1. Ari and Dante Day 2

3. The Desert
What happens to Ari when he looks through the telescope? How is he changing? (Think about how the book begins, what he says about Heart of Darkness, etc.)

4. The Shoe Game
Why does Dante need to invent a game that allows him to “beat the crap out of his tennis shoes”? Why is establishing rules in the shoe game so important to Dante? What does it have to do with “playing by different rules”? Review pages 44-49

5. Dreams
What did the dream quote in the carousel say?

6. Dreams Reread the description of Ari’s dream on pg. 60. What happens?
What does the dream reveal about Ari, what he wants, and what he’s afraid of?

7. Dreams Reread the description of Ari’s second dream on page 62.
What happens?
What does it reveal about Ari, what he wants, and what he’s afraid of?
How does this dream lead to a breakthrough?

8. The Hyphen Used for word division
Ex: In professionally printed material (particularly books, magazines, and newspapers), the hyphen is used to divide words between the end of one li-
ne and the beginning of the next. 
Can join words together that represent a single item or idea
Ex: eye-opener