From Pieces to Weight: Response

50 is really setting himself up to get in a lot of trouble as a twelve year old. No only by the Police but also anybody that he sells to or buy's from. While reading him talk about how easy it is and for him to bring in five-hundred dollars a week he makes it sound like a regular job for anybody in South Queens. I know that if this happened in small town Grundy Center, everyone would know about it.

From Pieces to Wieght: Ch. 6

He gets hooked up with this guy named Carlos who sells him a full brick of coke for a good price. Brian teaches him how to cook the coke . So 50 is bringing in more sales than ever and is supplying other dealers with coke. He gets into it with one of his buyers named chance and so he acts like he's going to shoot him if he doesn't stop complaining about what he got. After that he talks to Brian about what happened and Brian tells him he can't show weakness and be a push over. When he gets home he sees his Uncle Star coming out of his room from his shoe box where he hides his coke. He gets into a huge fight and beats Star who is high on coke, then runs to pay off Carlos for some more coke.

From Pieces to Wieght: Ch. 5

50 doesn't want to go to church when he is told to. His grandma and him get into an arguement. Grandpa steps in and says that he doesn't have to go if he can read the bible and talk to God at home.

From Pieces to Wieght: Ch. 4

So he's out selling crack bringing in about five-hundred dollars a week. One day he's out hustling when his uncle Brian comes up in a decked out Nissan Maxima and asks him to jump in. He doesn't really want to but does. Brian says he knows what 50 is doing but 50 wont admit to it. Finally Brian says that he's noticed 50 $200 outfits and knows that grandma hasn't had a raise or a new job but also tells 50 that if he spends one dollar to save four more or he won't be making it big.

From Pieces to Weight: Response

This kid that is brought up in a crime area has a lot of tough choices to make at a very young age. His mother is alive for a little part of the book so far but he looked up to her. He also knew that whenever he saw her she would either get him a nice gift or even just cash. When his uncles( who are not much older than him) go and tell him to pick up some fat alberts from a guy and bring them back, thats not easy to say yea sure i can do that. Right now in the story he is doing the selling and making good money for it. All his childhood he has noticed all these big time drug dealers getting "it" driving around in their marcedes benz and nice shoes and jewelry. He wanted to get "it".

From Pieces to Weight: Ch. 3

He is getting told by his uncle Sincere about these two men named Mel and Jack that are going around robbing and killing anybody that has something worth taking. He asks for a new pair of shoes and instead of Sincere buying them like he usually does, he gives him about five fat alberts which are coke rocks that are sold for twenty to twenty five dollars. This is his first drug transaction that he has ever done. He ends up getting more an more coke rocks to sell because as a twelve year kid it is god money. When he starts out he goes from being able to buy stuff and convienence store and at fast food places, to buying new shoes and shirts, to buying gameboyys, which he thought was pointless because he was to busy with school then hustling that he wouldn'thave time to play it.

From Pieces to Weight: Ch. 2

His mom dies but it doesn't really mention how but its drug related. His attitude takes a complete 180 towards life. He had to be put on riddlin because he couldn't act like a normal kid. He saw things differently because he knew if his mom were still here he wouldn't be getting picked on by his aunts and uncle and stuff just wouldn't happen. He ended up getting a Dovermen Pinscher named Dillinger. It was his best friend. He accsed Cynthia for killing it with rat poison. Then it talks about how at one party that his uncle's had at their house his uncle had to go to the ER because he got second degree burns on his hands and fore-amrs from dry ice.

From Pieces to Weight: Ch. 1

Starts out by saying all the different kinds of drugs and the street names and background history for those drugs. Then it gets into talking about his neighborhood, his mom's brief childhood, and when he was born. After that it talks about what he did when he was little and how his mom was always away selling drugs.

Character list

Holden - main character
Mr. Spencer - History teacher at Percy
Ackley - Lives in the dorm next to Holden's he is a slob
Stradlater - Holden's roommate
Jane Gallagher - Girl that is going on a date with Stradler, Holden met her before and got to know her really well.
Mal Brossard - good friend who is on the wrestling team
Mrs. Marrow- Ernest's mom who Holden talks to on the bus, very nice lady
Phoebe - Holden's little sister, who he likes a lot she is ten
Carl Luce - He is 3 years older than Holden, graduated from Whooten, is very smart.

Ch. 23

Chapter 23 is a big chapter I think. So its starts off by Holden leaving the room to call an of high school english teacher named Mr. Antolini. He tells him about his problems about being kicked out of another school. The teacher offers for holden to stay at his house for the night. holden ends up going back into the room and dancing with Phoebe for a little bit until they see her parents have come home. Holden waves off his cigeratte smoke and hides in the closet until Phoebe's mom is done tucking her in. Holden then comes out and tells Phoebe that he's moving west. Phoebe gives Holden her Christmas money, and Holden give Phoebe his red hunting hat in return.

Ch. 22

So Holden and Phoebe go back to Phoebe's room and he explains to her why he is failing all his classes and why he hates school. Sho Phoebe asks him to think about all the things he likes, he remembers back to when a James Castle jumbed out of a school window to his death. Phoebe also ends up asking him what he want to do with his life,he answers back by saying the lyric "If a body catch a body comin' through the rye.” And Phoebe responds by saying he misheard the words of the song.

Ch. 21

In this chapter, holden gets home and sneaks into apartment and finds his sister. he watched her sleep for awhile, then woke her up. she was overjoyed at first and then realized he was home 3 days early. she figures out he was kicked out of school again and then wouldn't talk. she wouldn't listen to a thing he said and was mad at him.

Ch. 20

Holden stays at the bar and gets very drunk. He go outside to a phone booth and calls up Sally. It is very late and her grandmother answers. He asks to speak to Sally, but her grandmother says she is asleep. Holden says that it is important so she gets her. Sally asks what he is doing calling so late. She know right away that he is drunk. He asks her if he can trim her tree on Christmas for her. She says he can and he asks her the same question two more times. Then she tells him to go to bed and hangs up. Holden went back into the bar and tries to sober up by dunking his head in the sink. As he leaves the bar he tries to make a date with the coat check girl and she tells him to get some sleep. He then walks to Central Park to see if the ducks are on the lagoon. While he is walking there he drops the record he bought for Phoebe. It shatters and he picks up the pieces and keeps them. He walks around the pond but doesn't find and ducks. He almost falls in once. He then sits on a bench and realizes he is freezing and his hair has frozen. He thinks he is getting pneumonia and will die. He even imagines his funeral. He says that he didn't go to Allie's funeral because he was in the hospital. He decides to sneak home and talk to Phoebe.

Ch. 19

Old Luce shows up to the bar a few minutes late and tell Holden that he can't stay for very long. Holden starts asking him questions about sex which Luce refuses to answer. He keeps telling Holden he needs to grow up and stop acting immature. Luce is going to Columbia University and is dating and older Chinese women which drives Holden nuts. He continues to ask even more questions and eventually Luce tells him he needs to see a shrink. Holden remembers that Luce's dad is one so he asks if Luce ever went to see him for help. Luce doesn't want to answer the question and leaves shortly.

Ch. 18

To start the chapter, Holden goes to get some food, then he called jane, but she didn't answer. then he calls an old friend up to go get some drinks. To pass some time, holden goes to a movie. while he was there he thought about his brother again, and he became more depressed. then he started walking to the bar.

Ch. 17

At two he meets up with Sally and she is looking good. They take a cab to the theater and make out on the way. Sally really likes the show but Holden doesn't like it because he thinks that the actors are phonies. During intermission Sally sees another boy that she knows and goes to talk to him. This annoys Holden. After the show Sally wants to go ice skating so Holden takes her. When they get there they get skates and she changes into a short skirt to show off her body which Holden likes. They skated for awhile but they both weren't very good and Sally was ready to stop when Holden asked her if she wanted to get something to drink. While they were talking and drinking cokes Holden starts freaking out and yelling and whispering to Sally. He says that he wants to leave with her and go to Vermont or Maine. When she says no he yells at her and she starts crying. He tries to apologize but she won't let him. So he leaves without her.

Ch. 16

To start off chapter 16, Holden starts by walking to the music store, because he wants to find a cd for his sister. he found a store and bought a cd and was extremely excited to give it to her. so he went to the park to find her, but she was not there. then he headed to the museum, but she was not their and he didn't want to go into the museum anyways, so he started walking to Biltmore to see Sally.

Ch. 15

In the moring Holden checks out and he calls up that girl form before and sets a date with her. He then tells us some stuff about his parents. He then eats at some place and meets some Nuns who he talks to and gives them ten dollars. He wishes that he could give more. He then is depressed.

Ch.14

Holden is laying down on his bed smoking he is thinking about time when Allie was alive and how he didn't let him come ride bikes this one time with one of Holden's friends. There was a knock on the door and he goes to get it and it is Maurice. Maurice comes in and is telling Holden to give him 5 dollars and he wont. So Maurice starts to get physical and him and Holden fight and Sunny takes his wallet and pulls out the extra 5 and they leave. Holden imagines that he has a gun and is shooting Maurice. He finally goes to bed and falls asleep.

Ch.13

He was feeling so bad that he walked all 41 blocks back to the hotel. While he was walking he was thinking about the guy who stole his gloves and how he would confront him. When he gets back to the hotel he takes the elevator to his room. There is another man in the elevator who asks him if he wants a prostitute. He accepts a "throw" for five bucks and gets off the elevator. He walks around his room nervous about the girl who is coming. When she gets there he doesn't want to do anything except talk. The girl, Sunny, says that she got woken up to do this and doesn't want to talk. So she says that she is going to leave if they don't do anything. Holden pays her five buck and she leaves.

Ch. 12

On the way to the club, Holden strikes up a conversation with the cab driver, and talked about where the ducks go in the winter. from that conversation, they moved on to talk about fish. he finally got to the club and it was packed. he met a girl that new his brother and they talked for awhile, then lied to get away from her.

Ch. 11

In this chapter Holden is thinking about Jane, he tells us some storys about when they where together and how happy it made him. I think the reason why he likes Jane so much is because she was in the only time in his life when he was happy. He tells how they did everything together and held hands all the time. After he thinks about her he gets a cab and heads to a club. While in the cab he talks to the cabbie and asks him where the ducks go in the winter but the cabbie was always sore about that subject and kept bring it up when Holden droped it. It ends when Holden arrives at the club.

Ch. 10

He feels lonely so he goes to the Lavender Room at his hotel. It is a room where a band is playing and you can order drinks. While he is there he tries to order alcohol but the waiter doesn't give him any because he is too young. He is sitting next to three girls so he dances with them and eventually sits with them. After awhile they go to bed and he pays for their drinks. He goes out to the lobby and just sits there.

Ch. 9

In chapter 9, holden wants to call someone, but doesn't really have anyone to call. he is in his hotel and looks across the yard and see's some weird things going on. it gets him excited, so he calls up a girl, because he wanted some action, but she said it was too late, but she would come tomorrow. he hung up on her. this kid is starting to be kind of funny, he is a horn dog.

Ch. 8

Holden leaves the school and walks to the train station he gets lucky and only has to wait about ten minutes. Holden is the only one on in there then a good looking lady comes in and happens to be Eresnt's mom a kid that goes to Pencey. Holden tells her a few lies about things the moms want to hear about their kids. He also lies and tells her that his name is Rudolf and he is leaving school because of a small brain tummor.

Ch. 7

Holden goes into Ackley's room to get away from Stradlater. He talks to Ackley for a little while but Ackley says that he has to go to sleep because he is going to mass in the mourning. So he goes to sleep and Holden just lays on the other bed in the room for a few minutes thinking about Jane. Then he got up and started packing his things. Once he was packed he left the dorm and Pency for good. He decided to go on a little vacation to NYC so his parents could cool down after they found out that he got kicked out of school.

Ch. 6

In chapter 6, Stradlader got back and read paper, he was angry because the paper was nothing to do with the assignment. Holden tried to fight him then, but gets pinned to the ground and then gets punched in the nose. Stradlater then left, and Holden went into Ackley's room, so he could talk to someone. i really liked that he was punched, but think Stradlater should have done some more danage, because Holden needs it. he needs someone to put him in his place.

Ch. 5

Holden and a couple friends go out to town and eat. They where going to go see a movie but his friends had already seen it. so they got back home and Holdan works on Stradlaters paper. He cant think of any thing that would follow the guide lines so he wrights about his dead younger brothers baseball glove. It was very descriptive. Holden shows great affection for his younger brother.