Writing Quick Start p. 201

The people in this scene are mourning over a person who has been tragically murdered in the Virginia Tech shooting incident. The events of a person who has brought a gun to school and violently shot at the people around him, killing and wounding some, has let up to this person's death. The people who are mourning for this person are loved ones who were close to this person. They are probably the parents of the deceased, looking over the memorial and mourning about their child. The objects left at the scene are significant because they represent the school that the person went to and how the person led up to his tragic death. The flowers are significant because it shows that the person was cared for and these are just memories and objects that represent how this person lived.