Summer reading Entry Two: Fat Kid Rules the World

Troy is the most complex character at the beginning of the book he feels alone and is contemplating suicide.  But later in the book he wants to play great music and does not  worry about people always looking at him and making fun of him and laughing at him.  One of the themes that are starting to emerge is do not judge people.  Even though Troy may not look capable of playing music he is committed to playing great music.  One example of this is when Troy is at his first gig as soon as Curt starts to play Troy throws up all over the stage in front of everyone and is so embarrassed.  He quits the band but when he hears his best friend Curt is homeless he takes lessons on drums and gets better by the motivation of his best friend Curt becomes a great drummer.  He even helps Curt overcome his drug abuse and play a gig like they never have before.   Another theme that is developed is to be you.  Troy does this by stop worrying about what other people think about him and focuses on his goals like becoming a great drummer and playing great music.       

Summer reading entry one: Fat Kid Rules the World

               The story begins with the main character Troy Billings who is an overweight 17 year old with no friends.  He is standing at a subway station in New York City and is planning to throw himself into the oncoming train until he meets and unlikely friend in Curt MacCrae who he meets in the subway.  They become the best of friends.  The main conflict is that Curt asks Troy to play drums in his band and play in but he doesn't know how to play drums, and on top of that they have a gig that is only 5 weeks away.   I think that not only will Troy discover that you don’t have to be skinny of like other people to fit.  I also think that there band will be a success and that when he gets on stage people will not judge what he looks like they will only judge him by the music that he play when he is on stage.  One connection I made very quickly to this book is the old saying “Don’t judge a book by its cover”.  One other connection I made to the book is the movie the rocker were its about a band and one of the members is overweight and gets nervous about going on stage but when they get on stage people don’t care because the music they play.