A Scanner Darkly: The Movie

• The movie was great and it had great acting along with great directing.
• I liked how they used cartoon-like filming because it made the movie seem better for me.
• The movie was very brief while the book was very detailed.
• The movie left many parts out like the part with Freck in the beginning and also other parts in the movie that when you really look at, are really insignificant to the movie.
• The director used many P.O.V. shots from Fred inside the Scramble suit.
• The movie was very interesting to watch because it painted another picture in my mind of what was going on and how the enviornment looked.
• The way that the characters acted showed their true personalities in the plot whihc in the end shows that it was great acting in the movie.
• One thing I fiugred out right before they were going to show it was, Donna being Hank.
• When Hank started to talk to Fred at the End you could tell it was Donna.
• Did Donna ever take Substance D or was she faking all the time, also witht the cocaine?
• I liked the way the director visualized the book and I believe that it was an excellent film.

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Bariss is snitching on Bob while Bob is working for the police an listening to him talk.
Bob is being signed into New-Path to work on his addiction.
The peopel in New-Path are brainwahsed and are like robots.
Fred was sent to work on a farm in Napa Valley after he wwas signed into New Path.
New-Path produces Substance D with their blue flower
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Who is Hank?
Why is Fred being fined when he had to tke Substance D to protect his cover?
Did Jim Barris poison Fred or is it the Substance D?
Why do they call Bob Bruce now, was that his real name?
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Tapestry (p 237): a machine-woven reproduction of this.
impassively (p 251): without emotion; apathetic; unmoved.
transmute (p 258): to change from one nature, substance, form, or condition into another; transform.
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"cuckoo"(p 225)Onomotepia.
"the flower of the future"(p 272) Symoblis. The floweres symoblise the way that society is heading because of Substance D.
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The last section talks about Fred being addmited into New-Path and eventually figuring out that New-path is the cause of all the roblems because theyre making Substance D.

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Bob watches holo playbacks which must mean hes a holo-scanner.
Fred has to do another test.
Bob is messing up his cover .
Bob took 10 tbas of Substance D the day they were testing for it.
The consumtion of the 10 tabs cayused Bob to fail his test.
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Did donna plan to up Bob in the middle of the night or was it a coincedence like she said?
What did Frd hear in German?
Why did Bob decide to take ten tbasright before the test?
Why does Fred have to do another test, did they find that he was becoming addicted?
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peddling (p 163): to deal out, distribute, or dispense, esp. in small quantities.
amiably (p 176): having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable.
ident (p 190): short for identification, esp. in reference to its use on television channels between programs.
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"POSE AS A NARK"(p 198)Foreshadowing that something bad is going to happen or his cover will be blown.
"I would never hang out with creeps like that"(p 199). Fred is hanging out wioth them and hes lying about it.
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This section talks about Fred having to tke the test again and it also talks about Fred's cover as a Nark.

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The doctors want to evaluate Fre/Bob because they think that he has taken to much Substance D and is getting out of contorl.
How had Barris gotten all the speciala modifications on his car.
Bob had his won modifications in his car radio to hear officers tlakingon the police radio.
Luckman was choking while Barriss was standing there doing nothing.
Barriss stood and watchedLuckamn choke because he is up to something evil.
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How did Barris get the "10-speed" bike for only twenty dollars?
Where is all the substance D coming from and who makes it?
Who are the holo-scanners?
Do people in the Police Station know that hes really Bob Acort?
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chiasm (p 115): a crossing or decussation, as that of the optic nerves at the base of the brain.
marveling (p 132): something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy.
frigid (p 158): without warmth of feeling; without ardor or enthusiasm.
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"A thousand tabs of death"(p 144) Foreshadow. Thsi foreshadows that something bad is going to happen with all those tabs.
"I dont like Bariss"(p 144) Foreshadowing that Bariss is up to something and his goint to do somthing bad.
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This section talks about Bob and his double life and it also talks mostly about Barriss.

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Bob Arctor is Fred in the scramble suit.
The scramble sut helps protect their identities by giving them aa bunch of different identities at a time.
Fred has to report on himslef otherwise his superiors will find out who he is.
The police mounted cameras while Bob and his friends traveled to San Diego.
Their car broke down as they were going to San Diego and it looked Deliberate.
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How does the scramble suit look like and how does it protect the officers?
Why was Bariss trying to make a silencer?
Did somone mess with the car before they went to San Diego?
Was the evidence a slip-up?
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scowling (p 68): to draw down or contract the brows in a sullen, displeased, or angry manner.
murky (p 70): dark, gloomy, and cheerless.
unerringly (p 72): not erring; not going astray or missing the mark.
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"bablling at the operator"(p 76) Ontomotepia.
"The ashtray as always overflowed"(p 97) Symbolism. Shows that they smoked alot of weed.
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This section tlaks about Fred having to report on his findings and about himself while hes trying to help the Orange County Office.

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There are bugs on the guy and allaround his house.
Substance D is an illegal drug.
Jerry is a dope-head and addicted to substance D.
The story is set in Califronia.
Bob Arctor is an undercover narcotics agent.
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What are aphids?
Were there really aphids on him and around his house or was he hallucinating?
What is substance D?
What is the scramble suit?
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tract (p 6): a stretch or period of time.
barbiturates (p 8): any of a group of barbituric acid derivatives, used in medicine as sedatives and hypnotics.
amid (p 11): in the middle of; surrounded by.
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"specifecalliy who these men-or rather animals-..."(p 25) Metaphor. the author is comparing the men to animals.
"This is why you get up and leave." (p 27) Man vs. Man. Bob is arguing against the lady.
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This section sets up the story and starts to talk about Bob Arctor being an undercover agent.