Getting Closer and Closer To The Deadline

Summary So Far:

So we left off when Ben finds out that his high school sweetheart, Dallas Suzuki, has been hiding secrets from everyone at school. Ben then thinks to himself, "What's going to happen to the people I truly care about?" But the person he is really worried about is his mother. She suffers from depression and both Ben and his father are always helping her. Except one thing, Ben's father is busy with many other busy things and can't sometimes help out his wife. Wait? What about Cody? Well Cody is in football and as an after school activity, he can come home very late. He also gets to know new people during his last year like the town drunk, Rudy.

Conflict: 

The conflict of Deadline is Man vs. Self and Man vs. Society. It's Man vs. Self because Ben can't deal with the fact that he only has one year to live. He also has to make the best of it. Another thing is that he's keeping it a secret from everyone else, even his own brother. The conflict is also Man vs. Society because he has to face the reality of dying in a year and he doesn't know how to live it. I mean yes of course he set goals but at the beginning he didn't know what to do.

Almost At The DeadLine

Summary So Far:

Can you imagine how it feels knowing you had one year to live? That's how Ben Wolf is wondering. He won't tell anyone, not even his older brother Cody. Ben knows he must do everything and anything live his last year at the fullest. One thing is that, even though he was headed for State in cross country, Ben goes out for football with his brother Cody. Some other plan he wants to accomplish is to go out with his high school sweetheart, Dallas Suzuki. When Dallas asks Ben to homecoming, they become closer than before and Ben realizes that she is concealing from secrets of her own. 


Genre:

I sorta know and don't know the genre but I'll give my opinion. I feel like it's a realistic fiction even though someone can't really know how much time they have left to live. You know it could happen by just the author. He writes a lot of realistic fiction because he pretty much writes books relating to his own experience. The only thing is he puts a twist in his books making it a realistic fiction. Like I said before, no one can know how much time they have left to live. Or do they?

Goals For The Quarter

Academic Goal: 

This quarter I want to finish with mostly all A's. Try to do my best in all my classes no matter the cost. If I have to sacrifice my time just to do my best work for each and every class.  Last quarter I finished with mostly B's. I mean I wasn't mad that I had gotten them but I was disappointed that I knew I could have done better to raise my grade. I know that I have to do better in order to get into the High School I want to get in and for my future. I need to also do good to be able to play in the sports I would want to participate.


Personal Goal:

Wanting to graduate from Heritage. I would be able to do this with the help of my teachers and friends. But most importantly, with the help of my parents.  Through what they had helped me throughout the years is what will make my future come true.