Roman's Reading Log

CHAPTER 1

In the first chapter of "Snakeman", a girl (Cathy) is on her first day at the Portland High. She is a new girl and she knows what mostly happens to new people, they became outsiders. But Cathy doesn’t want to be an outsider, because she likes other people and being part of a group. She has a good feeling, that she will find new friends very quickly, because she told her teacher all the good things about her, and the teacher is going to tell the class; all the good things about her, and if someone asks her something, she tries to answer it in a positive way. After the bell rang all the people ran out of the class, but a boy came to her, his name was Jamie and he was a writer for the school newspaper. He asked her, if she could answer some questions during lunch. She said yes and when he made the interview with her, he asked, what her hobbies are. She said that it's reading and riding. Jamie said that he likes reading too, so he asked her which books she enjoyed really well. After the interview was over, Jamie asked her, if she would like to work for the school newspaper, and she said, that she would think about it. about it.

CHAPTER 2: Diarylog

Dear Diary:

My first day at the Portland High was ok. It started fine, a boy, Jamie, asked me for an interview for the school newspaper, so we made an interview and I think that I love him a little bit. But after brake, I was getting my stuff out of the locker, three big boys have surrounded me and said that I'm in the "club". I didn’t knew what they mean with club, but they said that I check the money. They said that everyone has to pay 5 dollars a week, I didn’t knew why, but he hurt me sometimes with his arms. He said that the only things I have to do are: to respect him and to cooperate. I wanted to hurt him with my knee, but he had a cup, so I just hurt myself. He said, if I would not do, what I have to do, something happen to my brother Mike. I asked him how he knew about my brother, but he said that he has some "connections", and he knew, when I would tell someone something. I don't know, what I made wrong, that something like that happens to me, but it happened. I must wait, do my job and see what happens in the future.

Your Cathy.

CHAPTER 3

In the third chapter of the novel Snakeman, Cathy drove home with the bus. After se arrived, her brother Mike asked her about her first day. She lied to him, and she said that everything was fine, except of one teacher. After that Mike told her about his first day, and he had the same problem like her, that one teacher who he doesn’t likes. After he ate his sandwich, Mike ran out to play Basketball. Cathy thought about, how fast her little brother is growing. She stood in the floor for a little while, than she waited for her mother. But after her mother arrived, she thought about that her mother got a new job, so he wanted to wait for a week and she don’t wants to stress her. At the end of the chapter Cathy sat in her room and she thought about, what she now does with her new enemy.

CHAPTER 4

In the fourth chapter of the novel "Snakeman", Cathy is for some weeks in the group already. She does the things she had to do, like giving the Snakeman the 5 dollars. But in this chapter, he asked her if he could get her necklace. The necklace was a gift from cathys mom for her birthday, so she don't wanted to give it away, but she gave. The Snakeman said that she has to respekt him and she has to cooperate with him. Later Jamie has called her, he asked her, if she had decided if she wants to work for the scholl newspaper. After she spoke and deskusied a little bit with her, she said that she would be there for one or two meetings, and than she wants to decide.

CHAPTER 5

In chapter 5 of "Snakeman" Cathy talked with her principal, Dr. Callahan. It was his last year at the Portland Hihg now, so his office was openned for everyone. Cathy thought that it would be good, to talk with a person, which has a which place in the school. In the talk with her principal, Cathy didn't even thought about to talk about the gang in the school, so they talked about what Dr. Callahan is doing after his time as a principal.

CHAPTER 6

In the sixt chapter of "Snakeman" Cathy realy wanted to tell someone about her problem, so he did a list with people she could trust, she could not trust and people she could definatly trust or not trust. She looked on the other pupils and the teachers, who went next to her. The first teacher on her list she could trust ist Mr. Black, so she went to his office and she sat down. After she sat down she told him a little bit about her old school and how she thinks the school was there and how it is here. After that, she said, that she has a little problem, but after that she didn't talked about the gang, she said that her necklace was stolen. After Mr. Black asked her, when does it hapenned, she said that it hapenned duryng phys ed. Mr. Black pressed some buttons on his Computer, and then he aked if there is something else, but she said no, so she didn't talked about the gang.