Whirligig

The first scene I selected was when Bret, the main character was in his car driving. He had just left a party, he had been drinking. While he was driving, depressing thoughts started running through his mind. He began to think about how his life was dull and wasn’t worth much. He proceeded to close his eyes and take his hands off the wheel. As a result his car swerved in and out of lanes. Finally he hit a teenaged girl named Lea. This scene is significant to the novel due to the fact that Lea’s death leads to main plot of the novel. Without this action Brent would have never gotten away from his boring life with his parents. It also shows that Brent sacrificed somebody in orde...