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5 COMMENtS

• I am surprised that when Nathan's friends drop out of school, hes the better person and thinks about it and doesnt drop out with them
• Nathan falls into doing worse things than before such as: B&E (break and entering), stealing peoples wallets etc.
• Nathans mother starts suspecting that he is doing something bad when she starts noticing all these new clothes that he is getting. He tells her its his friends, when in reality is stolen.
• Nathans friends no longer hang with him since they all went into their separate ways. Some went to the army and others joined the marines.
• Nathan starts to recognize that everything that he is doing isnt correct and sees how him and his friends have no future.

4 QUEStiONS

• What does Nathan think personally from what his friends do?
• Why didnt Nathan really drop out of school like his friends?
• Why was it that when the cop goes looking for him after the ice cream truck being stolen, Nathan doesnt get scared and stops doing all those bad things?
• Why does Nathan really do everything that everyone else does and he doesnt try to do positive things?

3 VOCABUlARY

• Nonchalant-Coolly unconcerned, indifferemt, or unexited
• Patronizing-Displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner
• Contempt-The feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain

2 LitERARy tERMS

• Simile
• Metaphor

1 OVERViEW SENtENCE

• In this chapter Nathan learns valuable lessons about life and about how some things arent the correct to do and how to make better choices better for his life.