Journal Entry #9

5

• Ozzie is the new fader!
  
• Ozzie doesn't seem too happy about his ability to fade as Paul did at first. Ozzie worries more about the bad things that can occur rather than living a fairytale life.
  
• His way of thinking has much to do with the way he was treated as a child. He does everything with caution.
  
• It is said that Ramsey is a town where there is now bad luck and they compare him to it.
  
• He has come across a man in the streets of Ramsey and he's telling him about the "haunted town". The man can barely walk and is holding a bottle in his hand. He is a drunk.
  
• A voice is telling Ozzie to kill! Deep down he knows it's not him.
  

4

• Is he going to stay in Ramsey?
  
• Can he just fade and appear back at another place without feeling tired?
• Since the drunk saw him fade, will he tell everyone?
  
• Will Ozzie end up killing the sister?

3

• Aura (259): a persuasive quality in the atmosphere
  
• Staggering (276): overwhelm
  
• Discordant (277): disagreeing
  

2

• "The morning aromas of coffee, bacon, and other fried foods wafted through an open window" (289). Allusion.
  
• "A sleepy town, a town that went to bed early" (268). Personification.
  

1

• The fade is getting to Ozzie! With the past on his mind and the ability to fade, Ozzie is not thinking the right way because he's now thinking about killing.