Semester+1+Independent+Reading-Journal+Entry+1

=**__//Journal Entry #1-Independent Reading (Semester 1)//__**= //**I Am the Cheese**// by Robert Cormier
 * Hunter Selby-Period 10**

By the end of Chapter 2, Adam is riding his bike on Route 31 from Monument, Massachusetts through Massachusetts and New Hampshire to reach his father in Rutterburg, Vermont. The month is October and he is riding on a broken-down, old bike. He woke up in the morning seeing frost lining this window which made him remember his father. He decided he would travel to see him and leave that morning without telling or calling anyone, not even Amy, his girlfriend. He went downstairs to get a gift for his father from a cabinet, put it on his bike, and left. He wanted to ride his bike; even though he had enough money for a bus ticket, because he was afraid of closed spaces, and he wanted to enjoy the outdoors during his trip. He traveled about 5 miles in 1 hour until he arrived in Aswell, Massachusetts. There he stopped and asked for directions. He met a man who gave him a map and showed him the way. The man kept calling him “skipper,” and warned him about trusting people and strangers he might meet along the way. Adam wanted to leave, but the man kept talking to him about strangers and people trying to fake their identifications like driver’s licenses or passports. Then he continued to tell him about his son who died in Iwo Jima. After a long conversation, Adam finally left the gas station in Aswell, and set out with a map and the present for his father towards Rutterburg, Vermont. So far, I think this is a very interesting story. I think the plot is well written and that it is going to get more interesting and mysterious later. I think that the plot is unexpected, and so far has nothing to do with the title. I expect that the story is going to be very good and that the good parts are still to come.

 This is mostly plot summary--include more analysis. Good start so far.
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