1. Roch Carrier grabs your attention in the introduction because it is very repetitive with using ‘skating rink’. I find the ending is cut short and doesn’t actually explain what happens with the sweater after he prays in the church. In my opinion, the mood created by the opening paragraph is excitement. 

2. In 3rd grade, my mom forced my sister and I to wear these outfits that we both hated. Mine was teal, sparkly jeans and t shirt. My sister’s was the same except in the color pink. They were both a felt fabric and were extremely uncomfortable and itchy. It related to Roch’s situation because we didn’t want to wear the outfits as much as Roch didn’t want to wear the hockey sweater.