Sam takes the problems we face in the world and dance as an example of life without complications.Here Sam is showing how dance treats the soul, how its the time when everything is perfect, its an escape from the troubles and affairs in life.From this I see that Sam uses dance as a third eye to life.

Hally is starting to be more appreciative of ballroom dance after Sam describes how it should feel.

Hally's Imagination of dancing is pretty dull. All he sees is people dancing and having a good time when there is so much more to appreciate like the music and different instruments and when the judges choose a winner.

Hally is not really thrilled when Sam suggest that he give ballroom dance a try. Hally feels that dancing is silly and pointless. Hally could be insecure if he could even do the dance and starts to act this way so he doesn't have to do it.

Here I can see how Sam is like a father figure to Hally because he is familiar with the excuses Hally makes for not doing well in school.

This math exam isn't really important to Hally, I wonder why Hally doesn't intend to try to learn or do well in math. This shows us his attitude towards school and how he is not really taking advantage of his education opportunities.

What we can take from this is that social reformers are the newer generations or the youth that will one day fight for change and equality.

Hally was punished with a paddling. This gives an idea on school discipline in this time.

Hally is aware of the unfairness and corruption in the law in these times and before. He is hopeful for a better future with justice but at the same time has his doubt when hearing these experiences from Sam.

Hally isn't very fond of his teacher.

This shows how this series of events happened all in a short time period of 25 minutes and now things are back to normal like nothing really happened.

Could this event be triggered by some type of activity the driver was partaking in and what made it a tragedy. Here we can see his confusion because he never finds out what happened and he assumed it was an accident.

what the last paragraph wants to say is that the transfer from High school to college is a big life changing event that comes with challenges and the way Eric sees it as a challenge he has to take because of the sacrifices his family had to make for him to have a better future.

Juxtaposition

The first two paragraphs gives us an idea of his cultural background of his family specifically his parents and grandmother.

Claire still wants a change in her life. I think Claire is ready to turn things around because she doesn’t like where she is feeling grief and guilt inside of her.

This shows how Claire’s mom was tough on her even when she was alive. Just like when Claire felt guilt and grief when she is drinking I think that deep down inside Claire saw her mother as a pedestal that she could never reach. Claire can still feel her mother’s judgement within her actions.

This shows us how Claire is feeling and that she is devastated about her mom because she can’t stop grieving. This is a really hard time for her because she can’t really control her emotions the right way and we all know what Claire does to try and cope with her pain.

So here we can tell Claire is at a very low point in life. She is losing her mom and her 2nd mom. She is spiraling all over the place and drowning in her emotions so this is like an escape from all the negativity of her mother’s sickness.

Claire cannot relate to her mother because she’s not fully mature for her age and the way they act is completely different.

Claire wears a confederate flag bikini her boyfriend gave her and she regrets doing it.

From Claire’s actions we can tell she is in a reckless and unserious relationship.

Rye is devastated by Obsidians death even though they’d just met she really hates the idea of being alone.

Rye knows what Obsidian is doing and that he is attracted to her but with the current state the world is in she wants no one to touch her not to bring a child into this world. This shows that even though Rye has been affected by the illness she still has a good head on her shoulders.

Reading and writing meant a lot to Rye and when she finds out that Obsidian can read she is probably angry and jealous because she loves to write.

Obsidian is curious about where Rye is going but she can’t tell him because she can’t read the map.

Rye was having negative thoughts about trusting this man and getting in his car, but now she is starting to ease her mind when he follows her directions.

Rye is worried about something other than walking long distance. She could be uncomfortable that she's in a strangers car.

Rye is making a decision I feel like she is going to regret. There aren’t any law officials to enforce law if something happens she is getting into a complete stranger’s car.

Being armed was enough to de-escalate the situation between the bus driver and officer. There obviously aren’t strict laws in act it’s more like everyone for themselves.

This is in a different when the laws of society have changed. Regular things to us like cars and buses are unusual to these people. Things are chaotic.

Rye is familiar with situations like the one she was caught up in on the bus.

Rye is looking for relatives that she didn’t know about and and from this we can tell something is going or gone wrong.

“She believed she might have one group of relatives left alive”.

Rye is looking for relatives that she didn’t know about and and from this we can tell something is going or gone wrong.

The setting is in Pasadena.

“ Rye, knowing the methods of bus driver, braced herself and held on to the crossbar of the seat in front of her”

Rye is familiar with situations like the one she was caught up in on the bus.

“The bearded man’s revolver was on constant display. Apparently that was enough for the bus driver. The driver spat in disgust, glared at the bearded man for a moment longer, then stride back to his gas-filled bus”.

Being armed was enough to de-escalate the situation between the bus driver and officer. There obvious aren’t strict laws in act it’s more like everyone for themselves.

“There was no more LAPD, no more any large organization, government or private”.

This is in a different time maybe the future when the laws of society have changed. Regular things to us like cars and buses are unusual to these people. Things are chaotic.

“ a brother and his two children twenty miles away from Pasadena”.

The setting is in the Los Angeles area.