Why does the author include this plot detail?
Read this excerpt from "Just Another Sunday."
Where are we going?" I asked, not wanting to go, but not
wanting to make Jay go alone with Pete either.
O to show the narrator's sense of adventure
O to reveal how the boys joke around
O to show how Jay is starting to change
O to reveal the narrator's confusion
You'll see
I tried to catch Jay's eye, but he was looking straight ahead
like he'd already forgotten I was there.