Pd.+2+--+Amanda's+Group

__**that wasn't what i wrote. jordan wrote that. i didn't think she was in our group.

this is what i had wrote -**__

Main Character; Nolan Anderson Looks like; Tall, blonde hair

Age; 17 Makes him angry; long lines at carnivals, and his mom His family is; loud, he is the only child, music, art Does he get along; doesn't get along with adults, turns to peers w/ problems What led to the main event; fighting with his mom Characters; Tayler, friend and mom Sandy Related because; best friend and mother

SETTING starts at home, to carnival, to the ride, to the future. looks like; home is warm and homey, carnival is sketchy, crowded, in the future it is deserted. what does it mean to the main character; Nolan goes to the carnival to get away from his problems and release his anger. why does the action take place here; he ends up on a ride that takes him to the future

Saturday morning, Nolan walks down the stairs to find his mom standing in the kitchen. They didn't get along well, and before Nolan could even get a word out his mother Sandy chimed in. "Do you have any homework this weekend?" "Mom, I never have homework on the weekends." He replied. "I've gotten e-mails from your teachers, I know you have homework." She snarled at him. He cocked an attitude, and stomped out of the house to his car. It was steaming hot in his 1977 AMC Gremlin. He cranked open the windows and sped off down the street.

At first, he didn't know where he was going and didnt care as long as he was alone. But finally after driving around the block five times he beelined toward his best friend Tayler's house. When he got to the door, Tayler answered quickly. He stood leaning on the doors threshold. He was about 6'll" with a chisled jaw line and long blonde hair to his sholders, always pin straight. "Dude, how do I always know you're here?" Nolan stood on the small front porch with his arms crossed and dark eyebrows drawn into a "v" shape. "What happened this time, man? Another fight with your mom?" "Ugh! Tayler, I just can't stand her anymore!" Nolan exclaimed while pacing the porch. Tayler jumped in the passenger seat of the Gremlin. "Lets go to the carnival, ride some rides, eat some cotton candy. The good stuff." Tayler stated. Nolan slid thru the window and stomped on the gas. In no time, the dynamic duo was down the street and soon at the carnival.

"So we're here. What do we do first this time?" Nolan said, like this was a daily trip. "WHOA! New ride, dude!" "Sure, but it doesn't look too..." Nolan was interupted by the sight of the long line. Lines were the one thing Nolan hated. "Dude, Tay, where are you going!" "Do you see those girls? I've gotta get me one!" "Man, you're crazy! We can't just jump lines because of girls!" "Nolan, what do we have to lose! Look at you, blue eyes, blonde hair, tall, nice abs! Dude, you've got it!" Tayler was getting excited. He heard the girls snicker when he was explaining Nolan's aesthetics. "Go talk to em'" says Tayler nudging at Nolan's shoulder. "No way, I can't stand the fact that girls like you for the way you look and not your personality" "Dude somethings wrong with you? You feeling ok?" Tayler had a confused look on his face. "Im fine" Nolan says with a stern voice. "Well then forget the girls, lets ride some rides!" says Tayler trying to get Nolans mind off of the girls. "The best ride at this Carnival is the one we will ride 21 times" says Tayler as his eyes glew with joy. But Nolan never knew that it would be the most dramatic rollercoaster ride of his life! They entered the line, Nolan didnt mind because the line only contained about 20 people or so. "Are you ready dude?" asks Tayler with a playful voice "Yeah i guess!" The two boarded the ride excited and ready, they buckled in and grasped the handel bars as the coaster began.

Up the first hill, down the next, around a sharp turn, up a large hill. He throws his arms up, down, down, and down some more. Everyone screaming and yelling with excitement up and down. Then the main thrill comes, over a swift hill and down under ground. Nolan shuts his eye instantly and feels himself drop and his ears pop, making all other noises dissapear as the ride came to its stop. Nolan still sitting with his eyes closed notices that no one is talking as his hearing slowly reboots. Slowly he opens his eyes. There is no one around. Nolan stands up wide eyed and shocked. He cautiosly steps out of the car and finds himself at a deserted wasteland of a rundown carnival. "What happened?" He said to himself with a not-so-sure voice. "TAYLER!" He screamed at the top of his lungs, but there was no reply, just an echo. As he made his way around the carnival looking around at all the gray, drab, no colour rides and rusted steel he thought "Maybe this is all okay, i mean im alone".

Nolan slowly made his way to the parking lot. The only spot of colour he saw was the orange glow of his gremlin. He hopped through the window as usual and turned the key. There was no rumble of the engine no sound at all. He sighed, threw the door open and headed straight for the hood. He used all his strength to pull it open. With no success, he trecked back into the carnival. No life was at the carnival, no grass no sun just old rides and dust. Nolan walked stelthfully around the whole carnival finding nothing but empty soda cans and trash. "How?" Nolan whispered to himself "How did i go from a crowded rollercoaster to this." The whole idea of being the only person didnt bother Nolan as much as it should because of how bad he had it and how much chaos he had at home. So he walked around doing things people never do like getting free cotton candy and riding every ride, but that fun only lasted so long. Then it hit him, "how am i going to get home?" again Nolan tried his car, nothing. Now it was serious "will i ever get home", "will i see my friends", "will i die here!" all these frantic questions racing through his mind making him go insane. Then Nolan yelled "The rollercoaster!". Nolan raced to the rollercoaster him and tayler road. "YOU!" he yelled as if the rollercoaster were a person. "You broght me here!" nolan continued, "TAKE ME BACK!" he hopped in the cart he sat in and buckled himself in "BACK, BACK, TAKE ME BACK!" he shook himself in the cart "GO GO GO!" the coaster did nothing. Nolan looked at the bottom of the cart, "ok...i get it" he snared, "ill live the rest of my life alone, i dont care". Then the ride started. Nolan jerked his head up with a grin. "YES" he cheered. Up and down faster and faster, "yes yes yes" he cheered again. Faster and faster the coaster roared and scrretched at the turns, nolan closed his eyes and cheered some more. The coaster roared up the next hill went down and off the track. "YES!" nolan said still closing his eyes. "TAKE ME HOME!".