Rob - Graphic Organizer chapters 11 &12

This illustration highlights the key parts of chapters 11 and 12.  Chapter 11 is cleverly titled Oops because that is what the stories in it are "Oops" moments.  Everyone has had an oops moment in their life whether it was spilling a beverage on mom and dad's new carpet or breaking a window with a baseball.  Chapter 11 illustrates some of Perry's favorite oops moments from his time in the field, and the gag gifts that accompany them at the end of the year banquet.  Chapter 12, Penultimate, on the other hand is more focused on Perry.  Although the chapter starts with one of the towns people, Jack Most, finding a prehistoric fossil; the chapter is about finding your center in life.  The chapter switches to Perry when he describes that he is able to find his center or is at peace when he is on the road.  Perry's desire to be free was instilled in him by his grandfather and that desire is still visible in his stories of travel.