A Scanner Darkly Journal Entry #7

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1.) Arctor's left hemisphere and right hemisphere in his brain are competiting against each other.
2.) They sometimes compete because of Substance D.
3.) Arctor is developing brain damage because of the drugs.
4.) Donna informed Arctor about her addiction to cocaine.
5.) Donna does an excessive amount of cocaine.


4 questions


1.) Will any of the characters in the story realize how troubled their lives are?
2.) Will Donna quit cocaine?
3.) Is anybody going to die because of their drug addiction?
4.) Is Donna under Hank's scramble suit?


3 vocabulary words


1.) Exonerate - To free from blame Pg. 101
2.) Lunacy - insanity; mental disorder Pg. 102
3.) Appositional - the act of placing together or bringing into proximity; juxtaposition Pg. 113


2 literary techniques


1.) "Donna?" Pg. 105 This is foreshadowing Hank might be Donna under the scramble suit.
2.) "I report on myself all the time." Pg. 105 This is characterization because Fred is telling Hank a characteristic of his.


1 summarizing


1.) Arctor's brain is receiving serious brain damage, and there is nothing he can do to stop it, except, quit Substance D.