A Scanner Darkly Journal Entry # 10

5 comments

1.) It was Donna under Frank's scramble suit.
2.) Arctor went into cardiac arrest and was sent to the hospital.
3.) He is in rehab with Charles Freck.
4.) Donna used Arctor in order for Arctor to find the Substance D flowers the New Path farm.
5.) Arctor is going to bring the Substance D flowers to Donna, therefore there will no longer be any Substance D.

4 questions

1.) Why did they use Bob, and Bob only?
2.) Will New Path be shut down?
3.) Will Arctor prove the fact, that New Path is making Substance D?
4.) Will he ever find out Donna's secret?

3 vocabulary

1.) Resins - Any of numerous clear to translucent yellow or brown, solid or semisolid, viscous substances of plant origin, such as copal, rosin, and amber, used principally in lacquers, varnishes, inks, adhesives, synthetic plastics, and pharmaceuticals pg. 153
2.) Amended - To change for the better; improve Pg. 221
3.) Federales - Spanish for federal Pg. 274

2 literary techniques

1.) "A reflex machine, like an ant." This is a simile because it uses "like."Pg. 265
2.) "Before anyone stomps them, and they're gone." This is foreshadowing the discovery of Substance D. Pg. 153

1 summarizing sentence

1.) Although the book ends on a sad note, it leaves a sense of hope.