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Gordon Korman is one of my favorite writers, and based on what i have read from him, he always provides a strong storyline with a lot of thick subplot and always manages to entertain. I chose this book because of my favoritism to him.

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"I remember falling.
At least I think I do. Or maybe that's just because I know I fell."

This intro takes the reader directly into a scenario of a person with amnesia, instantly giving us the perspective of the character.

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"Good to have you back, son!"
Mom is horrified. "Stop it, Frank! He has a concussion"
"Ambrose men can take a few licks, Tina."

This quote directly introduces the father as a "rough and tough" kind of person

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Page 12: Mangled.
In this context, mangled means severely mutilate, disfigure, or damage by cutting, tearing, or crushing.

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I think the theme is having to restart with no memories is extremely frustrating, but has opportunities to renew your mistakes. Sometimes there are an incredible amount of mistakes that could be renewed, making facing the past, while challenging the future, even more difficult than usual.

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"It boil around us when a voice from the doorway asks, "Am I late? What did I miss?"
It's him-the enemy

This shows the clear enmity between the characters Joshana and Chase.

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Page 64: O-Line
in this context, O-line means Offensive line, often referring to the linemen, especially when they are on the offensive team

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Chase, as part of his mental reconfiguration, he joins the video club. I infer this will lend to a lot of situations later on in the book

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"It boil around us when a voice from the doorway asks, "Am I late? What did I miss?"
It's him-the enemy

The mood is all of a sudden hostile, when the other people describe Chase so harshly, and call him the enemy

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In the end of the book, Chase's father does something totally unexpected. Chase's father turns his attitude around and admits his emotion, and pride. He was going through trouble trying to understand how to approach his post-amnesia son, and he was always rough and tough, but this example of situational irony shows he was just confused how to talk to the new chase.

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There is situational irony when Brendan expects Chase to be a bully, but Brendan ends up helping him cut chicken instead Chase was known as a school bully prior to amnesia, but Brendan, who has been bullied by Chase before, lends him a hand on one of the most simple things, cutting a chicken.

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Pre-amnesia, Chase and his 2 best friends were sentenced to public service for six months for blowing up a piano. Now that he is semi-recovered, he volunteers to go do his remaining community service. There, he meets a new character at the disabled home they are working at, Mr. Soloway. The reason i knew this encounter is important is because there is a lot of interaction including Mr. Soloway from that point onwards.

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As the story progresses, Chase is getting friendlier with the video club, to the point where him and Shoshanna were doing an interview on Mr. Soloway. This mood was created by alot of emphasis on the new friendship-bond Chase has managed to create with the team.

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Towards the end of the book, at page 237, the judge in the court hearing room says "However, light of the incredible show of community support, plus the testimony of a decorated veteran, I'm going to dismiss the charge against Chase Ambrose."
In his post-amnesia life, he has managed to gather the support of many people by proving that he is a better person. So much, that the judge drops the court case applied on him.

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Towards the end, Chase remembers he stole Mr. Soloway's medal of honor. He tries to return it as a brave act to undo his past mistakes, but it ends in failure when his best friends Aaron and Bear try to stop him to take the medal for themselves This causes them to get arrested.

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In reality, Amnesia can be caused by severe head injury according to Mayo Clinic. Turns out this book has some scientific merit to go along with the story!
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/amnesia/symptoms-causes/syc-20353360#:~:text=Mild%20head%20injuries%20typically%20do,victim%20of%20a%20violent%20crime.

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The main victim of Chase pre-amnesia was Josh Weber. He, like many other across the world have been bullied to such an extent, they are willing to do anything to get out. Josh was sent to a boarding school far away to get away from Chase. Bullying is a serious crime, and no joke.
https://www.elitedaily.com/life/culture/serving-justice-8-acts-of-bullying

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Connection (texts, movie, tv show) ect #1

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Connection (texts, movie, tv show) ect #1

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Often, I compare this to many movies I've seen before, especially with the "finding yourself" and amnesia aspect. Once of the movies that really correlates with this is Judwaa 2, especially because the movie is centered around finding one's once again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDwbjWCgxVM

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Towards the end of the book, I noticed an uncanny resemblance between this book, and several other Gordan Korman books. They all have a penultimate plot twist before the book comes to resolve. The crisis always comes at its highest right before the end. Some of Korman's books that share this resemblance are "Slacker," "Whatshisface," and "Ungivted"

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What is the influence of Aaron and Bear throughout the story?

Aaron and Bear have constantly manipulated chase using repetitive methods of relating to their friendship as leverage for Chase to take their side. This has constantly had negative effect due to Aaron and Bear's negative actions and intentions both in the past, the present, and the future (referred to in the epilogue)  In summary, Aaron and Bear's influence have been harmful and critically injured the restructuring of attitude Chase endured.

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What is the impact of Brendan Espinoza?

Brendan changed the course of the entire story. He not only familiarized chase to the video club, but he also led way to all the major plot events in the story himself. Without introduction to the video club, chase would never had eased tensions with Shoshanna, and quite frankly, the whole community. He gained their support through trust, and in the most desperate of times, Brendan had found evidence proving Chase's innocence. Without Brendan, the entire story may not have even taken place.

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There is a metaphor in page 31,  with the quote "So there I am in the middle of the cafeteria, hunched over the apex predator, cutting up his chicken." The metaphor is Chase being compared to an apex predator for the way he was prior to amnesia.