The Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci
What's up with the people in this town? When Torey realizes that he never really knew Creed, what does he learn about love, deception and tragic flaws? Is it fate/coincidence that creates the culture clash between the town and the Boonies? How does time affect the plot? Start chatting about those theme ideas now!!
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What are torey's tragic flaws?
What do you guys think about how Torey deals with the deception that is happening around him all the time? (The Cops, Bo, Etc.)
I think Torey's tragic flaws are his inabillity to realize that he might have played a part in Creed's disapperance, because of his bullying or rudeness from a long time ago.
the book talks about culture clash because chris creed is used to his parents always telling him what to do so this is important because he seems to be tired of it and his parents dont understand that
I don't know what this fits under- i would assume deception - But i was wonderng what you thought of the title "The Body Of Christopher Creed". To me, It implies that there is a death. I just thought that it was odd because the book is a mystery.
In response to Curran's question about the title: I think the title is deliberately ambiguous. The quickest interpretation will lead one to think that the 'body' is referring to a dead person. but can't 'body' refer to the physical being of Christopher Creed. Torey seems to be telling us in the first chapter that he is online searching for the very alive body of Creed. Are they other definitions/similes for body that might lead us into a different direction?
I agree with curran chris is dead and the mom killed him or he commited suicide
Well i think the title might have something to do with the overall. feeling of mystery in the book.. I think The Author is trying decieve us into thinking that there is a definite death. Also, the title "The Body Of Chris Creed" makes someone want to buy the book more than "The Disaperance of Chris Creed". I think the Title is one that invokes thought, but,It might just be simple marketing.
Also, what is your take on Mr. Creed? As was discussed in the lit circle, he seems to show disinterest in the whole case.
Is it disinterest that Mr. Creed is showing, or is he just being allowed to behave in a manner his wife is dictatiing? Based on how she controlled her son's lives, do you think she would treat her husband differently.
Mrs. Creed sounds like a bit of a control freak. She might have aquired it in the Air Force. As you said, maybe she is sort of letting Mr. Creed mope around because he is under "orders" or something.
Mrs. Creed knows how to scare others to get what she wants.
Torey feels responsible for Chris because the note had Torey's name on it.
What happened that made Chris leave or kill himself?
What's the connection between Chris Creed and Digger Haines?
Mrs. Creed doesn't want to believe Chris ran away.
i dont see why ms creed called the police on the but maybe she did feel kind of threatened by them standing in front of t he creed home but the fact that bo had a BIG record probably is bad towards him but owell I guess since fued is my topic this could go under fued because it is causing bo problems so yeah I was wondering if maybe mrs. creed is too over protective with her children because she must have gone through this as a child but thats no excuse anyway her fued is being extremely over protective!! enjot the book hahaha!!!
from what i read it seems all the chacters could have contributed to creeds dissapearence. Could creed relly hate this setting that much did he have any friends? Also if he was killed who had the best motives?
why did bo take the blame for the phone call when torey did it?
why does almost every major event happen at night?
from all that i read i've noticed that torey has been lying to his parents n his friends more often. Is this decpition due to that he cant live under the preessure thats has been building up?
Why does Torey care so much about Chris' mysterious disappearence?
Torey cares because he feels that he is one of the only people that can do something. There are alot of people like "Chris Creed" in the world. Torey, by not just turning the cold shoulder, has given hope to the investigation almost singlehandedly.
I also think that everything happens at night because the author is trying to create some mystery. Darkness and deception go hand in hand. It is an example of color imagery sort of like lennie from of mice and men and red.
I think she lives vicariously through the creed's life. Obviously she needs some sort of pastime from her hectic life.
i love this book. i can reelaite to it. i hope evereone enjoyed it as much az i did.
why is bo suspected so much, what connection does he have to creed? Despite the evidence all of the readers put into view has anyone thought that creed could be decieving everybody as revenge twords all the people that have given him crap. this could just be a hoax to make them think about how much he might be missed.
why does doesn't Bo show his responsible side in school, so he doesn't get appraised easily, such as with the murder of creed?
Why doesn't Bo stop to think that if he goes to jail, no one will watch over his siblings?
did bob hianes really have to kill himself, or were there other options for him?
bob haines could of started another family he didnt need to kill himself
why would bob haines kill himself in a hole?
this book looks really intrestng, does the main charecter, whos name i assume in chrisopher, kill himself? or is he hiding?
What do you think was the main link between bob,digger,chris and torey?
Do you think Torey's Mom could have a bigger role that we all think?
Also, do you think the letters at the end were a way to inject some humor into the story?
Was anyone else suprised at the Open-Ended Ending? Was this a literary device?
I think that Torey is interested in Chris' dissappearance, because he didn't show any sympathy when Chris was being left out.
I think that ALi has fun looking into the Creed's house, because it is very different from hers and in the Creed's house there is no decieving, unlike her own house where there is.
i think bo is suspeted so mich is because of his major tragic flaw, breaking laws and him committing so many potent crimes that everyone in the town hears about
i think the author left an open ending to let us use the characters tragic flaws to make a ending on are own
did anyone really understand the story? the way it was written, it seemed as though creeds body would have been found but bob hianes body was discovered, does this seem a bit odd? events clashing, past meets present, identical stories seem to happen in the same way, such as bob was driven to kill himself by the lack of respect recieved by his neighbors just as creed recieved except by fellow classmates also both of them dissapeared without a trace. so when will the residents of steepleton learn from their mistakes as well as to teach their children to not repeat their mistakes instead of hiding the past from them. maybe they are doing this to avoid their own problems at home. even if that
maybe what has creed done that bob haines didn't do, creed for sure ranaway because there was no body as well as no evidence to prove suicide but there was evidence to prove he ranaway, such as in the letter when creed said, "i wish no malice on anyone. i only wish to be gone. therefore I AM"(38), malice means to wish no harm. refer back to when mrs. creed appeared at any moment in the book and when she was talk about, especially by Ali, only negative talk about her never positive, now refer back to the qoute, also remember the fact that mrs. creed has two sisters that don't like her. now put these clues together and post your idea of the conclusion to the story.
i think that chris wrote it as a suicide note to show people's flaws and show the actions really hurt him
i think that toreys more played a bigger role by showing how expressing love for torey by gettin him and friends out jail, and always gave advice
that was an obvious letter by him because of how deep he went into how everything could have gone for creed, and its a path creed could have taken since there is no connection between the sisters.
i get what ur saying mohammed,but i think the story wasnt, that confusing, because the story moostly told the disapernce of chris creed and life of torey trying to find him, and showing peoples flaws
Torey's mom played one of the biggest roles in the story line, if it wasnt for her bo would have been in jail, also do you really think that if she didnt take ali and greg that something terrable might have heppened such as ali being beaten later for bringing bo over?
what do you think the theme of the story is then, chris, and everyone else?
i think the theme is not everyone place or person is good, eveyone, quote torey's mom, has a skeleton in their closet(couldnt find page number). also you dont know what everyone is dealing with unless you experienced what they have experienced. i maybe wrong but its only a guess.
I think that Torey's tragic flaws are that he gets upset easily, he reacts before thinking sometimes, and decieves other. For example he doesn't tell his girlfriend that he is going to Ali's house.
I was wondering, where do you think Creed went? Is he dead, with his aunts, or somewhere else?
oops Ms. Henry that was my comment above. I accidently put anonymous.
Does anyone htink that the treasure would have led Torey to Creed or it just some old thing Creed did when he was young.
At the end of the book Renne tries to get Bo and Torey in trouble because she is mad about her dad. But do you think she really believes Bo wasn't joking or is she just trying to decieve other to get Bo in trouble.
i think renne really doesn't like bo and she would do any thing to get him into trouble.
this book is really interesting and i recomend it to everyone that likes adventure books and suspence books.
Do you think Torey really loved Ali and Bo or just got sick of his old friends.
I think he does love Bo and Ali because they can be trusted and see people as who they are. They dont jugde others. Unlike his ohter frineds.
i think that its true that chris creed ran away but really the only person i only thought could be the one who could of killed chris creed would of been some sibling in his family like a brother because in the book it states how every child in the creed household was treated the same and this could of persuaded one of the children to attack another to see if there could of been change in the way ms. creed treated her children. In chris's case he wanted to be treated diffrent so if he commented this to any of his siblings they would of thaken it wrong but its only a suggestion or a thought.
I was wondering what you guys thouhgt, why is Creed.doc so popular?
yes i think Torey does still love Ali becuase he asked if she was at the hospital when he woke up.
i read in someones comment that they said that torey's tragic flaw is that he acts too fast and doesn't think before he does things i think this isn't right because when he went outside to go talk to that girl ali he thought about it first and made sure his girlfriend didn't see him so that means he does think of things before he acts.
I think Creed.doc is popular becuase people read his story and cant help but to feel bad for Creed.
the fact that bo was in jail also says alot he could of been thout of also as someone who did something bad to chris creed which is exactaly what ms. creed asoomed when she saw them outside their house.
I wonder if everyone who read this book really enjoyed it because at the beginning I thought it was a little boring and i wondered why ms. henry considered it to be a good book but toward the middle it got hella GOOD!!!!!!
I agree, people assume it is Bo because of his past. Also, he is blamed because everyone expects him to do bad things so people believe it.
was ms. creed wrong treating all her kids the same?
yes Ms. Creed was wrong to treat all her kids the same. Different children have different needs. Some are sensitive to somethings and others are scared of other things. They are all unquie and must be treated differently.
Do you think it is wrong of Bo to decieve others by covering for Torey about making the phone call? After all he did lie to the police.
I agree with gaston. The Creeds will never learn a lesson if they never have a chance to be responsible.
yes i think it is right for alex to deceive renne. If he didn't his friend could have been in big trouble with the law.
Do you think Ali and Bo really loved each other or just used each other as a shoulder to cry on?
I think they like each other why would they go out then?
i don't think so he might end up like bob haines.
why would bob haines kill himself in a hole did he really think he was a indian?
no i dont htink bob haines thought he was an indian. I think he just didn't want to be found. so he hid in a place were he wouldn't be found.
some tragic flaws were shown in torey's old friends. They jugde people before they even knew them.
if there was an ending I think Torey would find Creed just like Torey's mom found Mr. Haines.
some people could of taked advantageof bo if acted so sensitive.
chief bowen probably wanted to beat him up but never did it.
what made bob haines kill himself?
was he crazy?
first of all, gaston, not all the creeds are bad, its only the mother. how helpful was justin? what about the father, what has been said about him? and matthew, what has he done? none of these people have done harm, mrs.creed os the only one who has done something to chris to cause this problem.
we were told why bob haines killed himself because the people of steepleton drove him to kill himself, but yes there were other options leaning is his direction, such as moving to a new place and just start over, well if there are anymore options please post them.
does anyone know what the theme of the story is, please post?
there are six themes but if you mean moral then here goes. Everyone has there flaws and other people have to deal with these flaws. When one person has to deal with all of us then this causes a pressure point where sooner or later that person cant take that crap. and they have some options layed out to them. Bob seems to have comitted suiside while Creed has run away into a pit of timelessness(there is no trace of his existence). We have options as to how we deal with our kin and that is our makeup.
those of us with flaws(everyone) has to keep in check what we're doing otherwise it gets out of our grasp and in the hands of fate.
I think Torey's flaws are he lies to his family and he doesn't tell his friends what was going on
I agree. No one can help him because nobody knows whats going on wiht him.
Will Torey's past make a mark on his life?
i want to thank you tora for posting what you think the moral is and correcting me. also please can more people post what they think the moral is instead of repeating posts, thank you?
Why was Torey ok with his life before Chris disappeared?
torey was ok with his life because he had nothing to worry about. his parents were together, he had a girlfriend and the fact that he had a band going for him, in ali's eyes, is a perfect life.
But then he saw how fake everything was.
thats because before he got into creeds dissapearance he never new about that because, you wont know how something or how someone feels until you experienced what they have experienced.
torey was fine till yhe got in the problem with Bo and ali.
thats not exactly it but ya thats where it mainly began. when torey got a hold of the letter creed wrote before he ran off, he wanted to know more about why and how he left.
i agree Torey begins his search because he feels guilty.
i agree Torey begins his search because he feels guilty.
so if he never got that letter his life would be normal
No i think Torey looked for Creed because he felt guilty because his name was on the note. plus he beat him up before. And he thinks he knows how Creed felt being an outsider because that is what Torey had become.
how do you think bo is a two sided man? it says that what his responcibilities were and you think he is a two sided person when it clearly states it in the text.
be serious how could bo have killed creed? where sould he have stashed the body? and would you really think that the body would have been found? he was the number one suspect the body would have been found.
that is true, i agree because he should so many times in the book.
bo couldnt of killed creed he would of got caught by now.
If creed died where would his money go to?
If he doent spend it who will?
or maybe creeds mom killed him to get the money
you have got to be kidding me, kevin your questions are to simple, i dont want to sound rude or even mean nut come on think about what you have posted. creeds mom has total control over his money.
Why is Torey still treating people like Leo bad? He didn't change too much.
I think someday Torey will find Chris.
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