Wednesday, September 21, 2011

What does Brent consider at the end of Paul Fleischman's novel Whirligig?

At the end of the novel, Brent considers traveling before going home. With his whirligig project finished, Brent believes that he can confidently face his parents and Lea's mother again. He is also looking forward to starting at a new school in the fall.


Realizing that his bus pass does not expire for three weeks, Brent considers visiting New Hampshire and Vermont. He also thinks that he may enjoy camping on Lake George in New York state. After all, someone he had met at the contradance had just returned from a canoeing trip there. Brent also contemplates building more whirligigs; he imagines that he may make a lifetime project of it and perhaps even deposit a whirligig in all fifty states in America.

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