The+Compound+-+Chapter+14

    Chapter 14  Allusions and other References All Excerpts From: S. A. Bodeen. “The Compound.”

tug of war “ She seemed a bit unsteady. She ushered me inside, not saying anything. Janis Joplin was loud on the stereo.”

The Little Princess “her face was shiny. Was she crying? No way. The DVD player was on, and I recognized the movie. __//A Little Princess//__. One of the premieres we went to in __Hollywood__. Not my favorite. But I knew it was based on a classic book and it had a happy ending.” Hollywood 

Paper Trail

“I had no clue where the hatch was. Dad had mentioned there were GPS coordinates. And a code. Knowing him, they were only in his brain. He never liked a paper trail. ”

pins and needles “He stood there, clenching and unclenching his hands.” “What’s wrong?” <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">“Nothing. Feels like pins and needles. Must be too much typing. //”//

<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #e4be28; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 55px; text-align: center;">Vocabulary and Concepts <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px;">[| obsolete] <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px;">[| suspicious] <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px;">[|confront]

<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #e4be28; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 55px; text-align: center;">Literary Devices <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px;">“u have to find us. Eddy’s reply was short but meant everything to me. BTWBO. //__Be there with bells on__//.”

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px;">“My father lied, kept us down here with the lies. That night when his hands smelled like fuel and he was so out of breath. He’d been setting the RV on fire.....The facts started to //__sink in__//.”

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px;">“It took //__every ounce__// of self-control in me to walk the other way, go to my room, and shut the door. I couldn’t let him know what I knew. Not yet.”

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px;">“I wondered if it was really Eddy, or if it was just someone __//screwing with me//__.” <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">“I realized I was __//screwing up//__, leaving you all so much for work.”

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px;">“I felt so stupid for waiting so long to __question things.__ For being this much of __//a sheep.//__ Listening to everything Dad said. Believing him. Worshipping him. No more. No way. //__I was done__//.”

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px;">“Feels like pins and needles. ”