A Scanner Darkly Journal Entry # 1

5 comments


1.) This book was made into a movie.
2.) Richard Linklater directed this film and it was brilliant.
3.) All of the characters are drug addicts.
4.) Barris is a drug addict, as well as a con man.
5.) I read a review on this book, and someone said it was a very depressing book.


4 questions


1.) Why is Fred pretending to be Bob Arctor?
2.) Why is Fred after his alias Bob?
3.) What inspired Philip K. Dick to write this novel?
4.) Will Bob Arctor overcome his addiction of Substance D?


3 vocabulary words


1.) Appendages - Something added or attached to an entity of greater importance or size; an adjunct Pg. 4
2.) Dismally - causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy Pg. 5
3.) Camellia - any of several shrubs of the genus Pg. 8


2 literary techniques


1.) "To his own vital, demanding, terrible urgent needs." Pg. 7 This is man vs. himself conflict because Jerry is having difficulty overcoming his drug addiction.
2.) "Don't shoot me here." Pg. 9 This is man vs. man conflict because Charles Freck is hallucinating and he believes a cop is trying to kill him.


1 summarizing sentence


1.) Bob Arctor is a spy, spying on himself and his friends but is trying to keep it a secret.