Summary
After a while Chappie does not think of his real father and himself anymore. It was as if he had nothing to think about. While Chappie is walking on the road by himself at night and saying that he have had visions of him shooting his stepfather in the temple. In his vision he also kills his mom by shooting her in the heart, and his grandmother. Chappie has tried to kill willie his cat before, but instead he just up his mother's bedroom. Things were going on in his head about what he can do with the gun and got scared and tossed it away. When he got back to the bus he was weak from hunger. I-man helps him recover and teaches him more about his religion and how to take care of the garden. They also grew weed which they smoke at night. I-Mean dreams of going back to his homeland, Jamaica. Chappie is able to have some money left over that he stole from Buster Brown, and gave it to I-man, which may help him get back to Jamaica. They bought two airplane tickets to Jamaica. I-man has a saved his passport while the only ID Chappie have is a fake photo ID. while on the plane to leave Chappie is thinking this is going to be a great adventure. They got off the planned without to sign any papers because I-man knew someone there. Chappie did not imagine Jamaica to be the way it was because that is not what he saw in the papers, and pictures. the place where they stayed in Jamiaca was compared by Chappie as being the same as the video den, he called it the ant farm. In jamiaca I-man delivers weed to people and one day on one of I-man deliveries Chappie sees a guy that looks like his father. He yelled and scream after him but he drove too fast for his father to notice him. Chappie feels like an idiot because he was yelling and running in the streets. He told I-man about his father and wants to know if he could meet up with him. They were able to find the woman who was with his father and ask her about Paul his father. Chappie has met his father and his father is happy to see him again.
Quotation
" But he grinned, he actually looked happy to see me and he said, lemme see you! Lemme see what you look like, for Christ sake!" (Banks 283).
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This is an extraordinary quote. this quote shows that Chappie is finally accepted by one of his family members.That family member happen to be no other than his long lost father. I see this part of the book as the best part of the book and Chappie's life because throughout the book nothing very good every happens for Chappie. I believe this is a change of life for Chappie, a new beginning he been looking for. I would have never expect Chappie to ever Find his real father. Chappie was not the only one to be excited to finally meet his father. I-man was happy, the woman with Paul, Evening star was happy, and even dogs were jumping and grinning in happiness.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Rule of the Bone (pg 165 - 225)
Summary
I-Man and Bone are making a garden next to the bus were they live. Most of the ground is full of rocks, toxic waste and is not good for growing crops, but I-Man is able to find a Little area where they can produce vegetables. It is Fourth of July and Bones and I-Man are trying to do the best for Froggy which is to call her mom so she can return to her. Froggy's mom is also into drugs. When they looked into a phone book and called her they found her, Bones is going to put Froggy who's real name is Rose on a bus to go to her mother in Milwaukee. That night they stayed up watching the fireworks. the next day while Rose was leaving bone decided to leave to and go home. Bone meet a family on the bus and pretended that Rose and he was siblings. He met Someone name Whitley who also knew Russ. When Bones arrive home he finds his step dad completely drunk. he is angry at him for being drunk and at the same time feel sorry for him. He left to go find his mother at an Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) meeting because of the step dad. His mother is happy to see him, and Bones want his mom to choose between him or his stepfather. She chose his Stepfather Ken over him and that angered bones which made him go to see his grandmother. His grandmother is happy to see him, she thought he had died in the fire. They talk for some time about the usually health topics and then Chappie ask her about his father who left him when he was five. She showed him a picture of him and after he left his grandmother's house with a lot to think about now and hoping someone will pick him up along the way.
Quotation
"Is it gonna be your stupid sicko drunk of a pervert of a husband, or the homeless boy who's your own flesh-and-blood son? Red Rover, Red Rover who're you calling over, Mom? Is it me or is it Ken" (Banks 206).
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This quote really got me. I like the way he tries to differ the two of them, so he look more innocent, and how he used the allusion, Red Rover. When he ask his mother to choose between them two he remembered growing up and playing the game Red Rover, Red Rover. He remembered that game because, to the teachers watching it look cute but to the kids playing it looks scary, the biggest kids always always win in that game. When he asked his mom to choose between the two that is how he felt , and in the back of his mind I guess he knew his stepfather was going to win because he's bigger and stronger unlike him who is weak and who cannot support his mother.
I-Man and Bone are making a garden next to the bus were they live. Most of the ground is full of rocks, toxic waste and is not good for growing crops, but I-Man is able to find a Little area where they can produce vegetables. It is Fourth of July and Bones and I-Man are trying to do the best for Froggy which is to call her mom so she can return to her. Froggy's mom is also into drugs. When they looked into a phone book and called her they found her, Bones is going to put Froggy who's real name is Rose on a bus to go to her mother in Milwaukee. That night they stayed up watching the fireworks. the next day while Rose was leaving bone decided to leave to and go home. Bone meet a family on the bus and pretended that Rose and he was siblings. He met Someone name Whitley who also knew Russ. When Bones arrive home he finds his step dad completely drunk. he is angry at him for being drunk and at the same time feel sorry for him. He left to go find his mother at an Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) meeting because of the step dad. His mother is happy to see him, and Bones want his mom to choose between him or his stepfather. She chose his Stepfather Ken over him and that angered bones which made him go to see his grandmother. His grandmother is happy to see him, she thought he had died in the fire. They talk for some time about the usually health topics and then Chappie ask her about his father who left him when he was five. She showed him a picture of him and after he left his grandmother's house with a lot to think about now and hoping someone will pick him up along the way.
Quotation
"Is it gonna be your stupid sicko drunk of a pervert of a husband, or the homeless boy who's your own flesh-and-blood son? Red Rover, Red Rover who're you calling over, Mom? Is it me or is it Ken" (Banks 206).
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This quote really got me. I like the way he tries to differ the two of them, so he look more innocent, and how he used the allusion, Red Rover. When he ask his mother to choose between them two he remembered growing up and playing the game Red Rover, Red Rover. He remembered that game because, to the teachers watching it look cute but to the kids playing it looks scary, the biggest kids always always win in that game. When he asked his mom to choose between the two that is how he felt , and in the back of his mind I guess he knew his stepfather was going to win because he's bigger and stronger unlike him who is weak and who cannot support his mother.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Rule of Bone (pg 129 - 164)
Summary
From the cabin, Russ leaves Chappie or "Bone" by himself, saying that he need a new start. He was leaving to go to his aunty's house, before he left he gave Bone a number to call him if he ever needed help. Russ was mad and sad at the same time. on his way out he packed everything he could, he packed a stuff chicken, some CD's, clothes and a gun he found at the cabin. When he left he was shooting in the air, and yelling the Bone Rules. Bone then find himself again with no place to go, he later hitch a ride on a christian van, which was Buster Brown van a person in a band. He stool the van and his money and took off with Froggy a girl who was traveling with Buster. Still in need of a place to stay Buster went back to the bus, and found that the guys are gone. There he met I-man, a Rastafarian man, and soon became friends. With I-man Bone feels thankful. I-man teaches him a lot of things about his culture, his plants, and the food he makes.
Quote
"Because up to then for me living was the same as Running through hell with a gasoline suit on" (Banks 152).
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I believe in what he is saying. This quote is one that I find to be very strong, and shows much hardship throughout his life. He is basically saying his life so far has been worse than hell. From what i have read about his life, i can tell he had it ruff. Reading about What he has gone through make me feel lucky to have the life I have.
From the cabin, Russ leaves Chappie or "Bone" by himself, saying that he need a new start. He was leaving to go to his aunty's house, before he left he gave Bone a number to call him if he ever needed help. Russ was mad and sad at the same time. on his way out he packed everything he could, he packed a stuff chicken, some CD's, clothes and a gun he found at the cabin. When he left he was shooting in the air, and yelling the Bone Rules. Bone then find himself again with no place to go, he later hitch a ride on a christian van, which was Buster Brown van a person in a band. He stool the van and his money and took off with Froggy a girl who was traveling with Buster. Still in need of a place to stay Buster went back to the bus, and found that the guys are gone. There he met I-man, a Rastafarian man, and soon became friends. With I-man Bone feels thankful. I-man teaches him a lot of things about his culture, his plants, and the food he makes.
Quote
"Because up to then for me living was the same as Running through hell with a gasoline suit on" (Banks 152).
Reaction
I believe in what he is saying. This quote is one that I find to be very strong, and shows much hardship throughout his life. He is basically saying his life so far has been worse than hell. From what i have read about his life, i can tell he had it ruff. Reading about What he has gone through make me feel lucky to have the life I have.
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