Rule of the Bone #1-42

Summary:
In the first 42 pages it starts out right into Chappie's life and a little bit of his background information up to the point in his life that he's talking about. He is living in a trailer with his mother and stepfather and he basically lives a horrible life with them. His biological father is gone, he left him and his mother on their own. Chappie doesn't seem like the type that wants to be anything in life so he takes everything day by day. He's failing in school, matter of fact he's 16 in the 8th grade, he's basically addicted to weed, and he doesn't necessarily have a good relationship with his parents. His parents caught him when they suspected him of stealing old and valuable coins, which were his grandmother's, for weed and they kicked him out the house. Then he started smoking weed even more and actually dealing some to get money and he lived at his friend Russ' apartment. Only time he returned home was for Christmas and he brought gifts for his mother and stepfather, but then got kicked out again for robbing a Victoria Secrets store. Now he gets into this whole adventure stalking this guy who has this girl who he thinks seems to be held hostage but he mistaken s  it. He then robs the guy of 20 dollars after he tells him that he demands 20 dollars for a screen test and runs off with the money he made.

Quote:
"I'm peaking out at a million RPMs and my heart is hammering in my chest and my hands are all sweaty." (Banks 29)
This quote talks about when he almost gets caught after he's playing detective and following this guy with this little depressed looking girl around in the mall.

Reflection:
These pages I read were a very good way to put me right into his situation, almost like putting a picture straight into your face, to get to know the character fast as possible. Also it already explains his hardships he's had and its been a lot of them. This really lets you know this kid has a HARD knock life.