1. This novel is about a man named Roy Tucker who is in prison for murdering is boss Riggins. He is one day brought in by a man named Mr. Tagge who tells him he's going to get him out of prison for services in return. Tucker is hidden in Costa Rica when he is finally taken by Mr. Tagge and his men to L.A. to do "work" for these men. Durning this time Tucker is trying to look for ways out of his deal everytime he slips up, someone he knows gets hurt.
2.This novel has a theme that you can't trust everything you hear. Tucker was fooled into believing that he was getting freedom, money, and a place to live but these were all taken from him as soon as he was done cooperating.
3. The author was doubtful when he talked in this story. Everything was to good to be true and Tucker was always questioning it. When Mr. Tagge was telling Roy that he could get him out Roy says "... The only way I'll get out of here is by a miracle. Is that your specialty?" Then finishes the conversation with, "Like I said, I'll believe it when I see it."
4. While reading this novel the mood was very suspenceful. These men just show up out of nowhere and tell Tucker that htey are getting him out of prison. Then these men wouldn't even tell Tucker anything about who they are, what they do, what they want him to do and this suspence stays untill the very last page of the book.
This story took place all over the Americas around the 70's or 80's. The story first started at a Prison in an unknow location until Tucker is broken out. He is then sent to Chicago where he is to wait for a plane flight which takes him to Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Then after relaxing with his wife, sent to L.A. to do the work that he owes Tagge.
Allusions occur for Tucker when he is in the helicopter with the rifle. Earlier in the story Mr. Tagge read in his file that he was a sargent in vietnam. So when the door slides open and its revealed that Tucker will be assisinating someone it brought back memories and he briefly mentions missions he was on and how that kind of helicopter was used during his time in service.
The times were the imagery was best was during the times of intense action and violence. The action was so well detailed when Tucker punches Henemyer and throws him down the flight of stairs or when he takes on Mr. Pine, Henemyer, and Brookshire until he is clubbed in the head with a wrench.
The way that the men talked in the story was enough to keep me deeply interested. They talked about murders, robberies and othe kinds of crime. They sounded tough and were sure able to back up there words which they used a lot of cursing and other innapropriety and descriptive language.
I felt the Mr. Applegate was a symbol of the life that Roy could have made for himself. He kept trying to contact Applegate while out of prison but everytime he called, he was never there. This man saw a hope in Tucker but Tucker ran away ecause he didn't have a high school diploma. There was a point in the story where Tucker mentions that he was jealous of Aplegates success.
I felt that I was on the run along with Tucker. Breaking away from prison only to be dictated by a group of men. While reading the story, I would be thinking well Roy should just try to run off in his car, or ask one of his friends for help, but this organization was almost always a step ahead of him cutting him off at all his connections and reasources. While reading this I felt as if I were stuck in a picle with no where to hide.
1. Direct- a rangy, keg-chested bastard named Harley and a towheaded kid they called Nebraska
Indirect- gives the idea that Ditcher is a clean freak after this section. The gaurds did't like Ditcher They spread stories about him to anyone who would listen. They said he changed his socks 3 times a day and his shirt twice, washed his hands every ten minutes, and put on rubber gloves before he took a leak.
Direct-Her hair was cut short and it was gray. But her face looked yound. Freckles and round cheeks and a dimple in her chin.
Indirect- "Another thing is he's afraid of you. Gerald Henemyer, the man you threw down the stairs in Chicago, is a friend of Pine's. It shook him up when he heard about that. Pine is not physical..." This statement by Tagge give's the idea that Pine is weak and needs others to do his dirty work.
The author uses direct to give a starting base to what the character is like and quick details and when idirect is used, its to slowly grown the character in their role and how they behave.
2. Yes the other changes depaending on which character is speaking. When Roy Tucker is talking, he comes of as a hard nose, not going to take anything from you kind of person. " I don't give a damn how smart he is. I don't want to listen to his mouth-"
3.I beilive the protagonist in this story is dynamic. During Tuckers time in prison, Ditcher mentions that he has had a good record while in there with no problems. It seems as he has detached himself and is just in there for the duration of his sentence. But when Mr. Tagge shows up, you can slowly see Tucker become more rebellious and quetioning things around him. He starts worring about problems faced in life outside of prison again and when he's lost every everything at the end of the story, he know longer know's what to do and just waits helplessly.
4.I felt as if I just read a character. The dialouge in a way came off as a script. There wasn't really any emotions recieved from Tucker even when his friends died and his wife.
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