- The book begins with David saying that he was hungry and he was shivering in the dark and he sits on top of his hands at the bottom of the stairs of the Garage.
- He was only nine years old and he considered himself his mothers prisoner. He's been living like that for nine years old and everyday its the same thing he wakes up from sleeping on an old army cot in the garage, and does all the chores and if hes lucky hes gets to eat.
- At some point David fathers tell Davids mother that she treats him horribly and she calls David and ask him if she treats him bad and he stayed quite and then she said if you think i treat you so bad leave and he considered staying but he walked out and the mother said to his father said there the boy made his decision
- After David left he realized that he had no where to go no where to hide and no friends. As soon as he left his mother said that he would be back but he never went back
- David had a quarter in his pocket and walked to a pizzeria where he met a man that asked him what he was doing there and David said that he wanted to buy some food then the man found it strange that David was there and the man asked him a few question and promised him a pizza but he called the police and then David said that he betrayed him but the man didn't he really helped him the police man questioned David and he didn't want to say anything but he did and he thought that his mother was going to find him and beat him.
4 Questions
- Why was Davids mother so mean to him?
- Why didn't his father defend him?
- Why was his mom nice to her to her other kids but not to David?
- If she didn't love him why didn't she just put him up for adoption where he can find a better home?
3 Vocabulary
- seizes-to take hold of suddenly or forcibly
- hay rides-a pleasure ride or outing, usually at night, by a group in an open wagon or truck partly filled with hay.
- wheeze -to breathe with difficulty and with a whistling sound
2 Literary Terms
- Allusion
- Tragedy
1 Overview Sentence
- In these two chapters the book is introduced with poor Davids hard life a life that he doesn't deserve and ends with him in a police car trying to get out of the hard life hes in.
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