Clayton Sanders Mr. Sanders 5 th hour Tuesday, December 9 th, 2014 IR PRESENTATION

Staying Fat for Sarah Brynes Genre: Fiction Author: Chris Crutcher

Main Characters / POV Point of View – First person Main Characters: – Eric – Sarah – Dale – Lemry

Summary Eric on the swim team Dale = Bully but grows to be part of the team Sarah’s back story

1 specific event: Theme Domestic abuse “Dad was getting crazy again. I started having dreams about the stove. He held my face against it, Eric” (Page 145).

1 specific event: Suspense “I can smell your fear clear across town. I’ll give you one more chance to take me to Sarah or I’m taking your car” (Page 167).

Favorite Paragraph “Think you’d like to have my chance? Sarah asks, pointing to her face. Sarah Brynes slides carefully out of her seat and walks over to Mark Brittan. Very softly she says, “look at me”. Brittan looks up, but he drops his gaze. “No” Sarah Brynes says, “keep looking”.

Rating Scale of 1 – 10: – 7.5 – I felt this way because the beginning was slow, but it really picked up towards the end.