Group Members: Kate, Kelley, Vicky, Kelly
Clare is a very interesting character. It is very weird how she is older and practically rapes Johnny. Wants to have a baby but doesn’t want it to be like her in anyway. Sometimes how she is described makes her seem like Ronald McDonald. p. 142-145
Themes
Bobby’s brother:
p. 153 – Break through the glass at the party
p. 152 – Bobby’s connection to brothers death
p. 158 – Thinks of brother having sex in cemetery while looking at Jonathan naked
Hang out / Dancing
p. 167 – Bobby/ Clare dancing and smoking pot
– Bobby and Jonathan hanging out in towels on the roof
Food
Jonathan becomes a food critic
Alice loves to cook
Bobby opens his own restaurant/ bakes in bakery
Home-life
p. 112 – Kids that want to gaul off and smack
– Clare stays inside in the winter; Alice stays in
– Both are mother figures
p. 196 – Buying/doing things on a whim
p. 201 – Bobby saw the lights going home – never going home
The idea of the Hendersons – 3 people living together. The idea of Ma and Uncle Johnny. All take over and split family responsibilities.
External Forces –
Jobs
Death
the Fire
Sex
Drugs
Music
Money
AIDS – p. 171
Questions:
Why is everyone looking for love but no one will let love in? Jonathan looking for excuses because he is scared? Why does he blame his father and not his mother for the traumatic experience in the car?
Is Bobby thinking about his brother more now that he isn’t buried close by and he needs to carry his brother’s dreams to New York? How is Clare involved in this?
