chapter 5

page: 69

quote:

i wanted to sprint straight to the future
but i keep going in circles

response:

Eddie wishes to skipp through all the hard times
he has no food no job and on top of all that he watches
his back from his own freind who he believes wants to
kill him he feels as if he is a constant target and
wants it to be over

chapter 4

page: 56

quote:

"the dream life" i joked to myself

responce:

eddie responds to the american dream
as people see it but only thing he experienced
was heart ache and pain exspecially after hearing
a rumor his friend killed his cousin

chapter 3

page: 42

quote:

I had my moments of gangster
mentality

response:

On this chapter eddie thought he found the
dude who killed his cousin jesus out of anger he
followed the boy to his car and asked him a number
of questions after finding out it wasnt the person who
killed his cousin he started not liking the dude
because of the color of his shoes

chapter 2

page: 22

quote:

that was me, a train with empty
boxcars but a caboose of problems


response:

after thinking of the story the little engine that could
and comparing it to himself it show the intelligence
he has and shows that he know he can do it if
he keep pushing regardless of all the problems in
life he has

CHAPTER 1

page:3

quote:

For me there wasn't much to do except eat and sleep,
watch out for drive-bys, and pace myself through life.


response:

Eddie the main character in the story talks about what
a typical day in his life is like dropping out of college
because of the death of a family member forces him
to deal with drive bys and no goal in life I guess
he's just happy to be alive.