Lukas K.'s Reading Log

1st chapter:

The first chapter of the novel Snakeman deals with Cathy, who is new at Portland High School. It’s her third school in the last four or five years. Because she doesn’t want to be an outsider, she trys to make a good impression right from the beginning. Her homeroom teacher, Mr. Deedles, introduces Cathy to the class, while he tells her new classmates all the nice things she has told him personally. When the bell rings, Jamie, a boy in her class, introduces himself to Cathy. He works for the school newspaper and asks her for an interview. Cathy approves for an interview during lunch. During the interview, Jamie asks Cathy for example about her hobbies or about reading books. Afterwards he asks whether she wants to work for the school newspaper. She says that she would think about it.

2nd chapter:

The second chapter is about the first coming together between Cathy and Snakeman at the new school. Just after school finishes, Cathy opens her locker when she feels a strange attendance behind her. She turns around slowly. Cathy is astonished, as she sees a tall and thin guy with empty eyes of a snake and two other boys standing a few feet away on both sides of her. Snakeman forces Cathy to join his club. From now on, Cathy has to pay weekly membership dues. The price is five dollars a week. Cathy isn’t allowed to disagree and has to cooperate with Snakeman. Otherwise he impends to hurt Mike, Cathy’s little brother. After making the first payment, Cathy stands about two minutes alone in the corridor and thinks about what even happened. Then she walks to the main door.

3rd chapter:

In the third chapter, after the school has had ended, Cathy takes the bus home. While she is sitting in the bus, she thinks about the incident that happened in school just a few minutes ago. When she arrives at home and comes into the kitchen her little brother Mike asks her about the first day at school. Cathy has braced herself up for this question and says that it wasn’t bad. After answering the question she checks Mike’s reaction to make sure he doesn’t realise that something bad has happened. Then she asked Mike how his first day was. When the conversation ended, Mike goes to the park to play some basketball. Until her mum comes home Cathy thinks about whether she should tell it or tell it not. She decides to wait a few days. Her mum arrives lately at home and tells Cathy about her problems she has on the first day at her new job. Then Cathy goes into her room and in the end, after two hours, she has a strategy to deal with Snakeman.