Level Test
Foreshadowing – hints that something will happen later on “Insulin requires refrigeration” – Dan Gunn mentions in Ch. 3, and then the electricity will go out at the end of Ch. 6. Metaphor – a comparison between two unlike things not using the words like or as Mark says that Helen “is my right arm.” He is comparing her to an essential part of himself. “Alice, tiny, drab in black and gray, an active, angry sparrow of a woman, arrived late.” Simile – a comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as "Her eyes, which reflected her moods as the river reflected the sky, were gray and opaque." "The air is like soup and the people are like noodles." Allusion – reference to a famous person, place, historical event, or literary work “the Good Samaritan” reference to the Bible – Randy stops to help the woman on the side of the road (she is already dead). Riverside Inn residents compared to first-class Titanic passengers Theme – life lesson or message being taught
Randy and the others are awoken by the earth shaking due to nuclear bombs dropping. Randy figures out how close they are to the blasts by using the flash and sound system. See the blast flash and mark the time Hear the blast and mark the time Use arithmetic/math to figure out the distance of the blast Peyton is injured (temporary retinal burns) Ben Franklin – child of the atomic age “I’m going to fill up the sinks and pails and tubs with water.” Randy drives to town to get Dan Gunn Accident on the road / “And yet Randy stopped” Randy cannot abandon his humanity, so he stops to make sure there is something he can do to help the woman – she is already dead though. Riverside Inn is in a state of chaos and medical emergency Theme: only the strong survive Allusion: “If the Riverside Inn sank, they must go down with the ship.”
Bank chaos Edgar Quisenberry At first refuses to limit money withdrawals or to close the bank “This was Edgar’s first, and perhaps his vital error.” “By afternoon the law of scarcity had condemned the dollar to degradation and contempt. Within a few more days the dollar would be banished entirely.” – pg. 119 “If the dollar was worthless, everything was worthless. The end of civilization as we know it. It meant the end of money” “He had been a banker all his life and that’s how he was going to die, a banker.”
“The Day” – pg. 123 Radio dependence – waiting to hear from the outside world Mrs. Josephine Vanbruuker-Brown Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare PRESIDENT! “There have been grave dislocations of communications, of industrial, economic, and financial functions.” – pg. 127 Puts debts and loans on hold due to the banks crumbling Dan Gunn visits to check on Peyton and talks with Randy about the medical situation in town; learns the Edgar killed himself “Aren’t you drinking, Randy?” - Dan “No, I don’t feel like I want one.” - Randy
Toynbee’s Theory: “Some nations and some people melt in the heat of crisis and come apart like fat in the pan. Others meet the challenge and harden.” – pg. 133 “‘You load up your gun, Ben,’ he said. ‘It’s yours now. Never point it at a man unless you intend to shoot him, and never shoot unless you mean to kill.’” – pg. 137 Ben’s loss of innocence/childhood Admiral Hazzard (retired) – has old ham radio he uses to listen to military communication Electricity goes out when Orlando is bombed
Loss of electricity Water shortage solution: connect all the houses on River Road using the artesian water well (Bragg’s house, Henry’s house, Admiral Hazzard’s house, Florence’s house = rely upon each other to survive) Addicts attack Dan’s clinic looking for drug fix Dan moves in to Randy’s house on River Road (rely upon each other to survive) Radio announcement of contamination zones
Lavinia McGovern dies - no refrigeration = no insulin Bill and Lib move in to Randy’s house (rely upon each other to survive) Commotion at Florence’s house Sir Percy (cat) ate Anthony (parrot) “The strong survive. The frail die.” – pg. 176 “We’re going to have to be tough. We’re going to have to be catfish.” – Randy to Lib