A Scanner Darkly Journal Entry # 9

5 comments

1.) Arctor is angry with the doctors at the hospital, because they don't seem to understand his addiction.
2.) Barris and Luckman were in a minor quarrel.
3.) Barris brought out a hammer and threatened to beat Luckman with it.
4.) Baris found a bike in the neighborhood, and plans on selling it for drugs.
5.) Barris and Luckman are like a married couple.

4 questions

1.) Will Barris and Luckman fight again?
2.) Why did Barris let Luckman choke?
3.) Why did Barris lie to Luckman?
4.) Will Arctor tell anyone about Barris leaving Luckman to die?

3 vocabulary

1.) Automaton - a mechanical figure or contrivance constructed to act as if by its own motive power; robot Pg. 118
2.) Azalea - any of numerous shrubs belonging to a particular groupPg. 121
3.) Carburetor - a device for mixing vaporized fuel with air to produce a combustible or explosive mixture, as for an internal-combustion engine Pg. 124

2 literary techniques

1.) " I'll never see any of my friends again, for the rest of eternity." This is man vs. himself conflict because Arctor is aware of never seeing his friends again. Pg. 219
2.) "No, you're too ugly." This is man vs. man conflict between Arctor and Donna as well as characterization because the reader is understanding Donna's character a bit more. Pg. 153

1 summarizing sentence

1.) Barris is the one behind all the danger in the house and Frank is after him.