Who is the culprit? The Hells Angels? The owner of the funeral parlor? Jack's mother? Miss Volker? While his job as obituary scribe allows Jack to learn more about Norvelt's residents and history, the deaths certainly add an extra dose of stress (and many more bloody noses!) to his summer. Just when Jack thinks the summer couldn't get worse (or is that better?), the old ladies of the town start dying, one after the other. This rising action of lies gets us ready for a big, final reveal. One big problem? Jack can't seem to stand up for himself. Spizz breathing down his neck because of that ticket for "gutter obstruction" that Jack wants to hide from his mom. He can't be perfectly honest with his mom, because he would betray his dad and he can't be perfectly honest with his dad, because-well, you get the idea. Most of Norvelt many conflicts revolve around secrets, and Jack is progressively caught up in one giant, sticky web of deceit. Rising Action So Many Secrets, So Little Time But here comes a summer job to make it a bit more interesting: working as scribe for the town's medical examiner and obituary writer. Now grounded for basically life, his summer vacation is shaping up to be a dead end. First, he shoots his dad's sniper rifle at the drive-in movie theatre screen (an accident), but then he really seals his fate by mowing down his Mom's corn (on purpose). Jack lands himself in big trouble at the very beginning of the story.
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