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Gordie: Gordie is a good student, brother, son, friend and more. He has a job that he works really hard to keep so he can save money to get his guitar fixed and also so he doesn't have to rely on other people to give him money for his own personal needs/wants. Gordie makes his parents proud, but when he does make mistakes his parents are not only shocked because hes such a good kid but they also get disappointed because they don't want him to make mistakes like his older brother did. Gordie is also very caring for people who need it and deserve it. He doesn't show much care for his brother because of the way he has turned out. Gordies weakness/flaw would probably be the fact that he cant really stand up for himself, for example if someone makes fun of him he doesn't say anything to elevate an argument he just simply takes it and walks away, or does whatever they ask him to do.

Chase: Chase is a very lazy, irresponsible, dirty, lost, and hopeless 17 year old boy who has ruined his life due to smoking methamphetamine which is a very highly addictive drug that most people only have a 11% chance of overcoming the habit. Chase use to be a good student and a good person in general, but ever since he started doing meth his life and his family's life has started going down hill.

If you knew someone like Chase (someone who has a bad addiction) what would you do to help them?

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So far in the book I am reading called "tweaked" I have been introduced to two of the most important characters Chase, and Gordie. The two of them are brothers, not to mention close brothers. Well they were, at least till Chase started to ruin his and his family's lives. Before the nightmare started, Chase was a well behaved normal child, he was creative too. In fact when he was twelve he built a tepee in the ravine behind their house. Not to long after that things started getting out of control, Chase got arrested for aggravated assault. His issues all ended up surrounding one fact... Chase is a serious crystal methamphetamine user who has no respect for himself and other people, who sells his family's things to help support his drug habits, who doesn't care about getting in trouble, and who doesn't care about his life at all anymore. Through out the book Gordie is trying to figure out more about Chase's private life when he gets into some trouble himself along the way. Gordie demands on changing Chase but he fears it might be impossible.

What kind of things would come to your head if you found out that one of your close family members started doing life threatening drugs?