A Scanner Darkly Journal Entry #8

5 comments


1.) Charles Freck had a bad trip, therefore he tried to kill himself.
2.) Freck believed he heard his suicide attempt on the radio.
3.) He imagined a demon reading his sins off a a scroll.
4.) This whole suicide trip, is simply a figment of Freck's imagination.
5.) The drugs have completely ruined Freck.


4 questions


1.) Will Freck eventually kill himself?
2.) Does anybody know Freck's attempt of suicide?
3.) Why did he listen to the radio?
4.) Why did he imagine a demon reading his sins to him?


3 vocabulary words


1.) Lugging - to pull or carry with force or effort Pg. 107
2.) Ipsilateral -pertaining to, situated on, or affecting the same side of the body Pg. 116
3.) Commissures - A line or place at which two things are joined Pg.116


2 literary techniques


1.) "You think I'm an addict?" Pg. 109 This is dramatic irony because the reader knows Fred is an addict.
2.) "Arctor is doomed." Pg. 106 This is foreshadowing Arctor's demise.


1 summarizing sentences


1.) Arctor is in world of trouble, and in order to get out of trouble, he must quit Substance D.