Boy’s Life 5By Robert McCammon

Quotations• “ I didn’t know, and I was afraid to guess. But I knew

this for sure: whoever had murdered that unknown man was killing my father too.”

• “ All I knew at that moment was a longing: to be older, taller, stronger, and handsome. To be able to kiss the lips of her lovely face, and crank back time so she didn’t have Bill’s baby in her arms. What I wanted to say to her, in that moment, was : You should’ve waited for me.”

Quotations“In later days, Ben would speculate that the wind blew the ball into the river. Johnny would believe a flock of birds had hit it, and knocked it off course. Davy Ray would say something must’ve been wrong with the ball, that it had come to pieces way up there and we hadn’t seen the skin and the innards plummet back to earth.

And me? I just believed.”

“ He forced me to play football. I wasn’t any good at it, ut I did it for him. He said, ‘Boy, you’ll never be any good in this life if you don’t have the killer instinct.’ That’s what he said. ‘Hit ‘em hard, knock ’em down, show ‘em who’s tough.’ The only thing is…I’m not tough. I never was. All I ever wanted was peace. That’s all. Just peace.”

Quotations

•“ SPIIIIIIDERS!”

The Big Questions• What childhood adventures do Cory and his

friends have together?• Contrast Leatherlungs with Mrs. Neville.• Contrast Cory’s father with Tom’s father in

their parenting techniques.• How does Chile Willow affect Cory?

Literary Terms for Next Time• Inference• Antagonist• Round Character• Flat Character• Foreshadowing

Matching for BL6• Vernon Thaxter • Rocket• Ladd Devine• The Lady• Bruton

•Johnny• Plastic• Bloody Meat Cleaver• Chile Willow •Gordo Branlin

•Squirrel heads •Chief Five Thunders• Sugar Ray Robinson• Lucifer• Trains