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Section on: It's All Downhill From Here On Up     James Chris Pang Shoua Joyson Daniel

Structure: how was the story told? Did the story follow a sequence or order?- Personal Connection, Influential people, adventure- **Vocab   ** 
 * 1)   Rhododendron-   any evergreen or deciduous shrub or tree belonging to the genus  //Rhododendron,//  of the heath family, having rounded clusters of showy, pink, purple, or white flowers and oval or oblong leaves.
 * 2) Pathologically optimistic- always looking at the bright side of things.
 * 3) Blazes- A mark cut or painted on a tree to indicate a trail.   [[image:blueblaze.jpg width="214" height="171"]]
 * 4) Logistical- Of or relating to logistics
 * 5) Furtive- sly; shifty
 * 6) Cascades-a mountain range
 * 7) Pensive-dreamily or wistfully thoughtful
 * 8) Cadre-a group of trained or otherwise qualified personnel capable of forming, training, or leading an expanded organization, as a religious or political faction, or a skilled work force
 * Themes **
 * 1) good cheer
 * 2) pathologically optimistic
 * 3) "A night indoors is a night wasted," he told me. He had structured his existence around the idea that the outdoors wasn't an escape from real life but the basis for it.
 * 4) inability to say anything negative
 * 5) "It's all downhill from here on up"
 * 6) "Never let the fact that you're having a horrible time of things get in the way of the good times"