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**__SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 2__**
=== **In chapter 2 Walter talks about a friend he has that sing with hime and drives him to sunday school. To me it sounds like he has fun with her. He said that she always usuailly has 5 to 10 kids with her.Walter is starting to trust her and think of her as a friend. He also is starting to call her mama.When Flourence Dean was home Walter would follow her frrom room to room talking to her about anything he could think of and knowing she would listen. Walter is starting to realize how cruel the world is when his care taker would tell jokes about ghosts and according to Walter he was a bawler! What Walter loves most about Harlem is the music. Walter watches people dance at first because no one would dance with him, but then he made up a new dance of his own he called it the "Boogie". The dance was so good people used to throw pennies at him when he was done he would pick up all the pennies and run to the grocers to buy his favorite icepops. One day he got a stomachace and went home crying after he went in the bathroom with mama he was rushed to knickerbocker Hospital. Mama told the doctors that that the red fluid flowing through his stomache had to be blood. The doctors figured out it was just food coloring from so many icepops. Mama started whiping Walter for breaking his brother's watch. Herbert did'nt like the way Mama treated his son so he spent the day at his Aunt Nancy's house who lived in down town New York. These boys that Walter met out side the store persuaded him to beat up jewish boys and chased them untill they fought back. Walter said he wolud only hit the ones that did'nt fight back. They only did'nt fight back because they were on their mother's street. As soon and they were away from it then the opponent would get punched. Getting whipped and talking to these boys affected Walter's attitude annd more importantly his personality.** ===

__**SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 3**__
=== Walter is now starting the first grade and his teacher says that he reads on a second grade level but he can't speek well enough to be in the second grade. Now Walter is not just hitting Jewish boys he is hitting boys in school. He spilled paste on his lap and a boy started to laugh so Walter put it on his. Then he went in the corner then the boy started to laugh so Walter puched him, that got Walter a walk to the office. Not only is Walter bad but he has an Uncle who has been in jail for longer than Walter has been alive. When Walter got home he lied to mama and told her that he did not get in trouble and school was fine. Mama said that Walter was a big boy now and he didn't need a baby sitter any more so he got a house key. Walter now had a gun but mama threw it in the garbage. My opinion is that even at the age of eight he should not have a gun not even as a adult to me there is no reason to have one. As a student you are suposed to read books and Walter is reading comics and hiding them from mama. he also said that a C or a D is normal. Even though Walter just failed everthing except Gym and was beaton he was promoted to the forth grade. :l ===

__﻿SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 4__
=== When Walter brought home his report card and showed Mama all the red marks and circled thing she was upset. Then Frank told Walter that he would help him with artithmetic "in which Walter received his lowest mark". Frank was a college grad. from a black school. Now he is a commercial artist. Walter was trying to do his best this year but he got in a fight and ruined it. Yes, he started it but he didn't punch but it's still bad I know, but Bunny punched him two times but the teacher hates Walter so much as always she blamed it on him. The teacher told him that he needed to bring his mom to school tomorrow. In class he picked up a book and she said "don't pick that book up!" Walter threw it to show how mad he was. He meant to throw it in the corner but as soon as the teacher saw that he was about to throw it she moved toward it. It hit her in the shoulder and she screamed she said " I WANT YOUR MOTHER IN HERE THIS AFTERNOON AND WHEN SHES HERE I WILL GET A POLICEMAN, YOU ARE GOING TO REFORM SCHOOL!!!" When Walter got home Mama asked him what was the matter he said nothing then she asked him if he got in trouble in school today and he was going to tell her the truth but then he said "no". Then he said " I'm not hungry and went to lay on the couch. Mama came to sit with him and put the radio on. He threw up after a while and was rushed to the hospital. The doctor asked him what was wrong and he said his stomach hurt then he asked what he ate yesterday, Walter had to think for a minute....... yesterday was Easter and he tried to eat as mach candy as possible and that's just what he said. The doctor laughed and said that all he needs is a laxative and he'll be fine. Then another doctor came in and didn't say anything then she pushed on his abdomen and he screamed. Before he knew it he was goig to have his apendix out. :o After the opperation he got two books as presents " The Bobbsey twins at Spruce Lake and Mystery Rides the Rails". :D Mama told him that the doctor said that he couldn't do any activities. When they left he went down three flights of stairs with a bike and rode for about 1 hour. Then he saw his father around the corner so he peddled really fast all the way home and brought it up stairs then he managed to get his socks and shoes off. All of a sudden he collapsed on the floor and ran into his bed and faked to sleep. His dad walked in then out. When Mama got home they went into his room and asked if he was ok he said "yes". The dad felt his forehead and noticed it was moist. He asked why he was curled up in a ball, Dad took of the covers and saw that he was bleeding! The cut had opened!!! He was rushed to the hospital AGAIN! The doctors said he had internal bleeding. :{} Walter didn't take anymore classes that year but he was switched schools and was promoted to the fifth grade. Mama quit her job to stay and take care of him. : / ===

**__SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 5__**
=== In 1947 Jakie Robinson and Larry Doby were accepted to the MLB team. "Joe Louis was heavyweight Champion of the world, and "Sugar" Ray Robinson was the Welterweight Champion. The president Harry S. Truman, was negotiating with black leaders to integrate the armed forces. The New York Amsterdam News, our weekly Negro newspaper, suggested that the United States was going to treat Negros as equals for the first time". Walter's school was integrated. Now Walter is not just beating up kids he is hanging them! :o :( Walter got the idea of hanging Richard from the New York Amsterdam News because there was an article about a black man who was hung. If Walter got a red mark on his report card that meant a beating. But fortunetly he could not get a beating because he just got his appendix out. The teacher ripped up Walter's comic book then threw it away because he was reading it in class even though he wasn't bothering anyone he wasn't listening to the lesson. He also had to pick all the pieces off the desk and throw it in the garbage while the class laughed. :( Even though Ms. Conway was mean she was nice and gave him a book and he actually liked it, he asked if he could take it home she said no but he could read it every day in class if he behaved himself and he promised he would. My opinion is that Ms. Conway is starting to like Walter just a little. ===

**__﻿SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 7__**
=== In the summer of 1949 both Garildine and Viola have both moved out. Walter seems to be athletic because he likes to run and jump.He say's he is better than all other kids in his age group.There is a man named "Mr. Reese" and he has started a Negro baseball league and Walter is thinking about joining one when he grows up.When Walter's mom asked what he wanted for his birthday he said " a ball or a glove would do". To me that shows the he is determined to get better and be and do the best in baseball. Which is good because that shows he has focus. The night before Walter's twelfth birthday party he was woken up by his mother with bad news that i'm sure Walter did not want to hear. She said "Walter get up after he opened his eyes she said " your Uncle was killed last night'. :( Walter's Uncle was a convict. I wonder if Walter's sister and brother were informed. Walter said that his Uncle's death didn't mean that much to him. He should be sad but he dosent have to cry but he should still be alittle sad.In Walter's house on sunday he can't talk loud and some times at all because it is the Lord's day. On christmas Walter's dad sat in the kitchen by himself while mama and Walter sat under the christmas tree.Walter is starting to notice than there is more than sitting in a chair all day in school. He is noticing that you have to listen and be good and pay attention to learn something or it's just boring.Walter's dad likes to fish but walter and mama don't like the beach and fish. Mama just likes to get out of the house to get air. ===

__**﻿SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 8**__
===__** ﻿ **__** Walter thought the world would turn out sweet, full of entertainment,peachey. But apparentley his perspective was wrong. He also thought writing was easy as 123 but really you have to think and imagine, not just pick up a pencil and expect it to write for you. Walter is seeing people everywhere trying to change their attitude, their personality, their whole figure. There doing it all for themselves which is good to change but it's not good if you were already good and you turn bad but thats a whole different story.My point is that it's good to switch it up a little so people don't think you're not funny, not fun to be around or you're just plain boring and miserable and you just don't change! Because of the economy in his time and all the junk he hears about " oh ya whites are better than blacks there smarter blah blah blah". He's noticing than it's not true, that everybody is the same. We may not look the same or act the same be as smart as each other but inside we are all alike. In this chapter Walter thinks for a minute. Then he has a moment and just thinks to himself" you know what this is all stupid everybody should just stop fighting and come together as one". Walter is having a hard time writing about Harlem with all the drama he wants to write about the good things in life and around him, not murders and robberies. Another thing I noticed is that Walter keeps talking about how people should behave. He's trying to tell people that it's not right to do bad things, but he can't do that at all. He doesn't notice that but he is a very bad kid and he's trying to change people but he can't even do it for himself. I think he should worry about himself and then try to change everthing else later. He needs to take baby steps to succeed. In school there was an incident with Eddie and Eric. Eddie invited Eric to a party and Walter told Eric he could ask anyone to go, so Eric asked Walter if he wanted to go and Walter said "yes". Later on Eddie told Eric that Walter couldn't go because he was black. Eric told Walter that he sholud beat up Eddie for saying that but Walter realy really wanted to but he was more hurt than mad. **===

__WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MY NECK OF THE WOODS?__
IN MY NEIBORHOOD THER IS CONSTRUCTION GOING ON IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE COMPLEX.NOW MY NEXT DOOR NEIBHOR BROUGHT HER LITTLE DOG FOR A WALK.THE TRUCKS ARE LEAVING THE CONSTRUCTION SITE.NOW THE MAILMAN CAME TO DELIVER MAIL.THERE ARE THREE SQUIRELS CHASING EACH OTHER.NOW MY NEIGHBOR'S DOG IS BARKING AT A BIG DOG WHO JUST CAME BY.OH NO MY NEIGHBOR'S DOG RAN AWAY.THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN MY NECK OF THE WOODS. :D

__CHAPTER 10__
== ** ﻿1.WALTER SEES ALOT OF PEOPLE WHO OR HOMELESS AND HUNGRY AND HE THINKS"WOW IM LUCKY MY PARENTS HAVE A JOB AND IM NOT HUNGRY AND HOMLESS. TO ME IT SEEMS LIKE HE FEELS BAD FOR THSE PEOPLE AND MAYBE HE WILL WRITE A POEM ABOUT THEM. ** ==

**2.﻿WALTER KNOWS HOW TO WRITE A POEM BUT HE DOSEN'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL ABLE.MAMA TOLD HIM WHEN HE KNEW HOW TO SPELL ABLE SHE WILL BUY HIM SOMETHING NEEDED.**
**﻿** **3.﻿JUST BECAUSE WALTER SOUNDS LIKE A BAD KID HE ACCUALLY ISN'T. HE RUNS ARRENDS FOR RANDOM PEOPLE WHERE HE LIVE. TO ME THAT SOUDS PREETY GENEROUS.** **﻿** **﻿**4.WALTER DOES NOW BELIVE IN HEAVEN AND HE SAID THAT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS TEDEOUS. **﻿** **﻿**5.WALTER DOSEN'T WAN'T TO BE AFRAID OF BEING ABLE TO WRITE POEMS BUT NOT ALONE. HE HAD A DREAM ABOUT A GIRL AND THEY WOULD BE TOGETHER FOREVER AND NOT BE AFRAID TO BE SMART TOGETHER. I THINK WALTER IS KINDA DESPRET TO SHOW PEOPLE BESIDES HIS PARENTS WHAT HE CAN DO. **﻿** **﻿**

__﻿CHAPTER 11__
=== Walter is now a junior. He is also hearing a lot of talk about people getting let go and getting hired and fired. It's making weird thoughts go through his head if he should get a job or not. I think he shouldn't think on the negative side because he could turn out to be one of the kids that dosen't go to college or drops out of school early and ends up on the streets. Walter is a really smart kid he just dosen't want anyone to know.Walter is now seeing different races like Puerto Rican and Hispanic. He is realizing that they are getting all the jobs.Walter is looking for a job. He can't find one that he really likes. He is starting to give up, on looking for one.Walter noticed that all his friends are offering him a job at there job if he can't get one.Walter is thinking about going to a all negro school in stead of a intergrated school.Walter found a collage that he thinks is good for him but then he found out that it was a science and math school and he is good at reading and writing.Walter has no idea what he wants to do with his life. He said that when he was nine he wanted to be a laywer and now he dosen't know what happened from there.He meets a man who incourages him o be what he wants to be.Walter really wants to be a lawyer but he has a speech problem so he thinks that will effect him in any job.Walter is really good a reading but he talks weird but he has a skill that he can remember any passage no matter how long and recite it.One of Walter's friends says that he should write for the money no matter how he says it. Walter says no because he writes for fun. ===

**__CHAPTER 12__**
=== The chapter﻿ starts out with Walter in the Guidence Counciler's office and she asks him his age and he says 15 and she said that she is surpirised that a 15 year old student needs to be in her room. She said that they should me able to take care of themselves and work out their own problems. Then she starts asking him what he dose all day first he said nothing. Then he said that he said that he rides bus A and wanders around Central Park. He also said he likes to go to the movies if he has the money.Lastly he said that he goes to a pond and writes dark poems and later discards them. The Guidence Counciler keeps telling him to keep himself together so he can get into a good college or even get into one at all. When Walter got his report card he was surprised that he had passed classes that he bareley even went to. He thinks that they passed him just so he could try to do better next year. I don't know why Walter wouln't get into a good cllege other then him getting a few bad grades. He does sports. I think anybody who is part of a club or a sports and gets in will get into a good college but they can't flunk. Walter saved a boy from getting jumped because he fought them off. Then they got to know each other. The boy who almost got jumped, his name is Frank. Then they started to talk alittle and then Frank said thank you. When WAlter nwhen home his mom's friend was over and they were drinking beer. When Walter's mom told him to say hi her voice was slurred. I think Walter's mom is a bad infuence because she drinks, she smokes, she gambles and thats not good for Walter to be seeing. I know he is older and he should know better but oviously not because in middle school he was chewing tobacco. ===

__﻿CHAPTER 13__
==﻿ Walter is starting to hate his life and everything about it. He once agian went to the Councler and once again she told him to get himself together. Walter want's to but he has so much drama going through his head that he can't think. That is what probably is the problem for him in school. Walter dosen't want people to know that he dosen't have college yet so either he lies and tells them that he got excepted at a very good college, he just tells them that he forgot it or he just avoids it and doesn't come to school at all. The teacher recomended a book called " //Penguin Island// ". Walter wanted to like the book because his teacher gave it to him but it just wasn't his type. It was about penguins who mistook themselves for humans. Walter said he had never had a sustained period of reading a really good book. Walter still reads comic books. Walter also said that anytime he read a book he only reads the part that he wants to or only the good parts. He said once he read a book that was supposed to be a masterpice and he only read the " hot " parts. If that book was really a master piece then why did he only read some of it? Walter is trying to write more often when he realizes that there is something about writing he has never tried before. He has never tried competitive writing before. After borrowing and reading recomended books Walter finally found some that he likes. After reading more and more books he started to write agian. He started to make" marks on paper". Walter says that is a very important step in writing anything. But thats not the only step he said, he also said those marks you have to judge and improve on and then pass it on to a normal independent reader. In the book Walter says that he often goes to Central Park and climbs tres and reading a number of good books is in the procedure. ==

__﻿CHAPTER 14__
=== WALTER IS HANGING OUT WITH FRANK AGAIN. HE HAS REALIZED THAT HE IS A LITTLE WEIRD AND MAYBE A BAD KID. FRANK'S MOM WAS DRUNK ON THE BUS AND THE PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO GET HER OFF. THER WAS A INCIDENT WHERE FRANK WAS TRYING TO KILL SOMEONE BECAUSE THEY WERE TOUCHING HIS MOM. I THINK THAT THAT WAS A BAD CHOICE. I UNDERSTAND THAT HE WAS TRYING TO SAVE HIS MOM BUT FIRST OF ALL SHE WAS DRUNK SECOND THE PEOPLE WEREN'T HURTING HER THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO GET HER OFF. I UNDERSTAND WHY HE WOULD DO THAT IF I WAS SITTING ON THE BUS TALKING WITH MY FRIEND AND MY MOM HAPPEND TO BE ON THE BUS AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN YOU LOOK UP AND YOUR MOM IS DRUNK AND GETTING DRAGGED OFF THE BUS I WOULD REACT TOO. MAYBE YELL " HEY WAIT WHAT ARE YOU DOING" OR MAYBE " HEY GET OFF MY MOM!' OR "WHAT THE HECK!". BUT I WOULD NEVER KILL OR AT LEAST TRY TO KILL SOMEONE. I THINK WALTER IS ONLY HANGING OUT WITH FRANK BECASUE HE HAS NO ONE THAT HE FEELS HE CAN TALK TO. HE EVEN SAID THE ONLY THING THAT THEY TALK ABOUT IS WHAT IS BAD ABOUT THEM OR THEIR DAY. I PERSONALLY DON'T LIKE FRANK BECAUSE HE DRINKS BEER, HE BRINGS WALTER PLACES WHERE PEOPLE ARE SKIN POPPING AND HE TRIES TO KILL PEOPLE. I THINK ONE DAY WALTER IS GOING TO TRY TO DO EVERYTHING FRANK IS DOING AND GET IN EVEN MORE TROUBLE THEN HE ALREADY IS. WALTER IS ALREADY DOIN WEIRD THINGS. HE SAID HE IS HAVING THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE AND HE GOES TO A PSHYCATRIST FOR IT BUT IT ISN'T HELPING MUCH. I THINK IT WILL ALSO START TO AFFECT WALTER'S GRADES BECAUSE HE HAS SO MUCH ON HIS MIND HE WON'T PAY ATTENTION TO HIS WORK OR HIS TEACHER. ===

__CHAPTER 15__
=== WALTER'S WRITING HAS INCREASED A LOT AND HE ALSO IS READING MORE. HE GOES IN TO CENTRAL PARK AND READS 4 BOOKS A WEEK. BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE :D DOESE'T IT SOUND GOOD FOR HIM TO GO TO THE PARK AND READ AND WRITE SO MUCH. YES? YES! BUT IT IS ALSO WRONG BECAUSE HE IS DOING THIS HE THINKS HE DOSEN'T HAVE TO GO TO SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT. SCHOOL!!! HE ISN'T GOING TO SCHOOL! THATS BAD! AS SOON AS I READ THIS A CERTAIN PERSON'S FACE POPPED INTO MY HEAD. CAN YOU GUESS? THATS RIGHT! IT'S FRANK. I THINK THIS HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH HIM. WALTER DID SAY THAT HE FEELS BAD FOR NOT GOING TO SCHOOL. BUT HE IS RELIEVED THAT HE DOES NOT HAVE TO SIT IN CLASS AND LISTEN TO LECTURE AFTER LECTURE AND ANSWER QUESTIONS AND DO WORK. WALTER SAID THAT HE IS VERY UNHAPPY AND HE WROTE POEMS ABOUT DEATH AND ISOLATION. WALTER WROTE ABOUT HOW HE FELT AND HE FELT ISOLATED. HE WROTE ABOUT ISOLATION SO THATS HOW HE FEELS. HE SAID THAT HE TRIES TO KEEP HIMSELF AWAY FROM THE CROWD SO HE D0SENT GET MADE FUN OF. WALTER WENT TO DR. HOLIDAY AND HE ASKED WALTER IF HE WAS MAD ABOUT ANYTHING AND WALTER SAID NO TRUTHFULLY. THEN DR. HOLIDAY SAID SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO BE SIXTEEN. WALTER SAID NO... THEN THOUGHT TO HIMSELF IT WASN'T HARD IT WAS DIFFERENT AND HE WONDERED HOW THE OTHER PEOPLE DID IT. WALTER WAS SUPPOSED TO GRADUATE BUT HE KEPT FALLING FARTHER AND FARTHER BEHIND TO THE POINT WHERE THERE WAS NO MORE HOPE. ===

=__**﻿CHAPTER 16**__= === WALTER WAS ASKED A SPECIFIC QUESTION FROM DR.HOLIDAY. THAT QUESTION WAS DID WALTER LIKE BEING BLACK? THAT MADE WALTER THINK. WOULD A WHITE PSYCHOLOGIST HAVE ASKED THE SAME QUESTION? WALTER THOUGHT YES. HE FINALLY SAID "YES I DO LIKE BEING BLACK". I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS THE RIGHT ANSWER FOR WALTER TO SAY. LATER HE THOUGHT IN HIS HEAD "WELL WHAT ELSE COULD I HAVE SAID"? "WHEN I WAS LITTLE AND PEOPLE USED TO ASK ME WHAT I WANTED TO BE WHEN I GROW UP AND I WOULD SAY A LAWYER. NOT A BLACK OR A NEGRO OR COLORED. WALTER DOSEN'T REALLY EVEN KNOW WHAT "BEING BLACK" MEANT. BEFORE HE SAID LAWYER WHEN HE LIKED HIS SCIENCE TEACHER HE WOULD SAY "SCIENTIST". LATER HE EVEN WOULD CONSIDER SAYING " PHILOSOPHER". WHEN HE BECAME A TEENAGER HE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO DEFINE HIMSELF. WALTER THINKS THE DEFINITION OF A BLACK MAN IS A MAN WITHOUT AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND TO MAKE HIMSELF NOTICED,REMEMBERED AND DEFINED WAS TO SHOW HOW MANLEY AND MUSCULAR HE WAS. WALTER SAID THAT AFTER THINKING, HE COULD NOT IDENTIFY HIMSELF AS A BLACK OR A WHITE BUT HE COULD BY A INTELLECTUAL. LIKE HIS TEACHER SAID IS ISN'T ABOUT OW SMART YOU ARE IT IS ABOUT WHO YOU ARE. ===

=﻿__CHAPTER 17__= === WALTER IS HOPING FOR A MIRACLE FOR HIM TO JUST RANDOMLEY GET A IDEA FOR WHAT COLLEGE HE WANTS TO GO TO. WALTER WANTS TO CREATE HIS OWN WORLD IN PLACE OF THE REAL ONE THAT HE FEELS FAILED HIM. I DON'T THINK THE WORLD FAILED HIM I THINK THAT HE FAILED THE WORLD. THE WORLD DOESN'T MAKE HIS DECISION OF WHAT COLLEGE HE WANTS TO GO TO HE DOES. THE WORLD DOESN'T MAKE THAT DECISION OF WHAT WALTER WANTS TO BE WHEN HE GROWS UP HE DOES. SO IT'S NOT THE WORLD'S FAULT THAT HE IS CLUELESS ABOUT HIS OWN LIFE. DR.HOLIDAY ASKED WALTER WHAT HE WAS THINKING ABOUT OVER THE WEEKEND AND HE SAID DYING IN A BATTLE ISN'T SO BAD. I THINK HE WAS REFERRING TO HIM NOT KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT HIS FUTURE. EAFTER THAT CONVERSATION DR.HOLIDAY ASKED MAMA IF WALTER EVER TRIED KILLING HIMSELF. WHEN SCHOOL WAS ALMOST TO AN END WALTER'S ANXIETY INCREASED AND HIS BOOKS WERE GETTING HARDER AND HARDER FOR HIM TO DEAL WITH. HE WAS LOOSING INTEREST IN THEM. HIS FRIEND ASKED HIM IF HE WAS STILL READING AND HE SAID YES BUT THE MARKS ON PAPER WERE MAKING LESS AND LESS SENSE TO HIM. AFTER SCHOOL ENDED WALTER HAD LEFT CLOTHES IN SCHOOL AND THE TEACHER SAID THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT TILL SEPTEMBER TO GET THE BACK SO ON THE WAY HOME UPTOWN HE CRIED. === =__CHAPTER 18__= === WHEN WALTER WAS 16 HE HAD NO DREAMS, NO HOPES, NO GOALS NOTHING HE WAS JUST A NOTHING. SCHOOL WAS OVER, HE MISSED GRADUATION THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT. WALTER WOULD GET READY TO LEAVE THE HOUSE WITH HIS NOTEBOOK AND SOMETHING TO READ AT THE PARK. WALTER DIDN'T READ AND THE WORDS ON THE PAGES DIDN'T MAKE SENSE ANYMORE. WALTER ALSO STOPPED WRITING. THAT WAS ALL WALTER USED TO DO READ AND WRITE BUT NOW THERE IS NOTHING. EVEN IF HE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING HE COULDN'T HAVE. THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT IN HIM OR HIS LIFE JUST EMPTYNESS. WALTER USED TO LEAVE THE HOUSE AT MIDNIGHT AND HIS FATHER WHOULD SAY TO STAY HOME BUT HE WOULD SAY NO AND WALK OUT. WALTER WOULD JUST WALK AROUND CENTRAL PARK AND COME HOME ABOUT DUSK. WALTER ALSO USED TO SIT IN HIS ROOM ALL DAY AND HIS DAD WOULD ASK MAMA WHAT WALTER WAS DOING AND MAMA WOULD SAY SOMETHING, SOMETIMES EVEN LOUD ENOUGH FOR HIM TO HEAR. FRANK APPLIED FOR A JOB AND CALLED WALTER AND AKSKED WALTER TO COME AND HE SAID YES. WALTER WANTED TO TALK FRANK OUT OF IT BUT HE COULDN'T FRANK WANTED THIS JOB BUT WALTER HAD A FEELING SOMETHING MIGHT GO WRONG. FRANK DELIVERD THE PACKAGE AND THEY LEFT. LATER ON WALTER WENT TO THE TRAIN STATION "LIKE ALWAYS" BUT THIS TIME HE SAW FRANK THERE AND SOMEONE WAS HITTING HIM. WALTER FOUGHT OFF THE MAN AND ASKED FRANK WHAT HAD HAPPENED. BEFORE FRANK COULD SAY A WORD WALTER REALIZED IT WAS THE GUY THAT FRANK DELIVERD THE PACKAGE TO. THEN WALTER ASKED AGIAN WHAT HAPPENEND AND FRANK KEPT SAYING THAT THE MAN SET THEM UP. WALTER'S BROTHER ENTERED THE ARMY AND WALTER SAID THAT HE WANTED TO JOIN TO. WALTER'S DAD SAID IT WAS A GOOD THING THAT WALTER WAS JOINING THE ARMY. WALTER DID ENTER THE ARMY AND HE GOT ON THE TRAIN TO THE ARMY LIKE HE SAID. WHEN WALTER SAID HIS GOODBYES HE TOOK OUT HIS NOTEBOOK AS THE TRAIN JERKED TO A START. THEN WALTER SAID" AND AT THAT MOMENT I ENDED THE FIRST PART OF MY LIFE". ===

=﻿__**CHAPTER 19**__= === THIS CHAPTER IS THE LAST CHAPTER OF BAD BOY. :( WALTER DIDN'T THINK READING AND WRITING WAS A CAREER. I THINK HIS ENGLISH TEACHER WOULD BE NOT TO HAPPY TO HERE THAT. WHAT WALTER DOSEN'T REALIZE IS THAT HE IS REALLY GOOD AT READING AND WRITING BUT HE DOSEN'T SHOW IT. HE JUST SHOWS THAT HE IS A FAILURE BUT HE REALLY ISN'T. WALTER HAS ACTUALLY A CHAIN OF EVENTS THAT HELPS HIM WRITE. HIS ABILITY OF READING SO WELL LEADS HIM TO BOOKS AND BOOKS LEAD HIM TO IDEAS AND IDEAS LEAD HIM TO MORE IDEAS . THEN OVIOUSLY THAT LEADS HIM TO WRITING A STORY OR A POEM. LATER ON WALTER FINIALLY FOUND A JOB. WALTER'S JOB IS A INTEROFFICE MESSAGER. THIS JOB IS JUST BLOCKS AWAY FROM STUVEYENT HIGH SCHOOL. WALTER USED TO THINK THAT HE WAS THE ONLY BLACK WRITER BUT THEN HE FOUND MORE. ONE OF THIER NAME WERE //"CHUCK STONE"// . THE OTHER'S NAME WAS //"JHON O. KILLENS".// THESE WRITERS ARE FAMOUS AND I HOPE THAT THIS WILL GIVE WALTER A LITTLE HOPE THAT HE CAN BE TO. THAT MADE WALTER THINK OF TIME WHEN ONE OF HIS TEACHERS SAID "JUST KEEP WRITING". INTHE END WALTER SAID " WRITING HAS LET ME INTO A WORLD IN WICH I AM RESPECTED, WHERE THE SKILLS I HAVE ARE RESPECTED FOR THEMSELVES. I AM IN A WORLD OF BOOK LOVERS AND PEOPLE EAGER TO RISE TO THE MUSIC OF LANGUAGE AND IDEAS. ALL IN ALL IT HAS BEEN A GREAT JOURNEY AND NOT ALL THAT SHABBY FOR A BAD BOY". ===