Thursday, April 20, 2006

Pages 98-110

Words:
Vesuvius -Mount, an active volcano in SW Italy, near Naples. Its eruption destroyed the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum a.d. 79. ab. 3900 ft. (1190 m).

quavered- to shake tremulously; quiver or tremble.

Antaeus in Greek and Berber mythology was a giant of Libya, the son of Poseidon and Gaia, whose wife was Tinjis.

insidious- intended to entrap or beguile: an insidious plan.

mediocre-poor to middling in quality

Plot:
It starts off with Montag getting an earpiece two-way microphone. Montag was told to go get something and he did and then he went home. Mildred is having friends pover at the house. Mrs. Phelps, Mrs Bowles, Mrs. Clara were all watching the wall with Mildred. Montag gets home ang gets mad at them for talking about things like they know everything. So he gets a book and reads them a poem. Mrs. Clara starts to cry for some reason I really don't know why but she just does. And then we stopped reading.

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