These chapters are very intense. Brady isnot himself anymore and doesn't want to interact with anyone. He wants to be invisible at school. Brady wants to find out more answers regarding the accident from Carl. Seeing J.T. and Digger is just about the weirdest thing ever. J.T. seems to want to ignore the fact that Brady had plans with him or that they are friends. Digger just turns around completely in the sight of Brady. Brady then finds out some disturbing news from J.T.'s sister Kate. It turns out J.T. made up an excuse to not have to hang out with Brady.
Ben did have a funeral which Bradyw as invited to but he decided not to go, much like he didn't attend Amanda's funeral. Brady still can't figure out why is best friends won't even talk to him. All of the sudden Brady feels an urgency to help the DiAngelos, but finds out they are no longer living together. He still wants to help out with Mrs. DiAngelo who stayed in Maryland. Sadly, when Brady goes over to the house to help Mrs. DiAngelo isn' there. Out of nowhere his father becomes upset with Brayd telling him he needs to get back to his chores and helping out more. Basically saying he needs to move past what happened and forget about it all. Brady's worries are rerlieved by a sweet email from Mrs. DiAngelo thanking Brayd and even offering him a summer job. As Brady walked up to their house for his first day, he had a memory of going over for dinner with his family. They all had a great time with little Ben smashing his meal and the parents having conversations and laughing. When Brady returned from his flashback, Mrs. DiAngelo came to the door welcomed by a face he hardly recognized. She had circles under her eyes and her face looked worn. Brady got right to work on the yard. Mrs. DiAngelo asked Brady to look after Ben's hamster Tiny Tim. Brady kepth his job with her and actually enjoyed helping. He even proposes the idea of planting a butterfly garden.
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Brady's rescue story was growing. He was in the Baltimore newspaper, people came up to him to congratulate him or give him a high five, and interviewers couldn't wait to hear from him. J.T. and Digger haven't really talked to Brady about what happened, and frankly it is quite awkward. Brady planned on discussing things with J.T. during social studies, but to Brady's surprise he was pulled out of school by his mother.
The news was certainly not positive. As terrible as it was to say, Ben had died, it was all over the news, and Brady's Mom didn't want him to find out from his friends or anything. This is really confusing Brady, he tried so hard and for a moment Ben had a chance to live. Brady started beating himself up and telling himself he could've done more to help Ben. Brady is numb and doesn't even know if he can accept this news. His big interview is cancelled and he decides to take a ride on his boat. He couldn't help but think what could've happened if he had gotten their five minutes earlier. Maybe, just maybe, he could have saved Ben from experiencing such a painful death. Brady was not only mad at himself, but he was mad at the river. He could only hear the river saying the words "kill him". Brady felt a sudden chill and looked down to see a red kayak through the clear water sunken down. This didn't make sense because kayaks don't tyically sink very easily. Maybe this wasn't an accident. Seeing the kayak only freaked him out even more. His parents tried to help, but this had really turned Brady's life upside down. Brady went out on the water with his Dad the next morning and everything started out good until he flipped out and threw the crabs they caught overboard. Brady found Ben, but the situation is bad. It took everything he had to pull Ben off of a piece piling. Brady doens't know what to do. He tries to call for help but his cell phoe drops into the water. He begins the ABC's in hopes to resesitate Ben. He began CPR and is starting to lose hope as the weather doesn't improve. He makes it to shore where there are paramedics, police, and a whole lot of anxious people. They took Ben out of the boat before Brady can catch his breath. Luckily, they got a pulse from Ben and Brady could breathe again. Brady knew he could never be the same after that day on the Corsica River.
Brady didn't set out to be a hero. He wanted everyone and everything to be okay. Brady had become famous. He got calls from his friends and strangers. A reporter called him to find out about what happened, but Brady was startled when the reporter suggested that Ben could potentially have brain damage. Brady stays in his room to really have a mental breakdown and is really suffering from what happened and scared for what is to come. The story starts out with what appears to be a character reflecting on events that happened throughout the story. This event appears to have affected this character's life immensely. This character has a clear love for crabbing and being out on the water. This big event or tragedy seems to ahve changed that. The main character Brady has an Uncle named Carl who is a paramedic and a father who is a waterman. We also hear of Brady's Mother and his sister, who we are not too aure is still around. Brady also has a yellow lab named Tilly. Towards the end of the first chapter, Brady uses very vivid words to help us understand what he felt on that day out on the Corsica River. He loved the river, but he knew it didn't have a heart. The story now takes a turn back to the beginning, about six motnhs ago when it happened. Brady and his two friends, J.T.and Digger were waiting for Uncle Carl to give them a ride in his ambulance to school. Right off the bat we see that J.T. and Digger don't really get along. They start an argument over green tea. This already shows some of the personalities that might give us a clue to what happened. J.T. lives right next door to Brady and Digger is right doswn the road, not too far away. Brady grew up with these friends but Digger has been a bully recently. Brady also informs the readers that there have been many new people moving in and that a lot of land is being wiped out for condos and big fancy houses. Digger really dislikes the whole rich people wasting their money on fancy boats and huge houses. This is when they spot a new neighbor named Marcellus DiAngleo. He loves fitness and is out on the water with his red kayak. All three boys see him out there, and to know one's surprise Digger makes a rude comment. Brady suggests that they yell somehting to him, becaus eof the bad conditions due to the weather that day. Both boys decided it wasn't worth it and Digger would rather Mr. DiAngelo die out there.We also here that there is a Mrs.DiAngelo and a Ben DiAngelo, his wife and infant. Brady thought the DiAngelo's were extremely nice people and really did regret not yelling something out to him on the kayak. Uncle Carl finally arrives in his ambulance to take the boys to school. Not calling out to Mr. DiAngelo worried Brady so much that he had to tell Uncle Carl what happened. Brady gets to school still thinking about the DiAngelos but relieved that his Algebra quiz wasn't too difficult. While he is in Spanish he sees a firetruck pass and it only causes his worries to grow. Brady really loved babysitting Ben when he did and he would never want something bad to happen to that family. During class Brady gets called to the office. Now Brady is so anxious and nervous. What if something happened to his parents? What if something happened with the DiAngelos? Then Brady recieves the worst news, it's not Mr. DiAngelo lost out on the river, it's Mrs. DiAngelo and Ben their little son and the situation is urgent. The story is really growing and getting more intense. Brady sets out on his boat with Tilly on his side with all the directions from his Dad. It is cold and Brady knows that little boy won't last out there for long. Brady scaled the shoreline searching for a yellow life jacket or a glimpse at a red kayak. While Brady there is out on the water he starts to have flsahbacks to when he lived in the firehouse with his uncle while his Mom moved to Connecticut after his sister Amanda died. Brady only got more cold, but luckily he gets a voicemail from his mom that says they found mrs. DiAngelo and she is just barely alive, but there is no sign of Ben. Brady is hurrying now and luckily Tilly spots the speck of yellow that is Ben and leads Brady to the scene. |
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