Running on Empty
Book club #1
The first chapter of the story “Running on Empty” by Don Aker was truly intriguing. Speaking as a teenage boy myself, these characters displays similar traits like immaturity displayed in extreme driving and bad language. Ethan “... yanked the wheel to the left to avoid a full-on collision with the door. But the front fender clipped the corner of the garage with a whoomp!” Page 3 - Running on Empty by Don Aker. Ethan is driving too fast to stop in time causing him to turn in order to avoid a big collision, making this a high action scene which many teens like to watch. Many forms of slang are viewed as bad language. For example, when Rico said “Pussy…” Page 1. They use this word to call someone scared as did …show more content…
When Ethan damaged the vehicle, he has to face great consequences. Ethan is saving up to buy a car and all that money is gone as he has to pay for repairs. This consequence creates a conflict with his dad. His father said “I don’t care what you were saving for . It’ll be paying for the repairs” Page 11. His father does not care about what Ethan was saving for. This kind of dislike in his statement is an indication of a conflict in the near future. This is caused by a careless action that Ethan could have prevented in the setting of the story. Before this, Ethan had already known that he would have to hear a lecture. He is “... Preparing for the lecture he knew his father would launch into the second he came down to breakfast. He’d already heard him go out to the driveway to examine the Volvo’s fender and the corner of the garage that had crumpled it” Page 4. Prior to the beginning of the conflict, he knew what he would have to face. He could avoid this setting by being more cautious. Prior to the punishment verdict, the consequence that Ethan is expecting was not at all close to losing everything from his bank account and more. “Ethan’s eyes widened” Page 11. This is when he finds out that his dad’s insurance is not about to pay for this. It is a lot for Ethan to handle and it could possibly contribute to the beginning of the conflict. This setting is very important so far and it has created the greatest conflict in …show more content…
He still never gave up on buying his dream car. After having his bank account emptied out, he tries looking for more shifts at the pool. This unfortunately does happen as his employer says “...we’ll have to cut your Wednesday-evening shift” Page 30. Nothing is happening his way as he just lost a shift. He is now looking for a new job. Ethan is not having any luck and everything just keeps on getting worse. Before getting his application denied from a restaurant “He’d already had four other conversations like this at four other restaurants” Page 37. He is showing determination and courage going to the fifth restaurant after lots of failure. His is now having some luck because of all the effort he put in. He finds a restaurant and the manager named Lil says “Say I give you the job. When can you start?” Page 42. This indicated that she wanted to hire him. His determination pays off and he is now on track to reaching his goal of buying his dream
Book club #1
The first chapter of the story “Running on Empty” by Don Aker was truly intriguing. Speaking as a teenage boy myself, these characters displays similar traits like immaturity displayed in extreme driving and bad language. Ethan “... yanked the wheel to the left to avoid a full-on collision with the door. But the front fender clipped the corner of the garage with a whoomp!” Page 3 - Running on Empty by Don Aker. Ethan is driving too fast to stop in time causing him to turn in order to avoid a big collision, making this a high action scene which many teens like to watch. Many forms of slang are viewed as bad language. For example, when Rico said “Pussy…” Page 1. They use this word to call someone scared as did …show more content…
When Ethan damaged the vehicle, he has to face great consequences. Ethan is saving up to buy a car and all that money is gone as he has to pay for repairs. This consequence creates a conflict with his dad. His father said “I don’t care what you were saving for . It’ll be paying for the repairs” Page 11. His father does not care about what Ethan was saving for. This kind of dislike in his statement is an indication of a conflict in the near future. This is caused by a careless action that Ethan could have prevented in the setting of the story. Before this, Ethan had already known that he would have to hear a lecture. He is “... Preparing for the lecture he knew his father would launch into the second he came down to breakfast. He’d already heard him go out to the driveway to examine the Volvo’s fender and the corner of the garage that had crumpled it” Page 4. Prior to the beginning of the conflict, he knew what he would have to face. He could avoid this setting by being more cautious. Prior to the punishment verdict, the consequence that Ethan is expecting was not at all close to losing everything from his bank account and more. “Ethan’s eyes widened” Page 11. This is when he finds out that his dad’s insurance is not about to pay for this. It is a lot for Ethan to handle and it could possibly contribute to the beginning of the conflict. This setting is very important so far and it has created the greatest conflict in …show more content…
He still never gave up on buying his dream car. After having his bank account emptied out, he tries looking for more shifts at the pool. This unfortunately does happen as his employer says “...we’ll have to cut your Wednesday-evening shift” Page 30. Nothing is happening his way as he just lost a shift. He is now looking for a new job. Ethan is not having any luck and everything just keeps on getting worse. Before getting his application denied from a restaurant “He’d already had four other conversations like this at four other restaurants” Page 37. He is showing determination and courage going to the fifth restaurant after lots of failure. His is now having some luck because of all the effort he put in. He finds a restaurant and the manager named Lil says “Say I give you the job. When can you start?” Page 42. This indicated that she wanted to hire him. His determination pays off and he is now on track to reaching his goal of buying his dream