Review Level Test Foreshadowing hints that something will happen later on Insulin requires refrigeration Dan Gunn mentions in Ch 3 and then the electricity will go out at the end of Ch 6 ID: 272202
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Alas, Babylon Review
Level TestSlide2
Foreshadowing
– hints that something will happen later on
“Insulin requires refrigeration” – Dan Gunn mentions in Ch. 3, and then the electricity will go out at the end of Ch. 6.Metaphor – a comparison between two unlike things not using the words like or asMark says that Helen “is my right arm.” He is comparing her to an essential part of himself.“Alice, tiny, drab in black and gray, an active, angry sparrow of a woman, arrived late.”Simile – a comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as"Her eyes, which reflected her moods as the river reflected the sky, were gray and opaque.""The air is like soup and the people are like noodles."Allusion – reference to a famous person, place, historical event, or literary work“the Good Samaritan” reference to the Bible – Randy stops to help the woman on the side of the road (she is already dead).Riverside Inn residents compared to first-class Titanic passengersTheme – life lesson or message being taught
Figurative LanguageSlide3
Randy and the others are awoken by the earth shaking due to nuclear bombs dropping.
Randy figures out how close they are to the blasts by using the flash and sound system.
See the blast flash and mark the timeHear the blast and mark the timeUse arithmetic/math to figure out the distance of the blastPeyton is injured (temporary retinal burns)Ben Franklin – child of the atomic age“I’m going to fill up the sinks and pails and tubs with water.”Randy drives to town to get Dan GunnAccident on the road / “And yet Randy stopped”Randy cannot abandon his humanity, so he stops to make sure there is something he can do to help the woman – she is already dead though.Riverside Inn is in a state of chaos and medical emergencyTheme: only the strong surviveAllusion: “If the Riverside Inn sank, they must go down with the ship.”
Chapter 5Slide4
Bank chaos
Edgar
QuisenberryAt first refuses to limit money withdrawals or to close the bank“This was Edgar’s first, and perhaps his vital error.”“By afternoon the law of scarcity had condemned the dollar to degradation and contempt. Within a few more days the dollar would be banished entirely.” – pg. 119“If the dollar was worthless, everything was worthless. The end of civilization as we know it. It meant the end of money” “He had been a banker all his life and that’s how he was going to die, a banker.”Chapter 5Slide5
“The Day” – pg. 123
Radio dependence – waiting to hear from the outside world
Mrs. Josephine Vanbruuker-BrownSecretary of Health, Education and WelfarePRESIDENT!“There have been grave dislocations of communications, of industrial, economic, and financial functions.” – pg. 127Puts debts and loans on hold due to the banks crumblingDan Gunn visits to check on Peyton and talks with Randy about the medical situation in town; learns the Edgar killed himself“Aren’t you drinking, Randy?” - Dan “No, I don’t feel like I want one.” - RandyChapter 6Slide6
Toynbee’s
Theory: “Some nations and some people melt in the heat of crisis and come apart like fat in the pan. Others meet the challenge and harden.” – pg.
133“‘You load up your gun, Ben,’ he said. ‘It’s yours now. Never point it at a man unless you intend to shoot him, and never shoot unless you mean to kill.’” – pg. 137Ben’s loss of innocence/childhoodAdmiral Hazzard (retired) – has old ham radio he uses to listen to military communicationElectricity goes out when Orlando is bombedChapter 6Slide7
Loss of electricity
Water shortage solution: connect all the houses on River Road using the artesian water well (Bragg’s house, Henry’s house, Admiral
Hazzard’s house, Florence’s house = rely upon each other to survive)Addicts attack Dan’s clinic looking for drug fixDan moves in to Randy’s house on River Road (rely upon each other to survive)Radio announcement of contamination zonesChapter 7Slide8
Lavinia
McGovern dies - no refrigeration = no insulinBill and Lib move in to Randy’s house (rely upon each other to survive)Commotion at Florence’s houseSir Percy (cat) ate Anthony (parrot)“The strong survive. The frail die.” – pg. 176“We’re going to have to be tough. We’re going to have to be catfish.” – Randy to LibChapter 7