Running+Loose

__Running Loose__

In __Running Loose__ the season of the year is year round starts in fall and in the late 60's. In a small town in Idaho so small that news spreads quickly all throughout the town. And is a pretty rural place where the football teams for high school is eight man football. This also takes place during the civil rights movement ,and there is some of it in this story. Carter is a nice person that helps out when he can. He is very strong and tall. He's also Louies best friend.

Louie is a rebel to everyone no matter who it is. He has a girlfriend and they are very in love.

Becky is a very supportive person. She's the popular cheerleader that every guys wants to date. but he's not shallow at all. her parents are divorced and she lives with her dad.

Norm: Norm is Louies father. He is the kind of guy thats all about business and isn't really supportive.

Brenda: Brenda is Louies mother. She is somewhat of a worrywort and is very protective over Louie. She always has clean clothes and a breakfeast made for him no matter what.

The external conflict is him and this kid named Boomer. They have always disliked each other since childhood ,but Boomer this year has been picking many fights with Louie and gets Louie suspended from school.Boomer is dumber than a cinder block. But he is mean,and you can't hurt him because he does't care. Another external conflict is his coach Lednecky they dislike each other because coach Lednecky is racist and called a hit on the only black kid in the football league.Lednecky's the cinder block that Boomer is dumber than.

The internal conflict is him growing up turning into a man. He is expected to act like a man in his age group and has to be mature. He also had it all and is now fighting inside himself for hope.

The Climax of this story is when he gets kicked off the football team for defending washington, and then he gets suspended. for then it all goes downhill for him. That was the last play of my football career. I threw my helmet off and looked at the ref. No call. Did you see that? I screamed.

In the novel. __Running Loose,the theme is friendship is necees__