with the wind he can go through cars and even the ground, of course with a little effort none the less. With these new "powers"Chuy embarks on several escapades throughout his city leading him to find his killer. At the sight of his killer he grabs the murderers heart and begins to twist. This of course does not kill the man, but allows him to feel a differnt type of pain...not felt on this earth. The story so far continues on until Chuy finds another person just like him, who just so happens to be a very pretty girl. Now this girl killed herself and her body has yet to be found in her car, in which she OD on pills. Psycho girl also happens to have two boyfriends who scrap with each other blaming the other one for the death of their girlfriend. I am up to the part where they are now just roaming the city together and Chuy begins to loose some of his legs that just turn invisible. Lets see what happens next, maybe the kid comes back to life? Maybe its all just a dream. Who knows.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
The Afterlife
Gary Soto is a very crazy man. As a progress deep into his book "The Afterlife" I couldn't help but wonder where he got this insane idea from. The book is about how an innocent teenager named Chuy goes to a club, tells a man he has nice yellow sneakers, and proceeds to get brutally stabbed several times in the torso. Sick right? Well maybe that's what just goes on in the hood, guys just get clapped for being nice. After Chuy gets stabbed he finds himself to become a ghost in which he realizes he can just float along with the wind. In addition to floating along with the wind he can go through cars and even the ground, of course with a little effort none the less. With these new "powers"Chuy embarks on several escapades throughout his city leading him to find his killer. At the sight of his killer he grabs the murderers heart and begins to twist. This of course does not kill the man, but allows him to feel a differnt type of pain...not felt on this earth. The story so far continues on until Chuy finds another person just like him, who just so happens to be a very pretty girl. Now this girl killed herself and her body has yet to be found in her car, in which she OD on pills. Psycho girl also happens to have two boyfriends who scrap with each other blaming the other one for the death of their girlfriend. I am up to the part where they are now just roaming the city together and Chuy begins to loose some of his legs that just turn invisible. Lets see what happens next, maybe the kid comes back to life? Maybe its all just a dream. Who knows.
with the wind he can go through cars and even the ground, of course with a little effort none the less. With these new "powers"Chuy embarks on several escapades throughout his city leading him to find his killer. At the sight of his killer he grabs the murderers heart and begins to twist. This of course does not kill the man, but allows him to feel a differnt type of pain...not felt on this earth. The story so far continues on until Chuy finds another person just like him, who just so happens to be a very pretty girl. Now this girl killed herself and her body has yet to be found in her car, in which she OD on pills. Psycho girl also happens to have two boyfriends who scrap with each other blaming the other one for the death of their girlfriend. I am up to the part where they are now just roaming the city together and Chuy begins to loose some of his legs that just turn invisible. Lets see what happens next, maybe the kid comes back to life? Maybe its all just a dream. Who knows.
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