Chapter 10

•1. David took his many different jobs over school. He felt that what he learned in school was contrast of being successful in the real world, and so he was really working long hard hours instead of focusing in school.
•2. David spent most of his time working at different jobs that he had.
•3. David thought his father was in some kind of trouble because he had called many different stations and had heard no word from him. All they said was that they would get the message out to his father, and that he worked at different stations on different shifts.
•4. Mr. Tapely was David English teacher. David would often go and visit Mr. Tapely and ask him questions about his future.
•5. His relationship with his father is pretty much nonexistent. When they do see each other both of them say very little, and they find it hard to express their emotions. David describes his dad as having a dead soul.
•6. I think that his dad is probably very damaged because of all the things that have happened with the mother and the rest of the family. He feels as if he has failed his children and wife, and so he has turned to drinking to avoid some the pain. David is able to recognize the tuff thi his dad is going through, and wants so much to help but knows it is best fro him to move on to better things.
•7. The meeting with has dad was very serious and mutual. Both of them were not really comfortable sharing their emotions with the other. David’s father told David that he must get out, leave and go far away so that he could start his new life and separate himself from all of the evil memories that have trapped him.
•8. Yes I can relate to David’s and his father’s relationship. My dad and i have a pritty good relationship. Maybe because when i see him, we go out an do thing like eat , watch a movie, or walk around a park and, visit other family members, but thats all. I really love my dad !
•9. He tells David to get out of there because he does not want to see his son end up like him. He wants success for David, and he knows the only way that it can be achieved is if David moves on and starts with a clean slate and an optimistic mind set.
•10. During the summer of 1978, after dozens of interviews, David landed a job selling cars. Selling cars felt mentally exhausting to David. The upper managers would threaten the sales staff one day, then bait them with money incentives the next.
•11. More than ever, David sought guidance from Duinsmoore Drive. He talked with Mr. Brazell of his dream to become a Hollywood stuntman, and he also went to talk to the Marshes about his future in the Air Force.
•12. David rode north to the Russian River where his old family had spent countless happy hours. He did not quite remember how to get there but he eventually found it by instinct.
•13. After David finished high school he proudly enlisted into the United States Air Force.
•14. I do believe that enlisting into the Air Force was a good choice for David because it will allow him to obtain the discipline and strength he will need in any occupation he may choose later in his life.
•15. After he enlisted in the service, David heard from his mother. Her voice was not that of the evil mother, but rather his mommy from years ago. She told David that she thought of him all the time and that she always wanted nothing but the best for him.
•16. I think his mom really does not know what she thinks herself. I fell as if she has a split personality, and when she tells him that she has thought about him it is genuine. However, her feeling of love towards David is short lived because of all the stress she likely has. She is just a little crazy.
•17. Alice has taken the place of David’s mom. She always stood by David through hard times, and she loves and embraces him as her own son. David finally sees who his real family is, and feels at peace.
•18. Of course David will visit them, but as far as move back in, I don’t think so. David is a very independent and mature young man now, and I think he embracing any challenge that life has to offer. He is ready to live on his own.
•19. David has lived at his real families house, Aunt Mary’s home, the Catanze’s home, Alice’s home, the Null’s home, Vera’s home, the Hill, and finally the Walsh’s home.

Chapter 9

• 1. David feels like he has a dark cloud over him because he believes at any moment he may be sendback to the hill. He must look around every street corner for a county car. He just wishes he had a place to call home.
  •2. Every night he prayed that Gordon Hutchinson would come and decided his fate. David was wearing ragged, moldy clothes and still sleeping on the couch. He needed a real home.
  •3. Alice tell David that she and Harold are working on getting their boy fostering licenses and that she would like David to stay for as long as possible.
  •4. Harold never seemed to talk to David, and when he did he just utter a few word he was just trying to get David to read instead of watching television. Although Harold was much of a friend, David still respected him immensely.
  •5. Ever since David was a small child, he fantasized about building a log cabin at the Russian River, so he sometimes imagined him and Harold working on it together.
  •6. Dr. Robertson was David’s new psychiatrist. He greeted David with a handshake, and turned out to be the complete opposite of David’s first doctor. He treats David like the teenager that he is, and never forces David to talk about anything he doesn’t want to.
  •7. I think that it will help David eventually. It is important for David to talk to someone about the things that have haunted him for so long. It is the first step in mental recovery.
  •8. There are a few things in this chapter similar to my life. For example, the fact that David is deemed stunt king later in the chapter is very relatable to my life. I have always liked to perform dangerous stunts, not for any amount of money prize, but simply for a feeling of accomplishment.
  •9. His speech problem disappeared because Alice taught him how to slow down his train of thought, and try to picture himself saying the words before they came out.
  •10. Alice is a very involved mom. She loves walking with David to the mall, and watching movies with him. Also, she often buys him toys for no apparent reason. For the first time David feels like a real kid.
  •11. David is beginning to learn how to accept presents. Up until now he has never felt that deserved presents so it is a big change for him. The most important gift David received from the Turnboughs was a chance at being a kid while being prepared for life as an adult.
  •12. Being alone in the wide open world was the scariest thing that David could imagine. Up until now he never had to think more than hours or days into the future. The idea of making a life for himself seemed impossible.
  •13. David felt as if he had nothing in common with the other kids at his school. Wile they all fought to impress others by acting cool, David really didn’t care one way or the other what people thought of him. He felt like the outcast.
  •14. David wanted to learn how to cook. He was pushing 16, and since everyone else was either going to Disneyland or Hawaii, he felt as though he needed to find some skill that he could call his own.
  •15. David left by choice because he was disgusted with the two, older foster boys that had moved into the home. They did not work, and many times they would find David’s savings stash and steal money. David made it clear to Alice that if those boys stayed he would leave.
  •16. His new family were very chill and laid back, allowing David to come and go as he pleased. They neighborhood they moved to consisted of houses that looked more like miniature mansions, and every car had a astounding shine to it. It was the perfect place to live.
  •17. David’s new friends are two boys from that live on his street named Paul Brazell and Dave Howard. David took an instant liking to the two, and they constantly raced each other on their mini bikes.
  •18. I think she is a very stereotypical, and simple minded piece of scum. She talks to David in a disgusting tone and constantly talks about “his kind,” and how he should give up on his future because he does not have what it takes to make it in this world.
  •19. The Marshes are neighbors of the Walsh's. David spends countless hours with them and their children. They have an enormous book collection in their house and David loves to read as much as he possibly can, sometimes taking books home with him and finishing them in one night.
  •20. The stay at the Walsh’s was nice at first, but as arguments began to be a regular routine David was becoming desperate. Whenever he anticipated an argument, David would quickly direct the kids out of the house as to avoid any physical or verbal

Ch. 10 Voc Words

•Prod: To poke or jab with or as if with something pointed . Miss Jade prod me with a pencil in class.

•Resented: To feel indignantly aggrieved at. I felt resented at my NA programs.

•Strutting: Walking or moving with a strut; walking pompously; pompous. I’ll be strutting when I am after my pray .

•Swerved: To turn aside abruptly in movement or direction. I’ve swerved when I fight with an opponent.

•Deliberately: Carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional. My po officer deliberately observed my attendance at school .

•Gleaming: A brief beam or flash of light . I hate the gleaming light from the morning .

•Shuddered: To shiver convulsively, as from fear or revulsion. I shuddered when I saw the devil in my dream.

•Wheezed: To breathe with difficulty and with a whistling sound. I wheezed after I fought six rounds .

•Clenched: To close tightly . I clenched my fits when I begin a fight.

•Bait: Food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping . I have to have bait to catch fish in the ocean.

•Splurge: To indulge oneself in some luxury or pleasure. My girlfriend like to splurge me when we go out to town.

•Advantage: Any state, circumstance, opportunity, or means specially favorable to success, interest, or any desired end. If my opponent is shorter than me , I have an advantage of wining a fight.

•Withered: To dry up or shrivel from or as if from loss of moisture. I need to know how to withered my plants of herbs .

•Aptitude: Capability; ability; innate or acquired capacity for something; talent. My aptitude is skate boarding.

•Frenzied: wildly excited or enthusiastic . My homie was frenzied when he got out from jail.

Ch 9 Voc Words

Persisted: To be obstinately repetitious, insistent, or tenacious. I was very persisted when i was in track.Scrutinized: To prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging. I scrutinized my cuzin to fight me with boxing gloves.

Ch 8 Voc Words

StenchL: An Offensive smell or odor; stink. The skunk release a stench from his rectum.

Flicker: To burn unsteadily; shine with a wavering light. The fire flicker in the wind.

Ch. 7 Voc Word

Degraded:Reduced in rank, position, reputation. He felt degraded by the trivial tasks assigned to him.

shuddered:To vibrate; quiver. The airplane shuddered in the turbulence.

Cinder:A partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood. To smoke Huka , you have to cinder on top of the tobacco .

Scurry:To go or move quickly or in haste. I made people scurry for their life.

Incorrigible:not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: incorrigible behavior. My attuide was incorrigible back in elementy.

Accelerated:To cause faster or greater activity, development, progress, advancement. My girl and I relationship accelerated to a point that i dont wanna see her.

Validate:To make valid; substantiate; confirm. I validate my po objectives , now iam off probation.

Tendencies:A natural or prevailing disposition to move, proceed, or act in some direction or toward some point, end, or result. I broke my tendencies in my leg.

Erupted:To emerge violently from restraint or limits; explode. Theirs time when i erupted and now i am paying for it.

Beaming:Radiant; bright. A lazer beaming in your eye can lead you blind .

Superintendent:aA person who oversees or directs some work, enterprise, establishment, organization, district. I've meet evey superintendent in the SouthBay district.

Evaporated:To change from a liquid or solid state into vapor; pass off in vapor. I have a habit to evaporated water from a pot.

Enchanting:charming; captivating. An enchanting smile.

Circumstantial: Of pertaining to, or derived from circumstances. What kind of circumstantial you dont get about coming home late.

Nudging:To push slightly or gently: I am nudging when iam tyrping.

Corroboration: A corroboratory fact, statement. Corrcboration is a word that i do not follow.

Ample:Fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough. My woman ample all my time.

Ch.6 voc words

•Elated :adj, very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits . In high school I was elated at the football games.

•Strut: Verb, to walk with a vain. When I am walking , I have this strut with my chest thrown out.

•Plotted : Noun, a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose. I’ve plotted many scams in my life.

Objective: Noun, something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish. I have no objective in my life.

Swiveled: Noun, a fastening device that allows the thing fastened to turn around freely upon it. A drill swiveled in circles very fast.

Distinguished: adj, made conspicuous by excellence . Pensioners can be very distinguished.

•Aborting: Verb, To give birth prematurely or before term; miscarry. Young girls end up aborting when they are pregnant.

• Erupted: Verb, To emerge violently from restraint or limits; explode. I erupted when I ate the schools burritos .

•Plodded: Verb, to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge . I plodded after I ate so much food.
• Britches: Noun, Breeches . My dog britches every where I go.



•Defiant: adj, boldly resistant or challenging. I’ am very defiant when it come to talking to a polices officer.

• Salivated: Verb, to produce saliva. My little brother have salivated all over hi pillow.

• Prodding: Verb, to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed. My bro and I pretend we are prodding each other with lightsabors.

• Fink: Noun, a strikebreaker. The woody wood pecker is•Cooed : Verb, to utter or imitate the soft . My sister brought her little baby and I cooed the baby in my arms.

• Quivered: Verb, To shake with a slight, rapid, tremulous movement. My baby quivered when he is coming out of a bath.

•Crochet: Noun, needlework done with a needle having a small hook at one end for drawing the thread or yarn through intertwined loops. My grandmother crochet my shit when I rip it.

•Bellowed: Verb, To shout in a deep voice. A bull bellowed when he is in rage.