Book Chappie Case

Throughout the book Chappie looks for the person to be his role model. Someone who he can look up to. In his life Chappie has both female positive and negative influences. One of them being his mom, she starts out as being the positive mom she is. Meaning she looks out for her son no matter what. Towards the beginning of the book Chappie was stealing Victoria Secrets clothing items and got caught. His mom stood by his side even though what he did was wrong. “Then she said, If you will march in there and say you’re sorry and say that you’ll come home with us and stay away from the mall, I think they’ll forget about the shoplifting. And ken will go along. He's upset, naturally, and very angry embarrassed, but I think I'll get over it you make some amends and stay out of trouble.” (21) Chappie’s mom stands by him because he’s her son showing the more positive side of her. Later in the book when Chappie make her decide between Ken or him that’s when they take a turn for the worst. After Chappie had found his mom and told her that he didn’t die in the fire he asked her, who she wanted in her life, “ Who d’ya want standing there beside you, Mom? Is it gonna be your stupid sicko drunk of a pervert of a husband, or the homeless boy who’s your own flesh-and-blood son? Red Rover, Red Rover, who’re you calling over, mom is it me or is it Ken?” (206) After choosing Ken she drove Chappie away, for good. Even though Chappie was also relieved, it still showed the negative side of the mom not choosing to spend her life with him. Although the mom was positive in Chappie’s life in the beginning of the book she turned out to be a negative side because she drove him to go to Jamaica when he never came back. In the book a little girl, one little girl had a major impact on Chappie’s life, her name was Froggy. Froggy had shaped Chappie into a better person without even saying or doing anything. She had made him think and act like he’s never had. “ I didn’t know what was happening at the time but suddenly it was like I’m looking down this tunnel at the Canadian guy and the little girl, especially at the little girl who I was really worried about now, like some terrible thing was about to happen to her and she couldn’t see it