show theme (3)- "Well now you can say that he took care of his problems."
(1) "Here I am, Hollis Woods, who didn't deserve to be in a family...tough Hollis Woods, running-away Hollis Woods. Look at me. I climbed the mountain. Now I belong."
(2) "An hour old," I said in an I-don't-care voice. "No blanket. On a corner. Somewhere."... One day i had gone to see that place."
Eric Huber
Sarah Peterson
Book-
Burn
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Plot-
Rich Patterson linebacker on the football team picks on Cameron to the point where he lites up matches and lets them burn up the stick til they burnt the end of his fingers. His mom is divorced and is dating Randy who is a cop. Cameron wants to join the track team but can't because he has bad grades. Well the only way he has to take care of his probloems is to kill.
Setting-
Syracuse, New York, March
Charaterization-
Cameron-Protagonist; Rich Patterson-Antagonist; Robbie, little brother of Cameron; Randy, Camerons moms boyfriend; Steve Finelli, used to be his best friend
Hollis Woods-Protagonist; Josie Cahill-Protagonist;
The Mustard Woman-Antagonist
Theme-
Coming Of Age
Figuative Language (3)- "I would lose an arm to have friends like you guys."
"My brother is so big he looks like an elephant."
Symbolism-
Matches, because he has a great collection of them and he lights them up and lets them burn until they burn his finger tips.
Pictures, because they show her (Hollis Woods) emotions, dreams, and how she sees other people.
Genre-
Fiction
Quotes that show setting (3)-
"God I hate this weather its so muggy all the time why do we have to live here."
Quotes that show characterization (6)- "Your just a big brute, your over six foot and two hundred pounds and your in seventh grade."
"Mom quit worring about me i dont need your help."
"Well now you can say that he took care of his problems.""A second chance, thats all he wanted, from the beginning."
(1)(Hollis) "No wonder she hasn't been adopted. She's a mountain of trouble, that Hollis Woods."
(2)(Hollis) "...with her sea-grass hair cascading down her back...She looked older then I was, but as I touched her face, the small nose, the large eyes, the tiny scar in the forehead, the arms out, I could see it was me."
(3) (Josie) "It wasn't just that she was movie-star beautiful, or that she was wearing a blue dress made of filmy stuff that floated around her, and rings on eight of her fingers."
Quotes that show theme (3)- "Well now you can say that he took care of his problems."
(1) "Here I am, Hollis Woods, who didn't deserve to be in a family...tough Hollis Woods, running-away Hollis Woods. Look at me. I climbed the mountain. Now I belong."
(2) "An hour old," I said in an I-don't-care voice. "No blanket. On a corner. Somewhere."... One day i had gone to see that place."