Chart for Just Add Water

observe

no visual

southern accent

car sounds

"Thanks for coming, would you like a receipt with that? Don't forget to take a mint."

narrator

philosophical quote

American dream doesn't exist

Ray Tuckbee

Run down town in California

"Home wasn't a refuge for Ray"

gross, foul-mouthed fat women in yard

Charlene

Nora

Ray and Charlene have a son named Edward

Ray works 9-5

Twinkies recipe

grandmother in a coma, Edward doesn't care

Ray has a pet turtle

used to be water in town

Ray picks up trash

Betsy's

infer

predict that Ray's life will improve/change

need to know

why did Ray take his son to a prostitute when he obviously didn't want to?

what was in the box?

why is the brother with all of the kids so emotional?

why is charlene so thin?

will Edward get the prostitute pregnant?

is Ray going to leave Charlene?

is Ray going to get together with Nora?

is Edward going to get together with the prostitute?

is Ray going to bring back the water?

Analysis

Recall

Ethan Frome

cliche type of story and situation

a song from Just Add Water is in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.