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Deadline

Book report

By chris Crutcher

characters

Main characters in the novel deadline.

characters

Ben Wolf

A senior in high school, he was diagnosed with a rare blood disease that only gives him a year too live. he wants to be a start football player and be with Dallas and do everything he has ever wanted to do before he goes.

Ben Wolf

Dallas Suzuki

she's the main reason Ben wanted too live, he wanted to be with her. The hottest girl in school.

Dallas Suzuki

Mrs. Wolf Cody and Ben's mother

Mom

She has a big drug and alcohol problem, she always crashes and goes into her room and locks herself in their, she's never really there for her kids.

Mr Wolf

Mr Wolf Cody and Ben's father takes care of the family while their mom goes through her alcohol and drug problem.

Dad

Supporting characters

Hey-soos:Ben's imaginary friend who comes about when he's asleep, and hey-soos gives him advice.

Rudy: Nobody really payed attention or cared about him until Ben started taking a liking into him. Him and Ben both share an interest in Malcolm X.

supporting characters

Mr Lambeer

Thinks he's always right, Ben always proves him wrong in his history class, Lambeer threatens to fail Ben for his Malcolm X project.

Cody Wolf

Cody Wolf

He is the star of the football team, hes not that smart, ben helps him read all his plays for football.

plot

plot

plot

this is the story of Ben Wolf an 18 year old senior in high school, suffering from a rare disease. He knows that the disease is terminal and makes the decision to refuse the traditional treatment regimen, and spends his last year living life to its fullest extent. He meets new people and takes a different look on life.

symbolism

symbolism

The definition of symbolism is- the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

The title of the book

#1

The title of the book is called deadline, this is a symbol for time limit, basically saying he has a time limit on his death.

football/ his girlfriend

These are examples that show how Ben feels about dying. He works really hard in football and he try's really hard with Dallas. it proves that he is trying really hard to finish his life off in a good way so that he can be remembered for something amazing.

#2

Theme

There are many themes that tag along with this Novel but the major ones are Death and the truth. Death because there are people who die in this story, and its the main point in this book. Truth because he was dying and didn't tell anybody until it was too late.And everyone knows the truth is a big thing and he should have told everyone what was going on so they could at least make him feel better.

Theme

Major Events

events

Event 3

Sooner the school bully breaks his collar bone right before the big game, Rudy commits suicide, Ben wins the big game Ben ends up passing away.

Event 3

Event 2

Ben does everything he's wanted to do before he dies, he joins the football team, and dates the hottest girl in school.Ben meets his therapist Marla, and his imaginary friend hey-soos, and starts becoming friends with the town drunk Rudy McCoy, and finds out he's a priest.

Event 2

The diagnoses

Event 1

Ben goes to the doctors for a sports physical, and gets told he has a rare blood disease and that he has less than 1 year to live. he doesn't tell anyone, and he also refuses treatment. The doctor is a close friend of there's and begs Ben to tell his parents but because Ben is 18 he doesn't have to listen and he doesn't.

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