Hendrik's Reading Log

Chapter 1

The first chapter of "Snakeman" talks about the girl Cathy who's new at Portland High School. That's her third school she visits. She wants to play her role of the "cute and nice girl" before her new classmates will know her really because she wants to be part of a group and not an outsider. On her first day at school, the homeroom teacher Mr. Deedles introduces her to her new class. Then she gets interviewed for the newspaper. They talk a lot about her hobbies, riding and reading. After that, Jamie asks Cathy to write for the school newspaper too. She wants it but because of her role she wants to play. She tolds him that she will think about it. The teachers are also nice but she doesn't like the math teacher because she couldn't stand math.

Chapter 2

The second chapter of "Snakeman" is about Cathy and a boy who looks like a snake. Cathy meets the Snakeman, that is how she calls him, in front of her locker. She is very afraid of him because he looks very scary. The boy isn´t alone. He comes with two other boys. Cathy says her name but he already knows her. Cathy hasn´t sing her to any list but he says that he has signed her to the list. Now, she is in his club and should pay 5$ every week. She won´t be in this club, but he says that she must because otherwise, it will happen something to her brother Mike.

Chapter 3

In the third chapter, Cathy goes at home after school was ended. In the bus, Cathy thinks about the things which happened before a few minutes. When she is home Cathy tells her little brother nothing from the Snakeman. Cathy acts as if nothing happened. Then she asks Mike how his first day was. He means it was good. After this dialog, Mike goes to the park to play football and Cathy is happy to be alone with her minds. She goes to her room and there she thinks that she will tell her mom about her problem in a few days.

Chapter 4

After a few weeks of paying money Cathy realize something weird. The Snakeman keeps looking on her necklace. The Snakeman wants that a friend checks the necklace if it´s fake or not. Cathy doesn´t want to give her necklace away so she says no. The Snakeman doesn´t care about that. After he has the necklace Cathy walked home. She feels bad and she doesn´t want to pay the money. After a while the phone rings it´s Jamie and he wants her to join the newspaper. Later Cathy wants to make a tryout basis. She only thinks about the Snakeman. After a while, she knows her next step against Snakeman.

Chapter 5

Chapter five is about the meeting of Cathy with the principal, Dr. Callahan. Cathy has arranged an appointment with him. He asks Cathy to come in and when she enters the room, he stands up and asks Cathy to have a seat. They talked about outdoor living and the principal narrates about his summer home on the coast. He says that he would spend all his time after this year with his wife there. The appointment lasted about a couple minutes. On Cathy’s opinion, he seems friendly, but he has something that Cathy’s doesn’t like. He seems nervous. Whatever Cathy thinks that he isn’t the right person to talk to.