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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Makes ME Wanna Holler (3) ~pgs.89-126~

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  • Nathan finally gets a job.

  • Starts sticking up people and robbing them of their money and clothes with his buddy Shell Shock.

  • Nathan begins to fall in love with Liz (a girl from school) and gets her pregnant.

  • Graduates from high school.

  • Nathan has a son and he shoots Plaz for disrespecting him and his lady (Liz)

4 Questions



  • Why didn't Nathan just listen to Liz when she told him to forget about Plaz?

  • Is being a street boy preventing Nathan from truly his son, Monroe?

  • Why does Nathan have to start selling refeer if he knows he's too lazy to do it?

  • Do Liz and Nathan still love each other?

3 Vocabulary Words

  • fedora-a soft felt hat with a curled brim, worn with the crown creased lengthwise.
  • transvestites-A person who dresses and acts in a style or manner traditionally associated with the opposite sex.
  • quaalude-a brand of methaqualone.

2 Literary Terms

  • synechdocche-"I had toppled an old-head." (McCall 121)
  • simile- "The carnival graounds, meanwhile, had turned chaotic. People ran screaming everywhere. It was like one of those movies where a mosnter is trampling through a city..." (McCall 119)

1 Overview Sentence

Nathan, falls in love, graduates from high school, has a boy, and shoots someone all in the same summer.

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