Journal#1I started out a little confused. Rusty-James, the main character is talking to, I suppose, an old friend. I don't understand why he acts like he doesn't want to talk to her. I'm going to guess that something happened in his past involving Steve and he's trying not to remember it. He could be a little nicer. Rusty-James seems really tough, like he's been through a lot. The second chapter begins and he returns to when he was a child. The first thing that happens is that he is threatened with death. What surprised me was that this boy acted as if nothing had happened. I would ask all my friends to support me and I still pee my pants. I'd be like Steve, the asshole, trying to talk it out instead of fighting. Rusty seems smart, he just wants to be cool and scare people. They start talking about this guy nicknamed the motorcycle boy. He's supposed to be "the thing", everyone thought he was cool but were terrified of him at the same time. I guess that's how Rusty wanted to be. I never understood this whole ego thing, how you feel is up to everyone, but it doesn't matter, that's not the point. This “legend” has therefore disappeared and Rusty wants to take his place. Rusty and Steve seem like complete opposites, but maybe that's why they get along so well.Journal#2Surprise, surprise, Rusty has a girlfriend. He doesn't seem like the type to commit to just one person. He seems like a flirt, a show-off type. The kind of guy a girl would want to have fun with, not date. She reminds me of myself when I'm dating. Jealous, accusatory and curious. But she probably has a reason to be. Yet they seem to care about each other. Just like her, I wouldn't want him to fight. It's a bit wrong that he leaves her so quickly to fight when he hasn't seen her in so long. He acts like he's about to go play a football match, rather than getting into a fight. He is so excited that I would try to find a way out of it. The guy he's supposed to fight is drugged by something and leaves. Oh my God, I'm such a little girl! The only way I could fight is if they were younger than me, or smaller than me, and I'm pretty small..