Week 4- Entry A

Vocabulary-

(p 209) decanting- to pour from one container into another

(p 207) persimmon- red or orange color

Appeals-

1. (p 209) “Whoever he was or whatever he was and no matter how different and crazy he seemed, he was not crazy. […] He looked upon himself as a kind of process, like osmosis, that made various cultures within the city limits available one to another.” This description of Mr. Jonas uses the emotionally appealing word, crazy, to have negative connotations.
2. (p 209) “Now, remember, you can have what you want if you really want it. The test is, ask yourself, Do I want it with all my heart? Could I live through the day without it? If you figure to be dead by sundown, grab the darned thing and run.” This sentence appeals emotionally. Mr. Jonas is telling everyone to dig deep into themselves to make a decision.
3. (p 212) “Tom took the ice pick in the kitchen and chipped a pound of ice into prisms which he carried upstairs. […] They put the ice in handkerchiefs on his face and along his body.” From the description of Douglas’s brother and mother putting ice on him, you logically know he is sick.

Quote-

(p 209) “He looked upon himself as a kind of process, like osmosis, that made various cultures within the city limits available one to another. He could not sand waste, for he knew that one man’s junk is another man’s luxury.” This quote hits on the ever occurring theme of change. Mr. Jonas gives away peoples’ items in exchange for their old items. This exchange brings a fresh new feeling to the old items for other people.

Theme-

The magic of summer permeates through the novel Dandelion Wine. Douglas finds magic to be one of the key aspects to life. He steals a Mme. Tarot fortune telling machine from the arcade. He believes she is mistreated and may be killed by the arcade owner. Douglas imagines she is alive and her fortunes are true. He says the magical machine prints a card telling him he will live forever. This magic is only a small portion of his encounters with magic over the summer.