A Scanner Darkly - Post 3

A Scanner Darkly - Pg 112-167
5 Strong comments on characters or plot
- It looks like this book is going into depth of how Substance D causes your brain to split apart, just mid sentence.
- It sounds like the Young Black Boy was trying to swindle Barris came in with the bike asking about the gears.
- It seems like people are willing to pay anything to get drugs.
- This city is drowned in drugs from all over the world.
- I don't understand how they make Fred investigate Bob Arctor when Fred is Bob, and was created by Bob because of the investigation.

4 Insightful Questions
- What is Jim doing with a mountain bike?
- What makes Jim think that the bike was a 10 speed, and not originally a 8 speed or whatever?
- Why is Jim calling them "colored" people instead of black or white?
- What did Bob Arctor have his hand on?

3 Vocabulary Words and Definitions
- Chasm (pg 115): a deep opening in the earth's surface
- Frigid (pg 158): cold;sexually unresponsive
- Latent (pg 159): not presently active

2 Examples of Literary Terms
- Hyperbole - "You're too stoned to drive ten feet" (Dick 153).
- Simile - "What's hash sell for now?....Christ! As much as smack" (Dick 154).

1 Summary Sentence
- Donna and Arctor get more personal time together.