Blog #4

In my novel there were many conflicts throughout the story and they began to pile up as the story got closer to the end. The main conflict all had to do with Gordies brother chase and his addiction to crystal meth. He did so much crystal meth that over time it screwed with his mind. Chase was arrested for assault which put his family in debt for his bail. His addiction hurt his family and his mother and father barely spoke to eachother. Gordie lent money and lost it all because his brother ran away with it. Chase pawned his brand new $2000 guitar off for pocket change. Chase broke into his own home and stole jewlery, and any valuable thing he could find. Chase started every conflict that happened in this novel, if his addiction to crystal meth had never happened this story would be very dull. By the end of this novel Chase ends up dying from a drug overdose while running from the cops. After this happens it ends alot of the problems the family faced. Gordies mother and father sold their home to pay for loans they had taken, and soon after they divorced and his mother went to a mental rehab center. Gordie and his father moved into a two bedroom apartment and lived on their own after that. At the beginning of this story there were four people in this family and by the end there were two. I enjoyed the ending of the book, I didn't expect it to end the way it did. The high speed chase was a little unbelievable but it kept my attention and made sense the way it ended. This novel was very short but had a good story behind it. It relates to teenagers because many of us are faced with difficult decisions about drugs, and this shows how drugs could not only affect you but also the important people around you. Some drugs are highly addictive and it showed me that its not something to mess around with. Drugs can leave you broke, alone, dumb, and can ruin your life and the life of everyone around you.

Blog #3

In my book Gordie is faced with many problems throughout the novel. One of the main problems he faces had to do with his crystal meth addicted brother. His brother Chase ran away from home and was on the run from the police. Chase is living on the street and has no money to even support himself. No one has seen chase for weeks until one day he shows up at Gordies work. He runs to the counter where Gordie is standing in a hurry and asks Gordie for money. Chase tells Goride that his drug dealers who he owes money are outside and if he doesn't find money to pay them today they will kill him. Chase tells Gordie to give him money out of the register. Gordie does not know what to do. He could give him money from the till then get fired, or just say no and leave his brother with no other alternative than death. Gordie decides that if he locks the door of his work there is no way his drug dealers can even get to chase. He locks it and tells Chase that no one can get in and they wont touch him. Chase didn't like that idea and he unlocked the door and made a run for it. His drug dealers tackled him to the ground and threw him in the back of the car. The question after Gordie saw what happened was did he do the right thing?


In your opinion did Gordie do the right thing by locking the door? If you do not think it was a good idea what else could he have done?