Be More Chill by Ned Vizzini - 788 Words

Did you ever want to be cool but didn’t know how to become cool? Well neither did Jeremy Heere, (the protagonist) a high school student, until he found out about the â€Å"squip†, which is a quantum computer in pill form that can communicate with your brain once swallowed. Be More Chill by Ned Vizzini is a book about Jeremy’s life all the way from PRE-SQUIP all the way to POST-SQUIP. It contains loads of excitement, and unusual events. It’s unpredictable; you never know what is going to happen next. The plot of the book begins with Jeremy Heere sitting in math class. In the same class are three of the most popular teenagers Christine Caniglia, (major character) which Jeremy has a crush on, Anne (minor character), and Jenna Rolan (minor†¦show more content†¦She then tells him that Jason Finderman (minor character) is having a party, and asks Jeremy if he wants to go and do ecstasy with her. He agrees to, and asks Michael to go with him. Jeremy drives to the party in his mom’s car with Michael and goes in the basement with Chloe. While in the basement with Chloe, Brock, (minor character) Chloe’s ex-boyfriend, breaks the window and threatens to kill Jeremy. Jeremy then runs off and hides from Brock. Jeremy then walks over to Christine, who seems to be sitting alone, and sits and talks with her. After the party Jeremy had to drop off home Christine, Chloe, Brock, Michael, and Nicole, (minor character) some girl Michael hooked up with at the party. The next d ay Jeremy finds out that there was a fire at Jake’s party last night, and that Rich and Jake were burned. That same day Jeremy’s mom and dad confront him and ask what happened at the party last night and why his mom’s car was parked differently. This then made him tell the truth about him having a â€Å"squip† and what it is. The next day is the play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, both Jeremy and Christine are in the play. The â€Å"squip† gives Jeremy advice to have Christine like him which turns around the whole story and ends up backfiring, in the middle of the play which makes Christine extremely angry with him, making him look like an idiot in front of everyone. After the scene Jeremy is forced to leave the play by the drama teacher. A couple minutes after thatShow MoreRelatedLiterary Criticism : The Free Encyclopedia 7351 Words   |  30 Pagesartist and shows a growth of the self.[16] Furthermore, some memoirs and published journals can be regarded as Bildungsroman although being predominantly factual (an example being The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Che Guevara).[17] The term is also more loosely used to describe coming-of-age films and related works in other genres. Examples[edit] Precursors[edit] Hayy ibn Yaqdhan, by Ibn Tufail (12th century)[18] Parzival, by Wolfram von Eschenbach (early 13th century) Sir Gawain and the Green