BUSy place

The hippie bus has gone through a radical change throughout the book. When the bus was under the control of the bong brothers, it was a nasty, smelly place that was not a happy place to be. It was a place to stay the night but not for long term living. When I-Man took over ownership of the bus, he transformed it into something new. It lost its terrible smell, was cleaned out. I-Man created a garden next to it and gave it plumbing and its own little kitchen. Russel makes the contrast stand out with his phrase "It was like the garden of Eden" (159). Russell explains of the bus being a garden of marijuana and how it is like a heaven for Chappie. I think I-Man is a great person. He acts a father figure towards Froggy or Rose as we later find out her real name. I-Man is a fantastic influence on the kids. He explains to them his own religion which gives Chappie a new sense of the world and a new insight on life. Later on, when it was the Fourth of July I-Man started to wig-out about the booms of the fireworks. This gives us the insight that his Jamaican past is one of unstable politics and one of a criminal status. He can decipher by sound if it is many guns which means that it is either the police or military. After hearing the sounds, he ran to a safe area which gives the implications that he was running from them, not wanting to get caught.

Jamaica and its past in a nutshell: Jamaica in the 1400s was a hunter-gatherer nation of native Americans that were soon plundered by the Spanish with the arrival of Columbus. In 1655, the British conquered the island and continued their plundering and enslaving with the people there growing mainly sugar. The slaves were later emancipated and slowly gained their political freedom after years of political and economic fervor. During all the fervor, the government kept changing under the British rule.


Haile Selassie: Truly named Tafari Makonnen, became emporer of Ethiopia from 1930-1974. He was looked at as the messiah of the Rastafarian movement/religion despite being an Ethiopian Orthodox his whole life.
Rastafarianism: A religious movement in Jamaica the views Haile Selassie as the messiah.It includes the spiritual use of marijuana and claims the origin of man is Africa.
(Nesta) Bob Marley: A Jamaican musician in the late 1900s. He is said to be the father of reggae music
Malcolm X: Actually named Malcolm Little, was an African American Muslim who stood up for civil rights and is said to be the most influential African-American of all time.

Banks, Russell. Rule of the Bone: a Novel. New York: HarperPerennial, 1996. Print.

Ending 2.0

Upon finding Chappie tied up in his bedroom, he already had his whole plan established. "I am going to get you out of there man!" Russ exclaimed. Well you better hurry man, the bikers are onto you like white on rice, Chappie replied. Russ took the tape of Chappie and they climbed out the window. They arrived down at the garage next to Russ' car. This thing is loaded man, Chappie whispered. The car was filled with electronics that Russ had stolen. "I got it all planned out Chappie, we are going to ditch this place in Au sable and head for Vermont dude," Russ explained. Little did Chappie know, but Russ had already set up a meeting with a man to buy all the electronics at half price which in reality was cold hard profit for the boys. I tell you Chappie, with all this money we got or should I say will have, we are going to start a business! Chappie looked at Russ in confusion.  You just wait bro, with your expertise in the skunk and my social skills were going to be farmers if you know what I mean. Chappie and Russ roared off to Vermont in the banged up Camaro.

Chapter Three "Nostalgia"

Chapter Three really brings out the point of view of Chappie. It contains sentences that seem like they go on for eternity with their great length. He is lacking in proper punctuation, and he uses his immature and juvenile language. "I'm like, Gimme twenty bucks up front or find yourself another protege" (36). Chappie meets a Canadian guy and girl, or at least he thinks they are Canadian. The girl named Froggy seems to be drugged out of her mind as she is unresponsive to any stimulus in her environment. The Canadian guy is named Buster, who is very juvenile in spirit but ugly in person. I suspect that the guy is a child molester who lures kids in with his acting gimmick , "That's why it's called a screen test Chappie. You have to pass it" (35). The way Chappie is treated by his father and the guard at the Victoria's Secret illustrates that Chappie doesn't receive any love, respect or attention from them. It shows that to them, despite their past bonding, they don't have any care for Chappie's life.

 

Teen Drug Use Today

• 52.8% of 12 grade students are involved in illicit drug use.
• Underage drinking costs about 58 million dollars a year.
• In the past month, 50% of teens report drinking and 32% of them report being drunk at least on one occasion.

Works Cited

• Teen Drug Use Statistics
• Banks, Russell. Rule of the Bone: a Novel. New York: HarperPerennial, 1996. Print.

-Andrew Dunavent

`Lets get going on things with day one. I know that for a person who has never been to a gym before, it can seem like a daunting task and inconvenient. Well here's the scoop on it. From my own personal experience the first two weeks can down right suck. I have always been an active person my whole life but when it came to the gym I had little motivation. I absolutely had to force myself to go five days a week, and after two weeks everything changed. I found my daily time each day to go to the gym and it was enjoyable. It came to the point where skipping a day at the gym felt awkward. As if my day wasn't complete.

As for the rest of my blog, I will write about the day to day workout life of a young man and my past experiences and knowledge that I have gained over the years. Also, I will always include any new techniques or gym tools I learn about in the future. i would like to start off by giving massive amounts of credit to a person who inspired me to begin crossfit and now inspire me to blog about fitness. he gave me a few training sessions while  i was living in illinois and they were the best hours of my life. for those who would like to follow his awesome crossfit blog it is called rambles of a frosh". also getting me onto blogging is my literature teacher, hence the name of my blog.

Rule of the Bone

            After reading the first two chapters of Rule of the Bone, I am really shocked at who Chappie is. He is one of those juvenile rebels that does not care what society is like. He steals coins from his parents only to sell them for "skunk" (7) he can. After having a fantasy about Christmas, where he goes back to his house and enjoys time with his missed parents, a lot is revealed about Chappie. We can see that despite his rebellious exterior and the negative influences around him (the bikers), Chappie still has a heart for his mother and realizes the true love he has for family. My reaction to the book is that I can't believe the kind of man Chappie is. After his mother successfully tried to bail him out of being arrested, he pretty much stole twenty dollars from her never to see her again. I don't care what kind of situation I am in, I will never even consider stealing from my mother.

What is life like for a real-life runaway?

• One out of every seven children will runaway before age eighteen.
• 75% of runaways who stay away longer than two weeks will become involved in theft, drugs, or pornography
• One out of every three runaways will be lured into prostitution within 48 hours of being away.

Works Cited
Why Teens Run Away
Banks, Russell. Rule of the Bone: a Novel. New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996. Print.

-Andrew Dunavent