We participated in the Wellness Fair, we had a GASP presentation from Alice Weber, and we completed a City of Revelstoke youth survey.
We then took notes on the connections that exist in the novel The Crazy Man. We learned that although Emaline and Angus seem like completely different characters they are remarkably similar. How are they similar -- well they both are suffering through adversity. For both of them the adversity began with problems from within their family. We were reminded of what Peter Grimmm said the first day: they are both disabled (one, physically and the other mentally).
There are also other characters that are connected because they suffer from adversity: Mei Wang suffers from the racism of the townspeople, and Clarice Bitterman suffers from the loss of her husband.
Angus and Emaline are also similar in how they deal with their adversity. They both use images in their mind to help them; Emaline has a room that she shuts the door of and Angus floats his abusive mother away on a basket.
There will be a test on The Crazy Man on Monday or Tuesday of next week.
