Monday, June 15, 2009

we beat the streets #5

Comments
*i think its better 2 have friends that have the same ideas and interests
*i was surprised the guy with the gun let Sampson just walk away w.o giving him the 2 dollars.
*everybody who Sampson hangs out with tries to get him to do drugs or sell drugs.
*i am glad Sampson didn't sell the drugs but he could've said no in the beginning.
*i would've told spud to take all drugs and give me the money i had at 1st but Sampson said take it all.
Questions
*how did rameck end up hanging with George and Sampson if he didn't want friends?
*what happened to frank when Sampson walked away from the guy w. the gun?
*why didn't Sampson just celebrate his birthday with George and rameck?
*how many siblings did Sampson have?
Vocabulary
*tromped-to defeat soundly; trounce
*vague- not clearly or explicitly stated or expressed
*zonked-stupefied by or as if by alcohol or drugs; high
Literary terms
*imagery- i could picture the drug house with so
Much drugs and big men with guns
*ironic- that every time Sampson says no to drugs someone else asks him again.
Overall statement
*this was about Sampson and pressure to do drugs.

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