By: Piri Thomas
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- Piri talks about the summertime and what goes on in his neighborhood.
- He describes a kid named Dopey a lopsided looking boy who always drooled at the mouth.
- Dopey did anything the other kids told him to do, one time they told him to drink dirty street water so they took him to the hospital where he died.
- These kids had reps which they had to keep up by obtainig girls panties.
- Piri thought to himself why him and his father have a bad relationship.
4questions
- Does Piri's father love him?
- Why does his father treat him different from the other children?
- Why does Piri believe that he is better than his brothers and sisters?
- Will Piri and his freinds grow up to be junkies?
3vocabulary
- oblivious- lacking memory
- panin- buddy
- morenito- little dark one
2literary terms
- "All the block is alive like many legged cats crawling with fleas." p.14 simile
- "I lit up like a bomb." p.23 simile
1overview statement
- In this chapter what happens is a young boy the name of dopey dies because of the way they treated him and Piri wonders why him and his dad don't get along.
