Weekly Reading Response #2

Book: Tweak
Author: Nic Sheff
Pages Read: 20-30


     In the section of the book I was reading I was a little confused. I pretty much know what their talking about, but since I don`t do drugs there`s a lot of words that I found myself looking up because it made me understand the story more, and understand more whats going on. Since I've read other books about drugs before it somewhat feels like I`m reading the same book. And particular things that happen I feel like they're going to happen in this book. Just because they have happened before in a similar book. They talk about being an addict and not having a relationship with their friends or family, its the same in every book. One  prediction I did have though was that something was going to happen to his sister. In the book he talks about her a lot. Sometimes he talks about his family but not as much as his sister. That`s why I think something might happen to her. 

     I couldn't really find an text connections. The only thing I can somewhat compare with is that my parents aren't together, and neither are his. That`s all. But other than that there`s not a lot I can connect with. I don`t do drugs. Nor am I an addict. So I`m not really understanding how he`s feelings when he can`t get high,  or when he can`t get what he needs to get. Its very hard to understand his perspective. Its also very hard for me to put myself in his position. 

     When I said he probably has the urge to drink due to his grandpa I maybe thought that if his Grandpa was an alcoholic maybe that had something to do with him drinking. He never really said anything about his grandpa other than that . I was also think maybe he used to see this grandpa drinking all the time and maybe thought it wasn't bad or it wouldn't do him any harm. I hoped he would find a girl to fall in love with. But not one that would keep him into drugs, and keep up and encourage his addiction. I was hoping with that that it would be more of him being sober. And not just being high all the time but really showing the readers the strength of trying to quit an addiction. I think that shows i have a little bit of high expectations as a reader and maybe that that probably wont happen. Its more what i just would like to happen. I feel like that sticky notes helped me out a lot. I feel this because over the course of the weekend you can forget a lot. So by writing questions, predictions, and comments it makes me remember everything. Not just that it makes me think of thoughts and ideas that maybe I didn't have writing down on those sticky notes.