Solarium, Souvenirs and Maggot

All throughout reading Black Swan Green I've pondered about the titles of each chapter because they just seem to appropriately summarize the chapter in a word or two, and they seem to represent a greater, abstract idea. I want to further discus this thought using these 3 chapters:

Solarium---
"I looked 'solarium' up. It just means 'an airy room,'" (Mitchell, 151). Yes, a solarium is an airy room, but it's also defined as a glass-cased room that is exposed to the sun. Some dictionaries even add that it is a room used for healing. I thought this was really interesting that the author and/or Jason uses a really basic definition when the solarium in this chapter seems to signify a bigger concept. Of all the rooms to meet in, why does Madame Crommelynck and Jason meet in the solarium? I have to believe there's some significance to this setting.

In this chapter Jason's pseudonym, Eliot Bolivar, and his poems are discovered by Madame Crommelynck. They meet because Jason thinks she can help him with his poetry. She ends up doing more for him. She introduces authors to him, makes him reconsider using his real name when he publishes and enlightens him on the idea of beauty and poetry. However, in the end of this chapter Jason finds out she and her husband are potentially criminals.

The solarium is the room Jason and Madame Crommelynck went to in order to restore something about themselves which they didn't like. They found a connection with another and in the solarium they were able to forget their troubles and heal their pride.

Souvenirs---
Jason received some interesting gifts or "souvenirs" in this chapter. A kite from his dad's co-worker, Danny. A fossil from his dad. And ultimately the movie, Chariots of Fire, from his mom. But the one gift Jason really wanted was to replace his grandfather's watch that he broke. And he finds out it's virtually impossible to replace it because the watch is extremely rare and very expensive.

The souvenirs, the gifts, the title and the concept they signify, is really fascinating to me. Jason received these items as sort of consolation prizes. Danny felt bad for him because his dad was caught up in a meeting. Jason's dad felt guilty for standing him up. And his mom rewarded him for helping her catch the girls who were stealing from the museum. However, the gifts became meaningful to Jason because they reminded him of the concept of friendship, of having a decent relationship with your parents. So, in a way the gifts were souvenirs, remembrances of how cool it is to have lunch with a interesting stranger, or sharing a connection with your dad, or being able to please your mom.

Maggot---
Jason is ridiculed by bullies in the school because someone saw him in the theaters with his mom. This chapter gives a closer look into Maggot, one of Jason's alter egos? Jason, the loser. This chapter scared me. The vivid remarks made by Wilcox and friends, and, of course, the beating they do to Jason transported me into Jason's character and I felt just as scared and ashamed as he did. And the ending was really alarming, too, when the bus driver advises Jason to carry around a knife. I hope this isn't a foreshadow. I thought it was really interesting, too, that this is the first chapter that transitioned well from the previous chapter, and how the story lines are directly related.