The following is a literary assesment for the novel Whirligig.
Paul Fleischman
Paul Newman
Paula Flaxseed
Elie Wiesel
Sensory details
Conflict
Mood
Symbolism
True
False
A marching band
A constellation
An epiphany
A dynamic character
Harbor
Port
Cove
Trailways Station
Self-esteem & peer pressure
Guilt & forgiveness
Teenage pregnancy & parent hosted drinking parties
Death & suicide
A marching band
A whale
A tugboat
A harp player
Whirligigs Brent built
Students at the party Brent attended
Constellations
Cities that the Grayhound bus drove through.
The names of several constellations
How to play the harmonica
How to yodel
How to build whirligigs
True
False
True
False
A painter
A dancer
A restaurant owner
The owner of the campgroups
Comforted
Rejected
Tripped
Careened
DUI
Manslaughter
Running a red light
Hit and Run
Both A and B
Dubious
Peer pressure
Careen
Stereotype
San Fransisco, California
Miami, Florida
Weeksboro, Maine
Belleveue, Washington
Being alone
Segregation
Peace
Both A & C
Brent's coversation with Lea
Brent being embarrased at the party.
Brent building his first whirligig.
Brent's suicide attempt
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His family needed money so he began working.
He was forced to go to a school for retarded kids because he couldn't speak English.
His family moved around a lot.
The people who adopted Him lived in America.
The Canadian man
The Puerto Rican male
The Grandmother
Anthony (the adopted boy)
The main character of the story
The good person in the story
The villian of the story
The person against the main person of the story
A buspass
A whirligig instruction book
A picture of Lea
All of the above
Both A and C
The climax
The rising action
The exposition
The falling action
The resolution
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