Thursday, April 22, 2010

Quarter 4 Cycle 2 Post Shooter-Walter Dean Myers pages 91-106

The section I read this cycle was mostly about Len and his normal social life. At this point in the book, the author decided to switch interrogators. In the book Cameron says the Len had anger issues but never really hated anybody. They then again mention the "list" that Cameron writes names of the people that have caused him trouble. Len also had it with this teacher that told him that he wasn't the leading type. This really upset Len and he ended up telling Cameron that he wanted to shoot the teacher. Cameron thought nothing of it, but Len would keep telling him that he was going to shoot her but none of this really bothered Cameron. Cameron also said that they were "pushed around" a lot meaning that they were picked on. Cameron just got disappointed but Len on the other hand would get angry furthermore suggesting the motive for the shooting at the school.
Throughout this section of the reading I noticed that Cameron said that he was "disappointed" or "I thought nothing of it at the time" When Cameron says this it shows me that he has a very weak mind and is also unaware of what is going on around him. By having a weak mind Cameron would let the little things get to him. I think this also made him unaware of Lens actions due to the fact that Cameron is already at rock bottom.
From this section of the reading the motive starts to become much clearer. From learning that Len repeatedly said that he was going to shoot the teacher suggest that the teacher set him off pretty good. What makes me wonder is that Cameron didn’t think much of Len's actions or word choice. Why is Cameron so unaware of everything that is going around him? As I read further hopefully I unveil the real truth.

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