Rumble+Fish+Dylan

1. The person who tells a fiction story is called the narrator. Who is the narrator in this book? The narrator Rumble Fish is Rusty James.

2.Where does the first chapter take place? What are the boys doing there? The first chapter takes place on a beach. Rusty James was on vacation there because he is going to college there.

3. Which boy is in college?

Rusty James is in college. X

4. Where has Rusty-James been for the past few years? Why doesn't he want to recall his past?

Rusty has been there at college, he wants to teach high school. He doesn't want to recall his past because it is a bad past which he was in a reformatory for five years he thinks because he can't remember much, and scars from knife fights.

5. What is Rusty-James doing with his life at the present time?

Rusty James was buming around as he called it he had tried barkeeping once and didn't much like it.

6. What does he say on the first page that shows he has problems? He says that his memory is screwed up and he can't remember stuff, and he tries not to remember stuff from his past.

7. What kind of place is Benny's? X

8. What is Rusty-James doing there? X

9. Why does Biff want to fight Rusty-James? X

10. How does Rusty-James react when he hears about the fight? X

11. Motorcycle Boy's name is mentioned 8 times before he appears in the story. What is the effect on the reader when he does appear? X

12. Describe Steve. X

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