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Background: In chapter 37 & 38 Finley and russ are both having a deep conversation and finley asks russ what happened to his parent but Russ is only willing to tell Finley what happens if he also shares what happend to his mom which is something finley has never done.

Quote: "So what happened to your parents?" I ask.
"What happened to your mom?" I'm not ready to talk about that, and it seems like Russ isn't either, because we sit on my roof silently for a long time" (229).Quote: "So what happened to your parents?" I ask.
"What happened to your mom?" I'm not ready to talk about that, and it seems like Russ isn't either, because we sit on my roof silently for a long time" (229).

Analysis: This quote relates to the conflict by how Finley in his early years he was told to never talk about his mother  nor what happened to her. Finley feels like if he speaks about his mother he is breaking a "rule". As shown earlier in the book we know how much finley value authority and the fear of disappointing them as seen with his internal monologue about his coach.

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Background:In this chapter Finley and his team were up against pennville in the first half of the game playing until he disobeyed what the coach told the whole team to do. So as punishment Coach benches Finley and subtutits him with russ (boy21). When russ is talking with the whole team he says something peculiar

Quote: "Finley," Boy21 says. Everyone looks at me.
Everyone. "Do you want me to use my extraterrestrial powers to win this game?" "What did he just say?"
Terrell asks. "Extra-what?" Sir says. "Huh?" Hakim says
"Russ!" Coach says. "Not now!" "Finley," Boy21 says a little more slowly. "Do you want me to use my extraterrestrial powers to win this ball game?" (138).

Analysis: This quote correlates with the conflict of character Vs society because when ross says he has extraterrestrial powers its odd for a seminly human boy to ask such an out of the ordinary question. When he gets judgemental comments from his peers by how he cant seriously believe what he is saying.

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Background: In chapter 40 finley get something in the mail addressed to him he finds this odd, when he opens the envelope he sees a train ticket to New hampshire  and asks his parent where they are  going. Finley still being confused he notices a letter and he knew it was from Erin. The letter was Erin expressing how much she missed him and how this is the way they will be out of Belmont. Finley is supper happened but is faced with a very hard choice of what he should do? leave his family in belmont and not see them again or go to New hampshire with the love of his life.

Quote: "The train leaves in two hours, so you have to make your decision now," Dad says. "If you go, you can't come back to Bellmont.
Ever. And you'll have to be careful about contacting us. They'll explain the rules to you and you'll have no choice but to obey every one" (242).

Analysis: This quote relates to the conflict of character versus self because Finley not only has to make a rash choice but also firm one because he can never undo his choice. Finley has a lot of pressure on himself internally by how he is in love with Erin and always dreamed about leaving Belmont, but not the way that is happening right now in the book. The out come of each choice obviously has cons by if he goes with erin he will risk not ever seeing the 2 people that raised him. Not going with erin is 2+ years in belmont and not ever being in contact with erin, he loses the one person he has ever loved.

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character vs society (Finley and his family Erin)

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character vs society (Finley and his family Erin)

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Background:in chapter 33 Finley decides to miss school so him and his father can go pay a visit to erin. When they got there There visitation was denied by the nurse saying that erin is only allowing her parents to visit. In hopes of Erin changing her mind Finley and his father stay and eat at the cafeteria.

Quote: "You know," Dad says, chewing a bite of hamburger, "Erin's family might be trying to protect you, Finley." "What do you mean?"
"Whoever hit her, well, maybe they're watching," Dad says, and then he glances around the cafeteria carefully. "I don't care about any of that. I'm done with that stuff, Dad." "You can't just be done with it," he says. "It doesn't work like that" (202).

Analysis: This quote relates to the conflict of the character versus society because Finley has this idea that he is safe not considering the fact that Erins attack was most likely targeted, meaning anyone close to erin is in danger of having the same done to them. Finley is trying to rationalize what is happening around him causing him to act the way society is not used to.

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Background: In this chapter Finley was with Russ the Night before the game and they were talking with each other and in some part of the conversation Russ asks finley if he would mind if he played in the game tomorrow can he use his Extraterritorial powers.

Quote: "If I get into the game tomorrow, would you mind if I used my extraterrestrial powers? I just want to know what I should do if I get in the game" (132).

Analysis: In this quote we can see how Russ really does take into consideration what Finley's input is. This question he asks Finley shows the he know his abilities in basketball are really good by how he refers to his skill as "extraterrestrial powers"  he describes this question to finley the way he does so he won't get hurt.

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Background: Finley's coach asks him to do a huge favor by befriending
Russ Washington aka
Boy21. Russ is the son of one of Coach's good friends, Friends who were murdered, Leaving Russ to live with his grandparents.
One of Coach's request also is for Finley to keep
Russ's true identity and his
Boy21 identity secret from evryone

Quote: "I feel bad about keeping the secret from Erin, But Coach told me to keep Boy21's true identity hidden, so that's what I'm going to do" (56).Quote: "I feel bad about keeping the secret from Erin, But Coach told me to keep Boy21's true identity hidden, so that's what I'm going to do" (56).

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background: in chapter 18 coach interrupts finley and erin's snowball fight when he pulls up outside the house and keeps asking Finley over and over about russ and i he's talked to him about basketball and if he's going to play for the team.

quote: " coach sighs and gets this disgusted look on his face "listen. Just make sure he's at the first practic.... I know you won't let me down" (880

analysis The conflict is clear between coach and Finley to get russ to play for the team when Finley knows that if he does do it he will most likely lose his starting position. Hel thinks that if Russ is as good as coach says he is then Finley will definitely be the sixth man on the team, which he doesn't want to be especially for his senior year in highschool

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background: In chapter 15,finley and russ 'physics class goes on a field trip to the franklin center to watch the repair of the space hubble in the IMAX theater. Finley thinks Boy1 will be very excited to see this move since he says he is a prototype sent to earth from outer space and seems to think he is not an earthling. Russ has a strong reaction to the movie and runs right out of the movie theater. right before he yells

quote: "when a picture of the space shuttle appears on the screen,boy 21 yells "I dont want to see this anymore" (72).

analysis: This quote and scene relate to the conflict Russ aka Boy21 has with fate because he is having a tough time accepting his parent's death. The movie reminds him of when his father took him to Florida to see the spaceship Discovery launch for his 15th birthday. Russ denies what fate had in store for his family.

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background: In chapter 10, Finley is back home after having had dinner with coach,the Allens and Boy21. He thinks boy21 is weird but on the same hand he kind of likes him.

quote: "if i help him, i could end up riding the pin this season, and if i don't helf boy21 acclimate i'd be disobeying?

analysis: Finley is conflicted with the fact that if he becomes good friends with Russ, and shows him around the school that russ (aka Boy21) will end up taking his position in the basketball team. however, he knows that russ could use a true friend.

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background:  In chapter 9, the main character Finley meets Russ Washington who goes by the name Boy21. Russ has recently moved with his grandparents because both of his parents were murdered in Los Angeles.

quote: "my name is Boy21. Im a test model. I was sent to your planet temporarily to gather scientific information on what you earthlings know as emotions.But i will only be with you for a few more months. soon my makers will come for me and take me back into the cosmos, where i will be studied and disassembled and ultimately freed

Analysis: In this quote the reader can see that Russ Washington is clearly conflicted about who he really is. He doesn't identify with being a human, highschool senior but instead as an alien.