Drink-Maniac Milk

Questions

1.What is the narrator's job?

2.Why does Donnie write to talk?

3.Why does the narrator like leaves?

Answers

1. He is a teacher.

2. Donnie is deaf.

3. He thinks they look like extravagant sequins.

Dessert-Vocab Vanillas

Define
1.Intervene-to come between disputing people, groups, etc.

2.Eons-An indefinitely long period of time.

3.Peril-exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger.

4.Inarticulate- lacking the ability to express oneself, esp. in clear and effective speech.

5.Solemnly-grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood.


Sentences
1.They were fighting, so I had to intervene.

2.The universe has existed for eons of time.

3.The polar bears are in peril, do to global warming.

4.I am a very inarticulate public speaker.

5.The teacher looked at him solemnly, as if he did something wrong.

Side-Static Stew

Donnie the deaf leaf-raker is a static character, because he doesn't change at all throughout the story. He is always happy, and persistent, and particular when it comes to raking his leaves.

The Entree-Conflict Chow

The conflict of this story is man vs. himself. Most of the time in the story, the narrator/crazy man, is sharing his thoughts. He's thinking whether or not he should put the leaves back on the ground, and if he should let the deaf boy rake his leaves. He is obsessed with his leaves, but he doesn't want to be mean to the deaf boy, who rakes the leaves so perfectly. He is upset in his mind, but doesn't let it show, because he wants to be nice to the deaf boy. In the end, he puts the leaves down in the ravine, instead of putting them back on the yard, like he wanted to.

The Appetizer-Setting Description

The setting of this story takes place over a couple days, in early fall. I know it is in fall, because the leaves are changing, and falling to the ground, which usually happens in early fall. It probably is in the suburbs because in the city people don't usually have yards, and in the country, kids can't usually walk down the street to rake people's yards. A lot of the "talking" takes place on the front porch of the crazy man's house. The crazy man is inside his house most of the time.