Cassi’s Blog

Summary

Crosby, Newt, and Jonah all went to Cornell. They make it to the island and are greeted by Papa Monzano, his daughter, and Frank H. Papa was sent to the hospital with a unknown sickness. We are introduced to Phillip Castle and his Father. Newt’s cats cradle drawing is taken in many different views and got me thinking.

Vocabulary

amateurish: lacking professional skill or expertise; “a very amateurish job”; “inexpert but conscientious efforts”; “an unskilled painting” 

amiability: having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable

irreverence: the quality of being irreverent; lack of reverence or respect.

Questions

1. How could she tell by the index that he was a homosexual? (that blows my mind)

2. What is the meaning of the band in when the people get off the plane when they get to San Lorenzo?

3. Who are the Martyrs to Democracy? (i read what the cab driver said but i still don’t understand).

HeHe he Crosby said, “boob.” (p.92)

boko-maru: the mingling of awareness.