Blog #8

For this blog I read chapter 2 of Fitz by Mick Cochrane. In chapter 2 I learn more about Fitz time following his father. At first he thought of it as a game and suspenseful to sneak away from his house and learn new things about his father by stalking him. He soon realizes it is much more than a game for him and that he has much more at stake. Fitz would go home at the end of each day and write down new information about his dad and even write songs about him. He describes himself as an average 15 year old boy who has a messy room and plays guitar and is really nothing out of the ordinary. His secret life of trying to get to know his father is what he looked forward to and is obsessed with. Fitz compares his father as a drug where sometimes he felt like he needed a stronger dose. The last few sentences of chapter 2 explain his reasoning for bringing a gun with him: obviously since his dad has not tried to meet him yet, he was not interested so Fitz needed a "convincer". The way the author describes this puts a twist on such an extreme situation so that you can see how it feels to be in Fitz' situation.