Whiteout
Chapter Twenty
Assigned questions
#104,105, 106, 107, 110& 112

New Characters:
• Kudlik- Panee’s uncle
• Angokok- shaman


Plot Summary
• They cut a large hole in the windward side of their igloo for safety and to prevent ghosts from dwelling inside the structure.
• Pudlo breaks his sunglasses
• Both Panee and Jon offer Pudlo their glasses but he declines
• Pudlo tries to make a pair of egaks but they break
• They reach the camp and meet Pudlo’s family
• Edlout and Panee exchange a look which makes Jon mad
• Panee tells Jon how to exchange gifts in order to be a good camp guest
• Panee’s uncle shows Jon his sculpture and explains how the Inuit view the concept of a soul
• Pudlo admits that he is going snow-blind
• Jon meets the shaman- it is the scar faced man
• He tells the story of the Sedna/ Telulijuk
• The shaman gives Panee a gift and Jon sees an image of bear coming towards him ( this is an example of foreshadowing)
• Pudlo’s uncle gave him his grandfather’s ivory sunglasses but they didn’t fit him well
• Edlout offered Pudlo glasses but he refused
• Panee gives Edlout a look of longing and sadness when they part


Reoccurring symbol/ themes
• The shaman/ the scar faced man


Literary devices
• Simile- a figure of speech in which two different things that are thought to be alike in one or more ways are compared using “like,” “as,” “as if,” or “such” for the purpose of explanation, allusion, or ornament.
Example: in the novel the author writes, “Jon and Edlout stood stiff legged as two strange dogs, their hackles up, deciding whether to confront each other Panee now, or later.”
The author compares how the boys are acting to how dogs behave while fighting over a mate. He uses as to make the comparison therefore the literary devise is a simile.

Dictionary items
• Egaks- Inuit snow goggles



• Ataii- come on
• Inua- soul