FCR 8

FCR 8

Payback Time, Carl Deuker. Quarter 2, Cycle 12 reading response, pages 1-50.

            In the opening section I read of Payback Time, it describes the main character Mitch True. Mitch's real name is actually Danny, but everyone calls him Mitch because he looks like the Michelin tire man. Mitch is described as a short 5'4 high school senior who is over weight weighing in at about 200lb. Mitch was  never the most popular kid in school and wasn't the most athletic kid around. But the one thing that did interest Mitch and that he was good at was journalism. He worked for the school newspaper and was the lead writer for the school paper. However, a girl named Alyssa was chosen over him to be in charge of the school paper and she placed Mitch on the sports section of the paper. Mitch argued with this but soon found out maybe it wouldn't be so bad since sports did interest him.

            The author used his 6 traits well in describing the scene of the story and using voice and word usage to describe the characters and what their going through. For example, the author describes how round and flabby Mitch's stomach is an dhow he eats a lot everyday by describing what he eats and how much he eats everyday. The author used the 6 traits good and it helps to better understand the story.

            The author has framed and organized this part of the story to be an introduction to the story and describe the setting, the characters, and what they're going through in the story. This helps to give us a better understanding of what's going on and help us to see how it relates to the rest of the story. The reason for organizing it like this is to keep the story going and flowing smoothly and transition into each event smoothly.