Mood: 2-21-17

      In this story the author has an intense vibe that gets passed on to the reader. Like when Huck and Abbott are going at it in the poker tournament against each other and it describes in such great detail on how Huck's emotions during this tournament is. Or when Stani pulls the gun on the poker players in the elevator a bit earlier on in the novel. The story just sends off multiple emotions throughout the story but these few chapters that I just completed reading really sent off an intense feeling or vibe. It really made the novel more enjoyable.

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         This story, "The hand you're dealt" by Paul Volponi, brings multiple emotions into mind when reading it. Like, for one, an intense feeling when Huck is playing Abbott in poker. And also it makes you feel this feeling where you feel sorry, like a feeling of pity, when Huck describes his feelings towards Abbott and how his father passed away. The story also makes me feel anger at times when Huck describes how Abbott stole his father's watch when he had been in such harsh conditions in a hospital bed.

Blog post 2.07.17

   I am currently in the middle of chapter six in my novel, "The Hand You're Dealt" by Paul Volponi. Some new characters that have recently been introduced in this book is Rooster, And Audra. Rooster was mentioned in the prologue of the story but they didn't really discuss who he was until about chapter four or five. Rooster I don't believe plays a very big part in this story but he is a character that is mentioned frequently. He is the mechanic of Caldwell and is described as "cut up" with tattoos. Audra is the girl Huck likes, and she is also frequently mentioned. On another note, the book goes back a couple of months in Huck's life to a parent teacher conference they had, and it describes the scene of when Huck's mom went into Mr. Abbott's class and started screaming at him and sarcastically asking him to check the time on his watch because he stole Huck's father's watch when Huck's father was unconscious in a hospital bed.

Foreshadowing

     I am in the middle of chapter three in my book, "The Hand You're Dealt" by Paul Volponi, and what has previously happen in this chapter is Huck got to join the poker tournament, against his mom's will, by speaking with Father Dineros to get him a spot in the poker tournament. He saves up money from working at White Castle and uses that money to play in the poker tournament, to avenge his father's watch. What I think will happen later on in this chapter is Huck is going to make it to the "championship" finals and will go up against Abbott for the watch, but since it is still early on in the book I think that there might be some kind of issue that will occur to keep Huck from getting the watch. Like maybe Abbott will run off with the watch or Huck will lose to Abbott.

Exposition

       I just finished the rest of the first chapter of my book, "The Hand You're Dealt" by Paul Volponi, which explains how Mr. Abbott stole the silver watch that Huck's father won from a poker tournament. It explains how Huck's father was cutting a mans hair and he just fell over passed out. It also describes the scene in which Huck's mother would put the watch on Huck's father who was unconscious on the bed of the hospital with a dozen machines keeping him alive. Then it says that Mr. Abbot walked into the hospital room after hearing of the incident of Huck's father after winning a poker tournament. And what happens after someone wins a poker tournament, they get handed down the silver watch from the church that hosts the tournaments. So after Huck and his mother leave the hospital, Mr. Abbott comes in and snatches the watch from Huck's father's wrist and leaves. That is how Mr. Abbott stole the silver watch.

Information on my book

       The novel I'm reading is called "The Hand You're dealt" by Paul Volponi. In the beginning of this book it describes a scene of a guy called Stani robbing Huck (main character), Abbot, Rooster, Jaws, and Buddha. So far where I'm at in the book, it doesn't really give detail on Rooster, Jaws, Stani, or Buddha, but it does give detail on Huck's father's death and the passion Huck and his father had for poker. It also gives some detail on Abbot which is a person who stole a watch that Huck's father won from a poker tournament and after his fathers death, and Huck seeks out to win his father's watch back from playing Abbot in a poker tournament, I believe.

Thoughts on Animal Testing

I think some animals should be treated differently because some animals could be harmless like a dog or a pet of some kind. But other animals like a bear or a lion should be treated with more caution because they are more dangerous. I don't think we should test on animals because we could possibly harm the animal and if we continue to, we could possibly make the animal extinct. I think if we tested on mice we would really affect our ecosystem since birds and snakes eat the mice and "pests" and if they don't have a meal the snakes and birds would die out. I think it would be okay to test the drug on an animal to see if it would actually benefit us. Or maybe it would be tested on a person who would be willing to be tested on instead of an innocent animal. And I think the probability of the drug would matter as well to see what the chances are of possible death.