"So anyway, ta-da, here it is, book fans, and all of you in need of AR points at school, the true autobio of my life so far. The dreaded middle school years. If you've ever been a middle schooler, you understand already. If you're not in the middle school yet, you'll understand soon enough."
This isn't really important but it's important as you start to read the book. It's just a little comic relief before anything major happens. It also gives the reader a little inside as to what the author is like. The author is trying to connect to them through a different point of view.
“The next forty-five minutes in that office was about as much fun as a day at Disney World—when it’s pouring rain. And all there is to eat are hot-dog buns. And you get electrocuted on the rides.”
This is important to one of the themes; dealing with your consequences. In this particular quote Rafe is in the office with the principal and a couple teachers. Its also very sarcastic. He's explaining how much it is to be in the principal's office--of course it's not as much fun as Disney World even when it is pouring rain. At the same time he wants it to end as much as the people at Disney World.
“It’s just you, your homework, and the homework room. All. Day. Long. I turned thirteen in that room. Winter ended, and then spring came and went. Wars happened. Trees grew. Babies were born and people died.”
This quote goes along with two different things here. It goes for a little bit of comic relief after something intense happens as much as what I have said is dealing with your consequences. It's just a very funny quote as he uses the he turned a year older, and people were born and died. He uses a metaphor comparing death, growth, and people being born to counteract what's really happening.
“I’d bet anything that if Bear hadn’t just made himself the almighty ruler of my homework, he would have rolled over, farted, and told me this was my problem.
This quote goes a long with another theme. Dealing with what's in front of you and what you have to deal with on a daily basis. In this case it would be his mom's boyfriend Bear in which he doesn't like and Bear doesn't like him. He has a very unstructured relationship with Bear. He treats people like crap and Rafe believes that he shouldn't be apart of the family.
I couldn’t believe this was all because of me! I
kind of felt guilty about it, but it was kind of . . .
amazing. To be honest, only half of that sentence is
true. It was more like I knew I should feel bad, but
I didn’t.
This kind of goes a long a different set of rules. As how he feels, his inner feelings during this book. You don't get a lot of this but this is one where you do get it. Rafe pulls the fire alarm and he says he should feel bad but he doesn't. It shows that Rafe doesn't have very many feelings when he wants to do what he wants to do.
This isn't really important but it's important as you start to read the book. It's just a little comic relief before anything major happens. It also gives the reader a little inside as to what the author is like. The author is trying to connect to them through a different point of view.
“The next forty-five minutes in that office was about as much fun as a day at Disney World—when it’s pouring rain. And all there is to eat are hot-dog buns. And you get electrocuted on the rides.”
This is important to one of the themes; dealing with your consequences. In this particular quote Rafe is in the office with the principal and a couple teachers. Its also very sarcastic. He's explaining how much it is to be in the principal's office--of course it's not as much fun as Disney World even when it is pouring rain. At the same time he wants it to end as much as the people at Disney World.
“It’s just you, your homework, and the homework room. All. Day. Long. I turned thirteen in that room. Winter ended, and then spring came and went. Wars happened. Trees grew. Babies were born and people died.”
This quote goes along with two different things here. It goes for a little bit of comic relief after something intense happens as much as what I have said is dealing with your consequences. It's just a very funny quote as he uses the he turned a year older, and people were born and died. He uses a metaphor comparing death, growth, and people being born to counteract what's really happening.
“I’d bet anything that if Bear hadn’t just made himself the almighty ruler of my homework, he would have rolled over, farted, and told me this was my problem.
This quote goes a long with another theme. Dealing with what's in front of you and what you have to deal with on a daily basis. In this case it would be his mom's boyfriend Bear in which he doesn't like and Bear doesn't like him. He has a very unstructured relationship with Bear. He treats people like crap and Rafe believes that he shouldn't be apart of the family.
I couldn’t believe this was all because of me! I
kind of felt guilty about it, but it was kind of . . .
amazing. To be honest, only half of that sentence is
true. It was more like I knew I should feel bad, but
I didn’t.
This kind of goes a long a different set of rules. As how he feels, his inner feelings during this book. You don't get a lot of this but this is one where you do get it. Rafe pulls the fire alarm and he says he should feel bad but he doesn't. It shows that Rafe doesn't have very many feelings when he wants to do what he wants to do.