Thursday, October 16, 2008

Me, Penelope by Lisa Jahn-Clough Journal Entry #1

5 Comments:
  • Lopi is a teenager who has a very low self-esteem.

  • Lopi is at the stage where she is going through puberty and curious about sex.

  • To Lopi, school was prison and was a horrible place to be.

  • Toad (Harry Zebowski) is Lopi's best friend who argues with her a lot.

  • The college student who lives with Lopi and Viv (Lopi's mom) is very peacful to Lopi.

4 Questions:

  • How could she go shopping on the day her brother died?

  • Was Lopi afraid of her Viv's boyfriend named Josh?

  • Does Viv really think that Josh would be around that long, knowing how often she has boyfriends?

  • Why was the shoe shopping to Lopi the best memory of being with her mother?

3 Words:

  • Hypocrisy (pg. 4): a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles

  • Aptitude (pg.11): capability; ability; innate or acquired capacity for something; talent

  • Fiend (pg. 17): and evil spirit; a demon

2 Literary Terms:

  • Introduction (pg. 1) "My name is Penelope Yeager, Lopi for short. I appear normal-normal for a sixteen-year-old American girl, this is."

  • Simile (pg. 17) "You do study like a fiend."

1 Sentence Summary:

  • Lopi is a teenage girl who wants to live a happy life by getting out of highschool and going through adult experiences.

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