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October 3

We started off class with a role call question and a short life lesson. The life lesson was "Little Things Add Up". Mr. Neal told us about another school similar to Beaver in New York. The school relies mainly on donations as it is tuition free. Mr. Neal has a collection bottle in the classroom that is meant for pennies only. The next thing we did was begin to discuss part 3. Below is a summary of the different pages we discussed.

241: Sammy and Joe meet Salvador Dalí at a New York high society party who is wearing a ridiculous diving suit. His helmet malfunctions and he almost suffocates but Joe saves him just in time. Michael Chabon puts this scene in the book to help show that comic books are high art comparable to the surrealist movement. We also met Rosa Saks.

254: We discussed this page briefly. Sammy sees the two gay men kiss and is aroused.

October 4, Double Block: We started by making our personal vocabulary lists on Quizlet. Then after a short roll call question about our pet peeves, Mr. Neal asked us if there was any confusion about certain pages in part 3. Below is a summary of what we discussed.

247: Rosa, the hipster artist, is talking about her studio and her dream journal in a very long and monotonous paragraph. She tells Joe that whenever she remembers a dream, she writes it down along with any words that come to her in the dream. This is Joe's inspiration for her imagination related power. Rosa too believes in the power of imagination.

268: This page is in the intercalary chapter about the origin of Luna Moth. The confusion on this page was caused by a description of Judy Dark that compares her to an umbrella. At first we were stumped as to what Chabon meant. We soon figured out that it was a metaphor for her life. She is very up tight and proper. Her life is "buttoned up".

270: Another page from the intercalary chapter, this page is where Judy Dark becomes Luna Moth and meets the Lady of the Dark. Judy protects a rare book on display at her library but is electrocuted while holding it. This is the stem of her powers as the new Mistress of the Dark.

286: One of the last pages of the reading, this page is about Deasy. He is warning Joe and Sam that Empire Comics is being sued by the creators of Superman. Deasy tries to convince Joe that his comics are nothing more than cheap drawings but Joe sticks to his opinion that he really can make a difference in the world through the power of his imagination. We also discovered that this page is a crossover into Michael Chabon's life and his belief in imagination.

Finally, we discussed Joe's creation of Luna Moth on a symbolic level. Here is a list of ideas we came up with:
 * Joe and Sam are unable to portray emotions so they do through comics
 * She has the power to escape through imagination
 * Reflection of Joe and Sams life
 * Something big out of something small
 * Judy is like an umbrella, pretty boring.