Summary Of A Child Called Louis - 1384 Words

Louis Lopez English I Mr.Tuckerman 17 November 2015 A Child Called â€Å"Louis† Okay to understand why Alex was such good friend to me i’ll have to tell you a little bit of my back story. So My family and I lived in a very small house it was more like a shed than a house. My family at the time was a family of 6 my mom, my dad, my five sisters and me. Since I was the youngest at the time I was picked on by all five of my sisters so I tried to stay out of the house as much as I could. I would usually play by myself since I didn’t talk to anyone in the neighborhood. It was a pretty bad neighborhood so my mom never really let me talk to anyone. At the time my father was in a gang so I was hardly allowed to be seen in public with my dad in fear†¦show more content†¦I would always go to his house we would play army and star wars I went over to his house so much his mom and dad consider me apart of there family. I would do everything with Alex he was like a brother to me. As we got older we started to hang out w ith his older brother more. His brother wasn’t this best kid to hang out with. His brother was a very bad kid he would steal, get in fights and talk about shooting people. At the time Alex and I didn’t know better we thought his brother was the coolest guy around so we followed him around like dogs and did everything he told us to do we would fight other kids for his entertainment I would pickpocket people if he wanted more money Alex would steal snacks from the store for him. The older we got the more we realized what we were doing. we tried to stay away from his brother as much as we could but we couldn’t we hanged out with him for so long we were his slaves for so long we just couldn’t get away from him. Until one day Alex’s dad past away he died in a car crash this hit Alex and his older brother realy hard. I did my best to cheer up Alex but I just couldn’t he wouldn’t come outside he wouldn’ eat he never even came out of his room. I would go into his room to try to cheer him up. His room was pitch black there was leftover food his mom tried to feed him his clothes were everywhere and he just sat in the corner of the room just sitting there staring into the darkness not making a single