Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Final Post
The book Tweaked written by Katherine Holubitsky has many twists and conflicts in the book. Most of these conflicts deal with Chase a hardcore drug addicted , who got severely addicted to meth. The conflict in the book is that Chase got kicked out of his house when his parents couldn’t put up with his drug addiction and all the valuables that he stole from them. When Chase was on the streets he was in an alley and a man named Richard Cross walked by and it must have scared Chase who was on meth binge. Chase then cracked Richard Cross in the head with a bottle, and when the police came Chase was still passed out with the bottle in his hand and Richard Cross was rushed to the hospital . Chase was arrested for aggravate assault and was put behind bars. His parents then bailed him out on a 50,000 $ bail. Gordie , Chase's brother was threatened by Chase's dealers twice because chase owed them 2000$. Gordie had gotten pulled over because of the dealers who chased them on the hi -way. Gordie said he would help Chase by paying back the dealers. When they went to do this Chase only paid the dealers 500$, and he ran away. Chase broke into the house and pawned Gordie’s Brand new guitar when he was at school. The cops came to the house and told his parents that the charges where now murder charges. The cops found out that Chase’s mom had still bin in contact so they set him up and he tried to run away but he got tackled and died shortly after. I think that this story line is very possible as you never know what a meth addict will do next.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Conflict
The main conflict in the Book tweaked would be Chase and his serious addiction to methamphetamine as it caused him to hurt people including his family and himself in many ways,physically and mentally. When he got released from prison after his parents paid the 50,000 dollar bail , and lawyer fees it caused his parents great financial grief and stress. It caused his mother to quit her job so that she could watch over Chase. Chase made the conflict even worse when Gordie gave him 2000$ to pay off his dealer and Chase only payed the dealers 500$ and ran off. He also broke into Gordie's parents house and stole Gordie's guitar. Gordie then saw his guitar at a pawn shop so he had to work more hours so he could buy his guitar back. Chase and his mom also stayed in touch by telephone when Chase was living on the street. They then would meet up and she would give him money and food and such. This could have gotten her in deep trouble. This took a tole on the marriage and mom and dad stopped talking to each other. John Cross died in the hospital changing the charge to murder and the cops wonted him for it. When the police found out about mom being in contact with Chase they forced her to set him up. She said that they would meet at the mall and when Chase saw the cop he started running and he got tackeld to the ground and went into a comma from the blow to the ground and all the drugs in his system. Chase died shortly after this in the hospital.
Do you think the conflict is over now that Chase is dead?
Do you think the conflict is over now that Chase is dead?
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Character
The main characters in the story are Gordie and Chase. Gordie talks about chase all the time about how messed up chase got in the past years. Gordie also talks about how he wishes he could help his brother out. Gordie is the kind of character who is caring and loving no matter what his brother did , he would still love him. Gordie also worries about chase being killed by his drug dealers so he gives him the 2000$ to pay it off but Chase just runs off. Chase is the kind of character who doesn't really care whats going on around him, he doesn't care about who he hurts due to his actions. He is a meth head who cant kick the habit as it is almost impossible. He is hurting his parents and destroying his relationship with brother and he doesn't care.
What do you think of Chase?
What do you think of Chase?
Friday, November 27, 2009
initial reaction
As the novel Tweaked begins it talks about Chase and Gordie growing up and how they would build tea-peas and stuff like that in the woods. It then goes into Gordie talking about how messed up Chase got and how he put Richard Cross in the hospital when he was all craked out on meth and how he hit him in the head with a bottle. It also talks about how the family got all torn apart and everything changed. The family went into debt to get Cahse out of jail because of a 50,000 $ bail.
The first problem in the story is Chase getting arested for aggravated assauult.
The author keep you reading as he will tell you a problem and you keep reading it as you want to see what the end result of the problem is.
What do you think they should do with Chase?
The first problem in the story is Chase getting arested for aggravated assauult.
The author keep you reading as he will tell you a problem and you keep reading it as you want to see what the end result of the problem is.
What do you think they should do with Chase?
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