IN1+Full+Tilt

**//__ Full Tilt __//** by Neal Shusterman

//** September 23, 2011 **//

Full Tilt is about a sixteen year old boy named Blake who is at a carnival with his younger brother, Quinn, and his friends Russ and Maggie. Blake and Quinn are exact opposites. Blake is a responsible and is only sixteen years old but is going to college. He always has to keep an eye on Quinn. Quinn is a very irresponsible and his thrill-seeking always gets him in to trouble.

//**September 26, 2011**//

One thing that i noticed about this book is that so far, it has a lot of flashbacks. It also has a lot of foreshadowing and is very confusing. I wonder why Blake is afraid of the first ride he ever rode. I want to know what happened on the ride that made him so afraid of it. I also want to know if Cassandra was really there when she gave him the invitation to the amusement park or was it his imagination.

**//September 30, 2011//** So far, I still think that the book is pretty confusing. It doesn't make sense how things change from one thing to another. It is hard to follow the storyline when things change as much as they do in the book. I wonder how Quinn is at the amusement park and in the hospital at the same time. It doesn't make sense. I also want to know who made the amusement park and why they are only torturing Blake, Maggie, and Russ. Another thing i want to know is if Cassandra is even a real person or if she is just a part of Blake's imagination.

**//October 7, 2011//**



In the pages i have read since last week, the book has gotten a little bit easier to understand. I have noticed that everybody that is in the amusement park sees the rides in a different way. They see the rides as something that they were afraid of that occurred in the past. I also noticed that if someone dies on a ride, they become a part of the scenery around the park. Another thing i noticed is if somebody doesn't ride seven rides before dawn, they become the park's slave. I wonder what happened on the school bus that caused it to not arrive at Blake's school and why Blake is so afraid of the memories of that day. I wonder what would have happened if Blake hadn't gone to the amusement park and try to find Quinn.

**//October 14, 2011//** In the pages i read in the last week, i noticed that in every ride, Blake is the only person is the only person that thinks there is a way out of it so he is the only one that is able to get out of it. I also noticed that every ride in the amusement park is based off of something that is inside Blake's room. I wondered why Cassandra wanted Blake to die ever since the bus he was on crashed because she wrecked into it. I also wondered why Cassandra wanted Blake to die in the first place. Another thing I wondered what happened on the Ferris Wheel that made Russ act the way he is. I also want to know why Russ is trying to kill Blake too. I want to know what would have happened to Russ if he wouldn't have left Maggie is the funhouse.


 * // October 21, 2011 //**



In the pages that i read during the last week, I noticed that Quinn is very jealous of Blake's life. Until Blake stops doing everything for Quinn, Quinn doesn't want to leave the amusement park because he doesn't want to be around Blake. I also found out that Blake and Quinn's father didn't want to leave his family. He was trapped in the dungeon of the amusement park. I also found out that Cassandra is basically the Devil. She is the cause of everything bad that happens on Earth. I wondered how the amusement park can just change from one place to another like going from a regular amusement park to ancient Egypt. I want to know what would have happened if Blake didn't survive the bus accident when he was 7 years old. I want to know if Cassandra would still be trying to kill Quinn if Blake wasn't the only surviver.

**//November 4, 2011//**



During last week, i finished the book. I noticed that Cassandra only wanted to kill Blake because she didn't know that he jumped out of the school bus, she thought he was still inside when they crashed. I want to know if Cassandra would still try to kill Blakes friends if he wasn't on the school bus that day. I also wondered if Cassandra would still be trying to kill Blake if she knew he jumped out out the bus. She was only going after him because he was a survivor and she wanted a challenge.