(B1 4Q) Student Narc

     The book I am reading is called "Student Narc." This book is about a group of guys called "the guys" that hung out together all the time. They always went to parties together and over adventures. One day an incident occurred to Matt (a member of the group) at midnight. His best friend Kevin is out to look for a suspect as he is secretly being a narc. He switches schools to become closer to find the suspect known as "Candyman." But the question is, will he be successful at that? 

     The problem in the story is that Matt was found dead on the street the night of the party. The death was caused by a highly overdose on drugged pills. I know this because on page 4 it says, "...Matt took a huge dose of E after the party." "...It could have been cut with anything, and maybe that's what killed him." This shows that him taking the pill and overdosing most likely caused his death and now is creating Kevin to become a lowkey narc to get close to this guy named "Candyman" that gave Matt the pills. Kevin transferred schools to get closer to Candyman. But as he tries to become close to this girl named "Dawn," she pushes him away. Kevin is just going to be taking small steps to get what he wants. To find Candyman and get back at him for the death of his best friend Matt. 

Life and Death

Living in a different house with different people in charge just made the rules stricter. But Wes did find his ways around them. Joy sent Wes to Valley Forge Military Academy in rural Wayne, Pennsylvania. But once again Wes found himself dropped into an alien world. During his first four days at that school, Wes ran away five times. He was caught and dragged back to school on his fifth attempt. To get his head straight, Wes's colonel offered him a five minute phone call. He called his mother and pleaded to go home.
     I believe that the of the book "Life and Death" is that even though your fed up, you got to keep your head up to succeed. I think it's that because I know they had a rough life time but they still managed to get through their rough times to succeed. Some people will just give up and don't try. But he as much as he didn't wanna listen to his mom and behave in the program he was in, he still did.

Lockdown

     In the book called "Lockdown" so far I am only 4 chapters in. The main character is a boy named Adam. He had a science class together with Josh and other students when something happened. In the science room they have a pet hamster that they bred. The hamster has babies and the students were desperate to view the hamsters babies. But Josh was very upset of how they kept scaring the hamster with all the loudness.
     The problem in the story so far is that the students wouldn't leave the hamster and it's babies alone that it caused one to be dead. Josh kept telling the students to please leave the hamster alone that they are scaring her. One student was rude and opened the cage up and touched the hamster and the little hamster lunged at the student for touching her. The hamster then took the baby hamster by her mouth and moved it to the other corner of the cage. She reaches back for another of her young and puts it in her mouth. The students wait for her to drop it like she did for the other one. But she doesn't. She closes her eyes and tosses her head back. The teacher groaned,"Oh no."

Life and Death

     Joy called her parents in the Bronx one day saying, "I need help." Wes and his family moved to the Bronx later on. Living in a different house with different people in charge just made the rules stricter. But Wes did find his ways around them. Joy sent Wes to Valley Forge Military Academy in rural Wayne, Pennsylvania. But once again Wes found himself dropped into an alien world.
     The conflict in the story "Life and Death" is that their are two Wes Moore's that either are struggling or have struggled lots. One has a mindset of being in the streets being a drug dealer even though he did go to Job Corps but also ended up in prison. While the other Wes did do bad things and had a rough life, he still managed to overcome his struggles that he was/is facing. He wasn't giving up even though he didn't like the programs his mom put him in.

Life and Death

     At the age of three, Wes's father collapsed and died at home from his throat swelling shut in the Maryland suburb. Things got really hard around with their dad. Joy (Wes's mother) got really overwhelmed. She was fretful about their neighborhood and where crime was heating up. She called her parents in the Bronx one day saying, "I need help." Wes and his family moved to the Bronx later on. Living in a different house with different people in charge just made the rules stricter. But Wes did find his ways around them.
     Wes is a very hopeful person in my point of view. I believe he is a hopeful person because he did have a troubled childhood but he did manage to do better with all the flaws. In the book it says, "Showing leadership brought added benefits, and it turned out that Wes could lead.  A star basketball player, he was the youngest starter on the high school varsity team. He became president of his senior class and climbed in military rank." That paragraph right there shows how Wes has done better and accomplished things he wouldn't have if his mom didn't send him to this program. Staying in the streets would just create more struggles for him.

Life and Death

     Wes Moore was a young boy that preceded his teenage years inappropriately. He had a rough childhood doing things he shouldn't have done. Many were breaking laws and many were him being under aged. At the age of three, Wes's father collapsed and died at home from his throat swelling shut in the Maryland suburb. Things got really hard around with their dad.
     In the story I noticed a sign post. The sign post that I noticed, was the "word of the wiser." I think I found a word of the wiser because the police gave Wes an advice. The advice the officer gave Wes was "If you don't get smart, I am certain I will see you again." This shows how the officer lectured Wes. Tony also lectured Wes. This was more about the drug corners of Baltimore. Tony told Wes, " You're not built for this game." "You're smart, you can do other things." This shows how he was trying to tell Wes that the streets isn't a good idea.