Journal Entry #4

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• Paul goes to church to confess because he feels that he has sinned. He's confessing about touching his Aunt's breast.
• Paul has now started High School. His teacher has taken his breath away!
• Uncle Adelard waits for Paul to teach him more how to fade. Adelard's uncle, Theophile was the on who taught Adelard to fade. So, fades are passed on from generation to generation.
  
• Paul asked Adelard why he decided to teach him how to fade and Adelard told him that his uncle Theophile told that the nephew with the glow around his body is the next one to be taught.
  
• Paul loves to write and was assigned to type a story. After he handed in the story, his teacher pulled him aside. She told him that the story was unacceptable and that she knows it's hard going from a parochial school to a public school. Also, that he should remove himself from chorus and just focus on his studies.
• Paul is thinking about what his uncle told him. Aldelard said that the fade wasn't a gift and Paul is starting to see where he's coming from.
• Paul feels something chasing him!
  

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• Is Paul going to fall in love with his teacher now?
• Can it be a girl in the family that can be taught how to fade?
  
• Why is this teacher saying harsh things to Paul?
  
• Does Paul regret finding out the mystery of the family photograph?
  

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• Teetering (97): to walk or move unsteadily
• Renegades (104): one who rejects a religion, alliance or group for another
  
• Turreted (117): a small tower, forming part of a large structure
  

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• "My fate hanging in that pause, teetering as if on a high wire" (97). Simile.
• "My head danced with color and light and laughter and voices and ringing bells as I stumbled down the stairs that afternoon to meet my cousin Jules across the street" (104). Personification.
• "I did not know, like visiting a museum and being ignorant of the artists who created such works of splendor" (125). Simile.
  

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• Paul is learning more about how to fade and the fade is no longer a mystery to him. He ponders as to whether it's a gift or not...