Post A

Vocab-

1. Surrogate: A person appointed to act for another. -noun (page 28)
2. Clandestinely: Characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, esp. for purposes of subversion or deception. -adjective (page 35)

Appeals-

1. "I'd been shooting up coke for so many days straight that I was hallucinating, in a strange limbo between" (7). This is a logical appeal, because it really makes me wonder why you would do this to yourself.
2. "'Do you want to be my friend?' 'Yeah, I'll be your friend'" (28). This was got to be an emotional appeal because it is has so much contrast to the rest of the book. A druggie kid going up to someone and asking them this just seems very out of place.
3. "'Let's get a pound of pot, sell some, make a profit and have all the weed that we ever wanted to smoke'" (32). This is a logical appeal because, at least to me, it is a surprise that two high kids had enough entrepanourialship to come up with this kind of an idea.

Quote-

"Immediately, I went to the back bathroom, smoked half a joint, then passed it to Mike, and he repeated the ritual" (60). Sadly, this basically sums up the book to this point. Most days, Anthony just goes off and gets high, while paying little attention to his life other than what oddly mattered to him; his schoolwork.

Theme-

At the moment, this memoir seems to be focused on drugs. Most pages in fact have drug referances; it shows how fun drugs can be, but it also shows the downsides of drugs in a somewhat appalling manner.