3rd 5/4/3/2/1

5/4/3/2/1 The Burn Journals
5 Questions
Does Brent have a mental illness, bipolar disorder maybe?
How old is Brent? How old was he when he first had thoughts of suicide?
Why does Stephen act so weird toward Brent if they are best friends?
Did the fire traumatize Brent?
Does Brent get a choice in deciding where he would go to for rehab?
4 Comments
Brent freaks out at the movie theatres because there is a fire in the movie.
Brent has to leave the hospital soon.
Brent gets really self-conscious about his scars when he goes out in the public.
He calls the hospital home.
3 Vocabulary
Epithelial- forming a protective layer of surface tissue
Tympanic - relating to a tympanum (recessed space)
Sacrilege - violation, desecration, or theft of something considered holy or sacred


2 Literary Terms
“Becky pushes my left arm straight like she is trying to hail a taxicab for me” (pg.106)
“She’s like Freddy Krueger with those things”- simile (pg.179)
1 Overview Sentence
Brent has been going through burn recovery still. He can’t remember why he set himself on fire.