Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Says, Does, Thinks, Buzz Game -- How We Learn About Characters

The Says, Does, Thinks, Buzz Game 
(You'll find a link to answers at the bottom of this post.  Some could fit more than one category.)

Says:  Hand on mouth   (This one includes the character's  speech -- what he says and how he says it -- and thoughts)
Does: One fist on top of another
Thinks:  Finger pointed to head
Buzz:  Hand cupped by ear  (What other people -- including the narrator -- say and how they react to the character)



Examples:

I was wishing I looked like Paul Newman — he looks tough and I don’t -- but I guess my own looks aren’t so bad. p. 1      Thinks  


Didya catch ‘em? p. 12     Says

 I kept saving my money for a year, thinking that someday I could buy Mickey Mouse back for Soda. p. 40  Does


 You don’t look old enough to be going to high school,. .   p. 23    Buzz and Says
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Tuff enough. Wait till I get out, though, so you can keep Darry off my back. p. 18    
Says, Does, Thinks, or Buzz?






 You ain’t a’woofin’, . p. 53   

                                               Says, Does, Thinks, or Buzz?



Steve Randall was seventeen, tall and lean, with thick greasy hair. . .    pg. 9

                         Says, Does, Thinks, or Buzz?


 Man, . .  ..  if I had worries like that I’d consider myself lucky. I know better now.  p. 36 

                                                 Says, Does, Thinks, or Buzz? 





One time in biology I had to dissect a worm, and the razor wouldn’t cut, so I used my switchblade.  p. 15   

                                                 Says, Does, Thinks, or Buzz?
 






 It was Johnny I was worried about. p. 102      

                                                 Says, Does, Thinks, or Buzz?
 







Oh,no! No, Johnny, not my hair! p. 71   

                                                 Says, Does, Thinks, or Buzz?
 






 This church gave me a kind of creepy feeling. What do you call it? Premonition? p. 67 

                                                 Says, Does, Thinks, or Buzz?
 




I took a deep breath and kept my mouth shut.  p. 103   


                                                 Says, Does, Thinks, or Buzz?
 






 I had never thought about it. Everyone in our neighborhood, even the girls, smoked.
p. 97    


                                                 Says, Does, Thinks, or Buzz?
 






 I wasn’t about to go through that flaming door, so I slammed a big rock through a window and pulled myself in. p. 91      
                                                 Says, Does, Thinks, or Buzz?
 




Dally didn't give a Yankee dime about anyone but himself, and he was cold and hard and mean.    pg. 90

                             Says, Does, Thinks, or Buzz? 



You don’t ever think,. . . not at home or anywhere when it counts. You must think at school, with all those good grades you bring home, . . . but do you ever use your head for common sense? No sirree, bub.   p. 13   


                                                 Says, Does, Thinks, or Buzz?
 








Not even the rattling of the train could keep me awake, and I went to sleep in a hoodlum’s jacket, with a gun lying next to my hand. p. 62   

                                                 Says, Does, Thinks, or Buzz?
 





I swear, you three are the bravest kids I’ve seen in a long time. (Jerry) p. 95  


                                                 Says, Does, Thinks, or Buzz?
 





I don’t know why I handed you that busted bottle. . .  You’d never use it.  p. 47     

                                                 Says, Does, Thinks, or Buzz?
 





Darry wheeled around and slapped me so hard that it knocked me against the door.  p. 50   

                                                 Says, Does, Thinks, or Buzz?
 






You know,. . .  I never noticed colors and clouds and stuff until you kept reminding me about them. It seems like they were never there before.”  p. 78 

                                                 Says, Does, Thinks, or Buzz?
 





 . . . the next thing I knew I had him [Darrell] around the waist and was squeezing the daylights out of him. p. 98    


                                                 Says, Does, Thinks, or Buzz?
 





Dally’s okay.  . . . He’d leave you alone if he knew you.  p. 26   

                                                 Says, Does, Thinks, or Buzz?
 






I know.  . . . I’m just a little spooked, that’s all. p. 8     

                                                 Says, Does, Thinks, or Buzz?
 







Soda looks like your mother did, but he acts exactly like your father.   

                                                 Says, Does, Thinks, or Buzz?
 








Answers for Says, Does, Thinks, Buzz