C.C.+Personal+reflections

In real life, people don't over exaggerate at such events like in the book "The body of Chris Creed." When people disappear or just go missing, obviously there will be some suspicion, some gossip, and some theories as to what has happened, but the amount of "stretching" as to what happened is out of control. This story is unrealistic, these people live in a town in the middle of no-where, and the emotions running through these people thought's don't happen like that. I'm not saying that people don't disappear.

This book raises a lot of questions. One thing I liked was how all the characters try to place the blame on someone else. This real-life issue intrigued me. Everyone wanted to put the blame on someone else, because they were all partly responsible. For example, the kids for picking on Chris, and his mom for being overprotective. In effect, the entire town was responsible for the disappearance of Chris Creed. Instead of focusing on the issue of his disappearance, many people were more worried about who's fault it was. This is a big problem with people in general. If they had spent more time worrying about Chris, they might've found him.

The first third of The Diary of Christopher so far has been realistic in the way that people in a town like that in the book would have reacted to the disappearance of a high school loser. The jokes that fly around the school regarding how he killed himself, how he ran away, and what made him run away are what could be expected from tough kids like the boons, who have been cruel to him for years. One thing that isn’t realistic is the way that someone in Ali’s position would react to someone like Torey or Bo. Ali’s life and reputation makes her seem tough, but she goes in and out of popularity groups. She goes from hanging out with kids like Torey, Alex, and Leandra to being the school slut and smoking with the football players.