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**The Yelnats family is cursed with bad luck which makes their life easier. The book flashes back to a song the family sings about good luck. What do you think is the importance of the song? Make predictions about what you think will happen with the song in the later chapters. After your predictions, tell about a time when you had bad luck. Make sure you put your initials after every post and comment on any discussion that interests you.** I think that the song is ironic. They sing about goodluck despite their family's curse. I think that later on in the story, the song will play an important role of foreshadowing unlucky events in Stanley's time spend at Camp Greenlake. I wouldn't consider myself lucky but one form of bad luck I have experienced would be pouring a whole bowl of cereal and then realizing that there was no milk in the refrigerator. (SF) The song definitely is ironic, since Stanley's family is cursed with bad luck and his family sings about good luck. As the story goes on, the song will probably be important in relation to Stanley's adventures and experences in camp. I often have bad luck when I am clumsy and spill things on myself. One time when I was about to sing a solo, I took a drink of water and it went down the wrong pipe and I started coughing. It was really embarassing. I completely agree with the above statements that the song is ironic because of the curse. I think that the song will relate to events, specifically those that involve Stanley, that are about to occur later in the novel. Once, I had bad luck when I got hit in the face with a tennis ball at tennis practice. MO Like everyone else has stated, the song is definitely ironic because of how much bad luck the family has, yet they are singing about good luck. I predict that, towards the end of the story, the Yelnats' family's luck will finally change. I had bad luck once because I dropped my ice cream cone in Towers in front of everyone and had to pick up the scoop of ice cream with my hands. AB