SLAM Post #4 (179-229)

Summary
So far Sam has a son named Roof with Alicia his ex-girlfriend. He tells his mother who is very angry and devastated. His mother tells his father about the situation and at first the father calls him rude words but later on acknowledges that he is a grandfather and is happy about it. Everyone in Sam’s school knows that he is a father which bugs him. Sam and Alicia went to the hospital to see the baby scan and afterward they kissed. Sam comments that he sees Alicia different after she had stood up for him against her father. Most of the time when Sam breaks up with a girl they are done for ever, but this time after breaking up with Alicia he gets back with her which means he still likes her. Alicia asked Sam if he got sick of her and both replied that they got sick of seeing each other.
Alicia’s mother arranged the kids to go to a NCT class that teaches you about pregnancy. When they got there, there were only older and elder people there. They were embarrassed and did not want to go there again. Annie announced that Mark, her boyfriend would be living with them and Sam does not have a decision. This leads him to think about the consequences of divorce like living with somebody that you do not know which he though was wired.
Alicia parent are consigned about Sam and the baby and that they are going to make an effort with him which includes asking him how he feels about everything, what are his plan for college and his future. They though he was a “hoodie chav who had messed up their daughter’s life” (Hornsby 192). Alicia concludes that Sam would be leaving with her family and they would share a room together like a man and wife. They thought of it made Sam to throw up. Her parents were not in support of it, but they agreed to do it. When Sam’s mother learnt that he was going to leave with Alicia and her family she was angry and upset. She thinks that Sam is throwing away his life and does not want him to end up like his father who is a drinker and a plumber.
Sam is starting college and everything is looking good for him. He is an older brother because of Mark’s little girl and he is the father of Roof. He talks to TH but he does not help him in his situation so he decides to shut him out of his life once more. Sam's friend thinks that sam is screw and Sam agrees with him.

Quote
"Roof, this one Dumpling. Why didn't people ever call their babies their real name"(Hornsby 202.

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It is funny that people would try to come up with names that they thought was unique like Marks baby girl's name Dumplin. I can relate this to the bible that says that whatever the maeaning of your name is is what will happen to you. There was a guy in the bible who changed his named because it meant pain and poverty which his mother was feeling at that time and she gave him that name. He was poor and pain so he changed his named and positive things started to work for him.