A Scanner Darkly Journal Entry #6

5 comments


1.) Barris is lying behind everybody's back.
2.) Barris is trying to arrest Arctor, but Barris doesn't know that Arctor is Fred.
3.) Arctor knows Barris is after him.
4.) Arctor and Barris were in a minor quarrel.
5.) Barris sabotaged Arctor's halogram.


4 questions


1.) Why is Barris so smart?
2.) Why didn't Barris go to college?
3.) Why does Barris waste his intelligence by doing drugs?
4.) Will Barris go to college?


3 vocabulary words

1.) Pilfering - To steal Pg. 40
2.) Guile - insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity Pg. 41
3.) Solarcaine - A chemical found in sunburn lotion Pg. 42


2 literary elements


1.) "You did it because you're nuts." This is man vs. man conflict because Arctor and Barris are having a conflcit. Pg. 70
2.) "I've got an enemy." This is characterization because Arctor is realizing Barris is now his enemy.


1 summarizing sentence


1.) Bob Arctor is aware of Barris trying to put him behind bars.