1) | Marcus, Fiona, Roger | After they moved to London | London, their flat | Fiona and Roger had a disagreement and split up. Marcus thinks about his past with Roger. | The1 reader gets a view what kind of person Marcus is.
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2) | Will, John & Christine | Shortly after J&C got their 2nd Baby | Wills flat J&C´s flat | Will talks to himself why he is so cool. Then he visits his friends, but he rejected the oppertunity to take responselbility for the baby | Will shows the reader his mental age
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3) | Marcus, Fiona | Night/morning during the week | Marcus flat | Marcus can´t sleep cause he hates his school, cause Marcus gets bullied | Marcus sitouation at school is awful and thats why he hates going there
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4) | Will, Angie | 2 Days after the 2nd chapter | A Café and a restaurant | He dates Angie, who has 2 children. He| discovers his fabel for single mothers. After a short time Will splits up with her. | Wills attidude against women is pretty rude |
5) | Marcus, Fiona, Nicky, Mark | Monday morning | Marcus flat, school | Fiona cries in the morning. Marcus is overwhelmed. In school, Marcus and his friends get bullied. N&M dont want Marcus to hang out with them anymore. | Marcus life is getting worse cause of his mum and his bullies |
6) | Will, Members of SPAT | First Thursday in the month | SPAT | Will invents "Ned" to become a member of SPAT. He is looking for a new girlfriend. | Will´s fable for single women gets a new level of madness |
7) | Marcus, Fiona, Bullies | Weekend | Shop, Marcus flat | Marcus gets bullied in the public but he tellshis mum the opposite | Marcus life is getting destroyed. He cant rely on anyone. |
8) | Will, Marcus, Suzie | Weekend | Regent Park | Will and Suzie are getting better with each-other. Meanwhile marcus kills a dug with a bread. | Suzie is not impressed by Wills lifestyle but she likes the way he is acting with Marcus |
9) | Marcus, Fiona, Will, Suzie | Same day as in chapter 8 | Regent Park, Marcus flat | The Park keeper wants to scold Marcus for the dead duck but Will helps out Marcus Afterthat they drive home where Fiona tried to kill herself. Marcus is shocked. | Fiona is performing very bad as a normal mother for Marcus |
10) | Fiona, Marcus, Will, Suzie | Same day, but in the evening | Marcus flat, Hospital | Emergency doctor brings Fiora to the hospital, where she stays over night. Marcus sleeps at suzies | Marcus is completely overhelmed with the sitouation |
11) | Fiona, Marcus, Suzie | Next day morning | Marcus flat | Marcus finds the suicide note. Fiona comes home. Marcus wants to find a new boyfriend for Fiona | Marcus starts to be more composed. Marcus and Fionas relation is getting better |
12) | Will, Marcus | ? | Will´s flat | Suzie wants Will to worry about Marcus. Later, Marcus calls Will and Will invites him. Marcus wants his mum to join them. | Both want to meet eachother again what shows their crazy relation |
13) | Marcus, Fiona, Will | In the evening | Several restaurants | They want to go to “Planet Hollywood”, but it´s too full. So they go to “Twenty-Eight”. After a while they start a conversation. Will has a child seat for “Ned” with him. | Marcus shouldn’t care about his mum that way that he has to find a boyfriend for her. |
14) |
Marcus, Fiona, Will |
A few days later |
Marcus and Will´s flat |
Will visits Fiona and Marcus. They sing “Killing me softly” what shows Will their hippie lifestyle. Later, Marcus visits Will and realizes, that Will has no sun. | Fiona´s hippie based lifestyle makes Marcus laughable |
15) | Marcus, Will | Period of time about a few weeks | Will´s flat | Marcus visits Will in his flat continually. They get better with each other and watch TV, what Marcus is not allowed at home. | Will gives Marcus a retreat from the heavy control of his mum. |
16) | Marcus, Will, a group of Marcus bullies | Same period as in 15) | Will´s flat | Marcus visits become kind of normal for both. One day a group of bullies chase Marcus to Will´s home, where Will scares them off. After that he buys Marcus new cool clothes. | Will becomes Marcus big brother, who guards him. |
17) | Marcus, Fiona, Will | Next day | Marcus flat Will´s flat | Marcus mum wonders about the new clothes. They have an argument about Marcus. They come to the conclusion that Marcus can still visit Will | Even Fiona recognizes that Marcus needs a father |
18) | Fiona, Will | Shortly before Christmas | Wills flat, Bar | Will hates the Christmas time cause of his father. He meets Fiona in a bar and they talk about Marcus and Will´s meetings | Fiona doesn’t want Will and Marcus to meet cause then her heavy control about Marcus is gone |
19) | Marcus, Will, Ellie, Principal | 20.11 | School, Marcus flat | Marcus goes to the principal and tells her the story of his stolen shoes. In front of the room he meets Ellie, who makes fun of Marcus because he doesn’t know Kurt Cobain | Marcus realizes that he has no idea of modern stuff |
20) | Will, Marcus | Same day as in 19) | Will´s flat, streets | Marcus plays truant and Wills sees him on the streets. Later on, Marcus visits Will in his flat. He tells him about his problems and Kurt cobain. | Marcus sees in Will a confidant more then in his mum. |
21) | Marcus, Ellie, Zoe, Will | Next day | Will´s flat, school | On the next day, Marcus meets Ellie and her friend Zoe again. They like him and so they take him with them. Marcus tells Will about Ellie. | For the first time Marcus feels integration and he really likes it. |
22) | Marcus, Fiona and their family/freinds, Will | Christmas | Will´s flat, Marcus flat | Marcus wants Will to spend Christmas with them. They enjoy the time. | Marcus tries to integrate Will in his family life. |
23) | Marcus, Fiona and their family/friends, Will | Christmas | Marcus flat | Client takes drugs in front of Marcus, so the family has a argue about this. Suzie is pissed about Will cause of his lies. Will wants to go but is staying. | Will sees the bad sites Of a family life. |
24) | Will, Rachel | New year | New years Eve | Will falls in love with Rachel at the new years party. Talks with her about his way of life. | Rachel thinks bad about Will´s lifestyle |
25) | Marcus, Ellie, Ellie´s mum | New year | New years Eve | Marcus meets Ellie at the party. They talk to each other and they are having a good talk to know them better | Marcus gets better with Ellie |
26) | Marcus, Rachel, Will, Ali | Some days after the party | Rachel´s house | Will wants to meet Rachel in her house. He wants to Marcus to perform as his son so Rachel likes him. Ali, Rachel´s son is one of Marcus Bullies. So Marcus wants to leave the house as soon as possible. | Marcus is in a Dilemma cause of Ali and Will doesn’t realize |
27) | Marcus, Will, Rachel, Ellie Zoe | Same day as in 26) | Rachel´s house, streets of London, Shopping center | Marcus leaves Rachel’s house, but Marcus catches him. Later they go shopping with Ellie and Zoe. Some guys come and bully Marcus. Ellie punches one of them and Marcus is impressed. | Ellie is so much cooler then Marcus but he doesn’t realize. |
28) |
Marcus, Rachel, Will |
Same day |
Restaurant |
Will and Marcus talk about their imaginations of relationships. Later Will and Rachel meet and will tells her his true relation to Marcus. |
Will recognizes, that lying has no value. |
29) | Marcus, Fiona, Ellie | Few weeks later | Marcus flat. Will´s flat, school | Fiona starts crying again. Marcus is overwhelmed and wants Will to help him, but will decided. Later he meets Ellie, who is crying cause of Kurt Cobain´s suicide attempt. | Ellie and Marcus both have a blow, but they are so selfish that they think that their blow is more important. |
30) | Will, Rachel | A few days later | Rachel´s house | Will meets Rachel in her house. They have sex. After that Will tells Rachel Fiona´s bad situation. She wants to help her. | Will realizes, that Fiona´s Problems are serious and that she will attempt to suicide again. |
31) | Marcus, Fiona, Ellie | weekend | Marcus flat, train | Marcus dad had an accident. Marcus doesn’t want to visit him, but finally his mum can convince him, to travel to him with Ellie. While they travel, Kurt Cobain commits suicide. | Marcus has a bad relation to his parents. |
32) | Will, Fiona, Marcus(phone) | weekend | Restaurant | Will meets Fiona and she started to cry immediately. Rachel doesn’t join them. Will and Fiona have a talk. Marcus calls them, that Ellie is at the police station. | Will doesn’t know how to help Fiona |
33) | Marcus, Ellie | weekend | Train | Ellie freaks out, cause Kurt Cobain is dead. She drinks a lot of alcohol and starts to cry and shout. | Marcus can´t handle Ellie´s problems |
34) | Will, Rachel, Fiona, Marcus Ellie, Clive, Lindsey | weekend | Police station, car, restaurant | Will and Fiona drive to Marcus and Ellie. They meet there with Clive and Lindsey. Ellie has a conflict with a shop owner. After that they go to a restaurant. | The situation escalates |
35) | Marcus, dad, Lindsey | weekend | Cambridge | Marcus, Lindsey and Clive drive back to Cambridge. Clive talks a lot with Marcus about his live. | Clive tries to be a good father but he has no chance. |
36) | Will, Rachel, Ali | weekend | London | Will wants to take responsibility for Ali and Rachel. He thinks about Marcus development | Will´s lif.....[read full text] |