I am currently reading Dunk, by David Lubar, and it is about a high school boy, Chad, who lives near the Jersey shore. With the boardwalk full of arcades, games, and rides, it seems fun, but Chad is mesmerized by the "Bozo"-the dunk-tank clown whose witty insults rip the air like a chainsaw. The new guy that moved on top of Chad's house is the "Bozo", and when Chad gets accused of robbing a store, the "Bozo" didn't help to bring him to justice. Chad gets mad at this man. After having accomplishing nothing during the summer, Chad gets an idea. He can be the "Bozo" in the dunk tank. He feels that it is a perfect idea. He really wants that job, so he asked the man in charge of the game for a job, and he got it! Sadly, he get the job of picking up the balls, and he is not the "Bozo". An author's intrusion in this book is ,"Out here in the world, you never knew what would happen if you opened your mouth. Someone might laugh. Or throw a punch. Or just ignore you. In the tank, it was different. People loved the Bozo. And nobody ignored him. Nobody looked down on him or told him he was a loser" (50).
With this author's intrusion line, "Out here in the world, you never knew what would happen if you opened your mouth. Someone might laugh. Or throw a punch. Or just ignore you. In the tank, it was different. People loved the Bozo. And nobody ignored him. Nobody looked down on him or told him he was a loser" (50), it shows that everyone needs to let out what they have to say. This shows to take out all of those words off of your chest. But the author is standing up for everyone in the world who cannot take all of their words off of their chest and are being bullied or attacked at by the rest of the world. Just imagine how good that would be. Imagine if you are protected and you can say whatever you want to the world that is so mean to you. Wouldn't that be so relieving? The Bozo is completely safe, behind the bars, and people not knowing his identity, because he is behind all of that makeup. I think that the reason why Chad really wants to be the Bozo is because he might have been bullied a lot at school, and that he has a lot to say back to the world. Where I currently am in the book, Chad still didn't get a job as a Bozo, so we still don't know what Chad has to say to the world, and to get off of his chest.
Another author's intrusion line that I found, that still has to do with the same issue is, "I could let loose at anyone I felt like nailing. Snobs, nasty teachers, people who didn't care about their kids-I'd get them all" (54). This shows that there are many people that Chad would like to get back at. This is also the major theme/issue in this book. The major theme is getting revenge and getting back at others. Chad wants to do this. He has many thing to get back at, and he wants to be protected while he does that. He hates how the girl that he falls in love with leaves for Montana. He hates how he has the Bozo living right on top of him. He hates that he has no father figure in his life. He hates how Anthony is a jerk to him. The list just goes on and on. I know that this is author's intrusion because the message gets shown multiple times in different ways. Also, it answers the question that the readers question the most about this book; why does Chad want to be the Bozo so badly?
In conclusion, the author of this book, David Lubar, intrudes with the message and theme of getting revenge and getting back at others. Basically, to say everything that is on your chest and get it off of your chest. I know that this is author's intrusion because the message gets shown multiple times in different ways. Also, it answers the question that the readers question the most about this book; why does Chad want to be Bozo so badly? Just imagine how cool it would be to be the Bozo, and to get back at everyone and get everything off of your chest, while you are protected by bars. How cool would that be?
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