Quarter 2: Outside Reading #2

Rant Casey used to stick his hand into snake and rabbit holes to get bitten. When an animal bit him it apparently made him feel good. After a while, Rant contracted rabies. Rabies can be spread very easily, even through saliva. Since Rant was popular in his small town, it spread very easily. Also, Rant got involved in a game called "Party Crashing". It involved people who dressed up as soccer moms and brides and drove around hitting people. Each car has four people, and one day a few party crashers needed someone else to be in their car. So they pulled over to Rant and asked if he wanted to join.

Quarter 2: Outside Reading #1

In the book Rant by Chuck Palahniuk, it's told in the format of testimonies and memories of Rant. Buster "Rant" Casey is already determined as dead in the beginning of the book. He died at a young age but he impacted a lot of people during his life time. Irene and Chester Casey had Rant when they were teenagers so Rant grew up a little differently than most kids. Also, people say that Rant started a big rabies epidemic in their small town. Everyone in the town had to be very careful when going outside because there were frequent dog attacks. Friends of Rant said that he had a very good sense of smell and taste, better than any human they knew. Irene Casey noticed when Rant was little that he was different than other kids when she discovered his wall was covered with his picked boogers. That was the day that he stopped being her perfect child and his life changed forever.