Flashback In Bradbury's Shift

What was a flashback you had with a friend’s that was adventurous? Did the flashback make you think the present confusing, how so? Did you ever end up lost or mad because of the adventure? In Shift by Jennifer Bradbury, she uses flashbacks and present in her chapters alternating each time until they collide. The flashbacks and the present day give readers more of an understanding on what’s going on. It was a good and intriguing way to write the book. Since she used the flashbacks and present, you can see how Chris and Win change over time, by themselves and together.

Chris and Win had been always ChrisandWin until they went on a bike trip together and realized many things about each other and themselves. Assuming Chris often lied due to detective Ward saying, “I only know that you lie constantly.”, from a present scene (7). Also, Win lied due to Chris’s mom saying, “Remember those outlandish lies?… he told the poor student tour guide that you’d been in a coma for three years!… And he wasn’t satisfied with just that lie, was he?”, from a flashback memory (12). …show more content…
Having the flashbacks and present let us see that. Win told principal Kellar two ridiculous lies (26), having this being said tells you Win was a constant liar. Then Chris looks in Win’s pannier and found a softball size, wad of cash (91). He keeps lying and lying more, including saying that the postcard laying on the floor was for his uncle that is in Seattle, when really he doesn’t have an uncle in Seattle (129). Then he just up and left Chris with a flat tire and no patches (210). But then when Chris finds Win at Morgan’s he finally looked happy and peaceful for once and Win never looked peacefully (213). Win had changed a lot over time with new settings, and new people. In the flashbacks you can see Win was sneaky, mischievous, and manipulative, like his dad. In the present you can tell he is changing because he is becoming more hardworking, honest, and