How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
There lay dragons slaughtered, towers ruined, monsters from dim ages toppled into rusty coinage, pterodactyls smashed like biplanes from old and always meaningless wars, crustacean the color of emeralds abandoned on a white sand shore where the tide of life was going out. (53.4)
This passage comes directly after the boys and Mr. Halloway have vanquished the carnival monsters, and, to our mind, is another example of thirteen-year-old minds at work. Do passages like this call into question the truth of the boys' experience? Or do you believe the whole fantasy?