Blog Post: Significance

The book I'm currently reading is Yellow Line By Sylvia Olsen. Their are two main points in the story that I feel are very significant to the progression of the plot. The first example is the scene with Vince and the old man in the rain. When Vince talks to the old man, he offers this advice, "Let me tell you something, son. If you're sorry for something then pick up the bat, step up to the plate and play the ball. It ain't going to do you no good walking down a dark road in the rain talking to yourself for the rest of your life."(Page 87)This part of the story is significant because it represents the change in Vince. This old man's advice has helped him become a more confident person, so much so that the day later he sat with the rest of the Indians on the bus, and he would go no where near there earlier in the story. This also helps him because when he sees Raedawn next, he has the confidence to talk to her. Another part of the story that I found significant was when Raedawn and Vince meet in the campsite office. "Her voice, like an electric arc, shoots out and grabs my sopping wet body.You know how you think of something over and over and plan exactly what you are going to do? Then when it happens, you forget everything. I'm finally alone with Raedawn and I'm paralyzed." This is significant because it represents the climax of the story. Raedawn and Vince are finally alone together again, and this time Vince steps up to the plate and plays the ball, leaving all his emotions on the table. This is the climax and the most suspenseful part of the story, when as the reader you are wondering whether Vince and Raedawn will get together, or if she will be unable to forgive him for his friends actions. I'm not going to spoil the ending, you'll have to read the book to find out.