Sophia’s First Impression Journal
As I began to read the book, I found that the start of the book didn’t capture my interest right away. I was hoping that some of the main teen issue was going to be introduced in the beginning of the book, or sort of give us a hint on what the main topic is about. So far what I know about the main character, Reef is that he is a 17 year old boy is who is very delinquent. To me he seems to be the kind of guy who doesn’t care about his actions even if they are causing others hurt. From the authors point of view, I think Reef and his friends are set out to be a group of teenagers that are street kids who haven’t gotten much education judging by the way the speak in the book. Reef seems like he has been through a lot in his younger years. He has been through many different foster care homes and it seems like he ran away from the last family he was with. Even though he’s a jerk, he seems to remember the times he had with his grandmother before she had cancer. When he has those memories, he quickly wants to forget them. He says that it was long ago and that it doesn’t matter anymore.
To me, Reef seems like to be the boss or leader of his group of friends. It’s like he’s been through more tough times then the rest of them. The way he conducts himself in the book, really makes me mad. I don’t like the way he is and the way he’s living. When I read more in the book, I myself, wondered if there are any people like that in the world today, who don’t care about what they to even if it’s causing other people to get hurt in that situation. I wondered why a person would want to be that way, or what drove them to be that way. Usually people aren’t just born with the automatic intentions of hurting people. That just isn’t right.
I do look forward to reading on in the book. I hope it gets more interesting.
