Chapter 13 starts out with Adam getting a new roommate. His new roommate goes by the nickname of BG. We all found it surprising on how conceited BG was; it was either his way or no way. BG was lazy and stubborn which later causes issues with Adam. Adam tries to remain calm and he for the most part gets along with BG. Adam calls it a love-hate relationship with BG, and states that they were too alike, both stubborn and contentious. Over time BG and Adam fight, but Adam states that they joke around and pick fun of each other instead of actually getting angry with one another.
Adam’s tone in this section seems frustrated. Every other paragraph Adam is talking about one of BG’s little quirks that annoy Adam. From not cleaning the house, to being lazy at home, Adam seems to dislike many habits that his new roommate possesses throughout these chapters. It comes to a point where Adam and BG bump heads too often and Adam asks for BG to be moved to another crew at Fast Company, so that Adam would not need to deal with BG for 24 hours a day.
Then BG got into the habit of ‘borrowing’ Adam’s truck on a regular basis. For an example, BG asked Adam if he could borrow his truck to run up to the gas station, which Adam did not have a problem with, as long as he grabbed Adam a mountain Dew. This quick run to the gas station turned into five hours on more than one occasion which really got on Adam’s nerves. Adam was usually pretty calm and didn’t say much to BG about these incidents, and they actually were starting to become better friends. BG would share with Adam about his time in jail and Adam loved listening to these stories that BG told.
BG and Adam at the start of chapter 15 start to not get along at all. They didn’t joke around anymore; they were verbally fighting, instead of just wisecracking each other. Then BG would simply take Adam’s truck, instead of asking, and on top of that he would be gone for hours at a time. Adam decides that he needs to teach BG a lesson. We found this next part to be the most interesting to us, because it was something creative and not like Adam. Adam knew that BG went down a dance club that is called LD’s. Adam decided that BG needed a lesson, so he went down to LD’s and hid the truck. Later that night, BG rolled into the apartment, telling Adam that someone stole his truck. Little did BG know that the truck was just around the corner, and he searched all night, until Adam broke the news to BG that his truck was around the corner.
BG and Adam still had problems in the future, as BG still took his truck whenever he pleased. Adam soon let his frustration out, and they got into a fist fight. Adam explains to us that he is a terrible fighter and got beat up pretty hard. In the end though, this fight brings BG and Adam closer. Adam then sums up his last chapter with how he breaks the news to Derrick and BG about the project that he had been pursuing the past year. Adam then moves back to Raleigh because of his parent’s health, and he needed to support his family.
In Adam’s final chapter, he states many opinions that come out of the blue. We all thought that this was not the right way to end his book. He had no supporting evidence and it was all about how he wanted to fix America to make it better. Overall we all thought that the book was entertaining, but that last chapter really ruined the book. He did not need to share with us his opinions on how our country is flawed and needs to be changed.
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