The+Compound+-+Chapter+10

  Chapter 10    Allusions and other References All Excerpts From: S. A. Bodeen. “The Compound.”   "I'll Be Home for Christmas" “O Holy Night.”   <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px;">“the room was still. Except for the enthusiastic and merry orchestra playing __“I’ll Be Home for Christmas.”__..... <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px;">“The orchestra began a slow, beautiful rendition of __“O Holy Night.”__

<span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: right;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: right;"> <span style="color: #e4be28; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 45px;">Armani <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px;">“In his black __Armani__ tuxedo, Dad set the first slice of turducken on one of the expensive china plates” <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: right;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: right;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: right;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: right;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: right;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: right;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: right;"> <span style="color: #e4be28; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 45px;">who's who <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px;">“ So the other half of the list most likely was a __//who’s who//__ of prominent local activists.”

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“The people who didn’t eat meat wondered how to get out of partaking[|*] in what was obviously the __pièce de résistance__ of the Rex Yanakakis Christmas Eve Dinner.” <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #e4be28; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 45px;">charitable organizations <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">“My mom loved causes, especially the ones that aimed to save the environment or children in developing countries, and was on the board of many __charitable organizations__. ” <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #e4be28; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 45px;">animal rights <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px;">“The animal-rights people cringed, not wanting to voice their objections for fear of pissing off Clea Sheridan Yanakakis, who was very generous to their causes with her husband’s money.”

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<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="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: right;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">turducken * <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: right;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">[|goose bumps] <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: right;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">[|space needle] <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: right;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">[|hordes of people] <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: right;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">[|run-of-the-mill] <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: right;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">[|deboned] <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: right;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">[|valets] <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: right;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">[|activist] <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: right;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">[|vegetarians] (//non carnivorous)// <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: right;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">[|smooching] <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: right;">

<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="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">“Oh, I’m working on something big.” “What?” She squealed. <span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">“I could tell you, but then I’d have to kill you.”

<span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">“...when I woke up, my appetite tortured. Lying there and reminiscing made it a thousand times worse. ”

<span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">“ After they gushed over us for a moment or two, they handed off their coats to the servants.”

<span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">“Then, after that first //turducken// was served, Dad started //making the rounds//. I watched him make //small talk//, perhaps asking if they tried the turducken yet. He’d wait while each guest had eaten at least one bite in front of him, //ever the dutiful host//, making sure his guests were taken care of.”

<span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">“Our social //life was sheltered//, to say the least. Rare were the moments when we were allowed to go somewhere //on our own,// without supervision. //We lived for// the unpredictable moments that Dad’s dinner guests usually provided.”

<span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">“I tried to make it to the bathroom, but my foot caught on the hallway carpet. I tripped, landing on the floor in time to //spew my guts// on the shoes in front of me—white orthopedic oxfords that belonged to Els.”

<span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">“My eyes snapped into focus. A //blond-haired cherub// sat on my chest, gurgling as it smacked me again. One of the Supplements. ”

<span style="display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">“Little Miss Perfect didn’t understand. She didn’t understand how our circumstances would deteriorate; forcing us //to do things// no one should ever have to do.”