A game or reality? Blog 2

Blog 2

October 21st 23-76 A game to them or reality?

      After the genius plan to get rid of the track down on the book, Marcus and Darryl ditch school and meet up with their friends Vanessa and Jolu. They all wander around San Francisco looking for a special gamer connection, when they bump into other threatening gamers. There and then is a huge explosion, causing clouds of smoke.  The city announces an evacuation to all shelters, and the four of them evacuate immediately. They reach a crowded shelter where Darryl gets cut badly in the crowd. Marcus jumps in the middle of the road, stopping a jeep for help, when the people in the vehicle kidnap him and his friends. Marcus wakes up after a bag is pulled off his head, and these people that claim they work for the government ask him private questions. Marcus refuses to answer anything, and he eventually gets transported to a disgusting prison where he is asked more private questions. Finally he gives them his password on the mobile device, and he is paralyzed by the words " convince us that you were at the wrong place at the wrong time". After they get the information they want, Marcus gets what they promise him. He gets exercise time, showers, and food. During his free time he runs into Vanessa. The prison bust them for talking, and Marcus gets horrible treatment for the rest of his stay at the prison. They call guards to bring Marcus to the severe hair cut lady to sign certain documents, and Marcus feels he is signing freedom! That's because they are letting him go when he signs this. Eventually they let him go by doing the whole bag on the head procedure, bringing him into the van, and finally letting him on the streets. Seconds after he steps foot on ground, he spots Vanessa then Jolu. They all notice that Darryl isn't with them and they all break into tears. After adding up some money, the three of them sit down in an Italian restaurant to talk things over. Marcus mentions revenge on the kidnappers and his friends doubt him after his plan. On the way out of the restaurant, similar vehicles to the one they got thrown in to were near by. After spotting these vehicles, they each walk home alone.

Prediction: I think that Marcus will take revenge on them because he really seems like a man of his word! Maybe he will create a virus or something to take revenge on them. You never know what could happen in these situations 

Quote: Behind me I felt van start forward. Her all-girls school was notorious for its brawls, and I was pretty sure she was ready to knock this chick's block off. "Then the world changed forever"(Doctorow 32). This quote is extremely important here because the scene right after these words changed their lives and the whole world forever.

Quote 2: After they give Marcus baggy orange jail clothing to wear, he says, "that's where the baggy-pants down-your-ass look comes from you know that? From prison" (Doctorow 62). I felt this quote was extremely funny for some reason.

Reaction: I fell into this book like a reality so far! I thought I was there when I read about the explosion, and my adrenaline pumped when Marcus's adrenaline pumped. Even though Marcus seems extremely smart, he still shouldn't assume what ever he imagines will happen! He needs to learn to watch his big mouth and stop thinking of everything as a video game!

E.c. Literary Terms: "My memories swam like little fish that I snatched at and sometimes they wriggled out of my grasp". (Simile)