Second entry: after the opening chapters of the book

The story „Slam“is really interesting. I can absolutely understand Sam. He’s young and he felt in love. Alicia must be a really pretty girl. But their relationship is a bit strange. I think it’s wrong to sleep with someone you know only since a few hours. I never would do that and I was really shocked about Sam because I thought he’s a brave boy. And I think it’s also wrong to sleep with someone you don’t want to sleep with. I think Sam’s life isn’t easy and it’s really difficult to have such a young mother. But he always blames her that he has damaged her future dreams and that’s not nice. All of us have problems with their mothers or fathers or sisters and brothers. That’s normal. But I think Sam has it easier with his mother to talk because she’s only 16 years older. She feels more with him and he doesn’t use this. I can understand Sam that he wants to spend all his time with Alicia but I feel also with his mother. I think it’s not easy for her to accept that Sam loves someone else and lives not longer only for her. Sam’s mother’s sorrows were right and legitimate. It was really stupid from Alicia and Sam to sleep together without using a condom. Because Alicia asks Sam’s mother how it is to be mother with 16 I think she already knows or divine that she will get a baby from Sam. But Sam doesn’t know it. I think the next time will be very hard for him. It will be a shock for him to experience that he will be a father in a few month because he didn’t want to make the same mistake like his mother. But my opinion is that he will support Alicia, but his mother will be very disappointed from him.


Phrases that caught my eye while reading:

• “Sometimes it can seem as though kids always do better than their parents.” (p.14, l. 9,10)


• “The whole point of friends is that you choose them yourself.” (p.21, l.28,29)


• “And I play the piano, so I listen to classical sometimes. There. That didn’t kill me, did it?” (p.30, l.11, 12)


• “I could think of a single thing she could say that would make me think she was a big-head, if it didn’t involve passing exams, or maybe sport” (p.43, l.19-22)


• “Because if someone tells you she loves you, then you’re bound to say it back, aren’t you? You have to be pretty hard not to.” (p.53, l.21-23)