Ever hear stories about a genie in a magic lamp? This is what
a magic lamp might look like:
Doogie Howser was a TV show in the 1980's and 1990's
about a genius kid who becomes a doctor at age 16. What
does it tell you about the doctor when Auggie was born if
his parents kept calling him Doogie?
Most of us are familiar with Star Wars, and get ready for a
ton of Star Wars references in the book. Auggie says that he
and Christopher used to play with toy lightsabers:
Dragon Rider is a book by Cornelia Funke, who also wrote
Inheart, Inkspell, and Inkdeath. Imagine reading this when
you were just six years old!
Adidas shoes like the ones worn by Mr. Tushman!
Rubik's Cube was a popular toy in the 1980's. Here's the
original one plus one made with mirrors like Mr. Tushman
has on his desk.
Mr. T. was a big time celebrity in the 1980's. He was on the
original A-Team TV show. He was also a boxer in one of
the Rocky movies, Rocky III. One of his famous
catchphrases was, "I pity the fool who ..." followed by some
sort of description. Something like, "I pity the fool who
doesn't read books!"
Auggie says that Charlotte is wearing green Crocs, probably
something like these. Is it important that Auggie has already
mentioned other people's shoes three times?
Does that tell us something about him?
So what is the difference between a tuba and a baritone? Is it worth getting in an argument while giving a school tour? Can you tell the difference? Can you tell which is which?
