Summary
Our part starts of right after Ed gets done getting rid of the guy from Edgar Street. For roughly the first half of the section, Ed was in shock and doubtful of himself. Getting the card this time was a bit rougher for Ed. He obtained the card from two hit men who broke into his house and beat him up. Once he has the card, Ed struggles with what the new card means because it is much more vague then the first card he got. Later in the section, Ed finally gets the message from the card when a runaway "customer" leads him to the stones of home where three names are engraved on a rock. The first act that he must do is for Thomas O'Reilly in which he throws a party at an unheard of church by giving away free beer. The second act that he commits is simply by buying Angie Carusso an ice cream cone. Finally, the last act he does is he helps Gavin Rose get along with his brother better by allowing himself to get beat up by both brothers and a gang of boys.
Analysis
Our part was mainly the rising action. The role of it is to start building up suspense to the climax by having more challenging clues. Also, the people he helps have harder problems that are harder to diagnose and harder to come up with a solution. The main purpose of this part of the story was to show the card will be a reoccurring thing and the tasks will be increasingly difficult. The card this part gave a hint as to where Ed could find the names of the people he needed to help. On the card it said, "Say a prayer at the stones of home." Once he finally got to the stones of home, he finally got the names. The stones of home are a symbol of Ed's childhood. The place where he found the names was where he and his brother would play and race around.
Quotation Analysis
"just Ed"
This is a quote that really sums up the position that Ed is in. When Ed goes over to Audrey's house, she is entertaining a male friend who asks who's at the door. She replies with "just Ed." Naturally, Ed takes this really hard. Ed really wants to be the guy that Audrey is with but like she said, he's just Ed.
"Are you crazy but good, too, Ed Kennedy?"(141)
At this point in the book, Ed is pretty confused on what he's supposed to be doing. We know that he for sure feels crazy but he isn't quite sure if he is good at this point. This even foreshadows how Ed will end up helping the pastor. Most people would think that he is crazy to just put up $500 for someone he just met.
"Teach you to mess with my brother."(179)
This happens at the very end of the chapter when Ed gets crap kicked out of him by the Rose boys and there friends. This shows just how much Ed is going to have to sacrifice for these cards. It is almost as if at this point doing these cards is more fate than it is free will.
This is a quote that really sums up the position that Ed is in. When Ed goes over to Audrey's house, she is entertaining a male friend who asks who's at the door. She replies with "just Ed." Naturally, Ed takes this really hard. Ed really wants to be the guy that Audrey is with but like she said, he's just Ed.
"Are you crazy but good, too, Ed Kennedy?"(141)
At this point in the book, Ed is pretty confused on what he's supposed to be doing. We know that he for sure feels crazy but he isn't quite sure if he is good at this point. This even foreshadows how Ed will end up helping the pastor. Most people would think that he is crazy to just put up $500 for someone he just met.
"Teach you to mess with my brother."(179)
This happens at the very end of the chapter when Ed gets crap kicked out of him by the Rose boys and there friends. This shows just how much Ed is going to have to sacrifice for these cards. It is almost as if at this point doing these cards is more fate than it is free will.