Did somebody read "Flying Cars" and can give a summary of chapter 1, chapter 2 and chapter 3. It's just three sentences for each chapter. Thank you in advanced.

chapter 1. He remembers Edgar, one of his former Indian foster fathers, who treated Zits nicely until the boy one day beat Edgar in a model airplane race. Angry, Edgar destroyed both planes and grew cold towards the boy. From that incident, Zits learned to hide his emotions to protect himself. Further, he learned that a person's Indian identity did not make him superior. In fact, Edgar’s “Indian identity was completely secondary to his primary identity as a plane-crashing a-s-s-h-o-l-e” (11).

chapter 2. Outside, he runs until two police officers exit a police car and tackle him to the ground. Zits fights with them until he realizes one of them is Officer Dave, whom Zits likes even though the man has arrested him several times. He believes that Officer Dave sincerely wants to help kids like him, possibly because he had a rough childhood himself. Zits describes Officer Dave as “a big white dude” with a gentle voice.

chapter 3.  He is further impressed when Justice apologizes on behalf of white people for attacking the Indians. They agree that the United States is not democratic, and that nobody is truly free. When Zits confesses his affinity for arson, Justice adds that “the true revolutionary must set himself aflame” (25). By the time Justice is released, Zits considers him a father figure and is no longer afraid. They embrace, and Justice promises to later find Zits.

Explanation:

they fear for their lives

what: when quoting a source, use the author’s words verbatim, or word-for-word. this means you shouldn’t change any grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc. put quotations around the words to tell your reader where the quote begins and where it ends.

you also need to acknowledge the author. for example, if using mla format for your research paper, you should have in-text citations with the author’s name and page number listed at the end of each quote.

when: use quotations to provide concrete examples to support your claims. using direct quotations is a great way to build your credibility on the subject. it’s also a good idea to quote your source when the author states things in a powerful way. if you think he or she said it best, then use the exact words to share the ideas.

example: in the short story “a jury of her peers”, mrs. hale compares mrs. wright to her caged bird, saying “she—come to think of it, she was kind of like a bird herself. real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and—fluttery. how—she—did—change” (glaspell).

paraphrasing

what: paraphrasing differs from quoting because you restate the passage in your own words. since you don’t use the author’s words, you don’t need to use quotation marks. however, you still need to acknowledge the author for his or her ideas.

when paraphrasing a text, you should communicate the full meaning of the text; don’t change the meaning. it can be a condensed version of the text, or it could end up being longer than the source it’s paraphrasing.

when: you use paraphrasing when you take notes, or explain a chart or diagram to someone. paraphrasing highlight the important parts of a larger text. it also allows you to simplify the ideas for your readers.

example:

original: “it was no ordinary thing that called her away–it was probably further from ordinary than anything that had ever happened in dickson county. but what her eye took in was that her kitchen was in no shape for leaving: her bread all ready for mixing, half the flour sifted and half unsifted” (glaspell).

paraphrase: as mrs. hales walks around mrs. wright’s home, she notices that the kitchen is in disarray as if she was in the middle of baking bread (glaspell).