Important+Events+-+The+Whole+of+the+Moon


 * ===IMPORTANT EVENTS === || ===CHARACTER -Changes? === || ===HIGHLIGHTS MESSAGE/THEME === || ===EFFECTS CHARACTER === || ===CHANGES STORYLINE/PLOT === ||
 * Finding out Kirk has cancer – Catalyst to all the events and things that happen in the rest of the story. || Changes him because he can no longer pursue the dream he had of being a champion in-line skater.

His attitude changes towards his friends – especially Tory.

Whole world turned upside down...”I wanted to die right there and then, it was so depressing. I wanted to crawl into my bed and fall asleep and never bother waking up”.

Changes his outlook on life because he realises there’s a lot more to life than girls, socialising and skating. || One event can change your life forever.

The importance of life...don’t take life for granted. || Creates stress for Mum and Dad.

His friends no longer know how to react/act around him. They ditch him because he has cancer. They are not sure about how their friendship will move forward.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">Effects Tory because she realises she might not really love him but maybe just the idea of loving him. || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">From then on the whole story changes. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">He is spiralled into the world of cancer. || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">Shows how important and deep a friendship can be.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt; lineheight: 115%;">Watching the moon together just prior to Marty’s death || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">Changes Kirk because he realises she’s going to die and this point. Going through this changes anyone || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">The importance of life and death.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">Highlights how a shared experience can create a strong bond/friendship. || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">Affects Kirk. He makes an effort to allow Marty to see the moon prior to her death. He realises how important it is to her.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">He shared something meaningful with Marty.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">Marty accepts that she is dying at this point. || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">Marty becomes very ill because she’s not taking the medication she needs. || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 8pt; lineheight: 115%;">Begins on the roof. She takes off. This includes the bar/club, the fight, the warehouse/store. || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">Doesn’t necessarily change characters but brings them closer. Kirk learns things about Marty he didn’t know and visa versa. Kirk has to trust Marty in order to go with her. He has no knowledge of where she is from and where she is taking him. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">Marty just wants someone to love and take care of her. || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">Trust as an important element of friendship. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">Honesty is another.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">On the run. Marty and Kirk escape – leave Starship.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">Never judge a book by its cover, or its first chapter <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">. || <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">Shows that Kirk really cares for her. He is also prepared to put himself on the line to impress her at the fight point. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">Learns about Marty – <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">About her friend, Tuck, who was abused and died. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">She’s not the tough cookie she makes out to be. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">She’s scared, vunerable and wants some TLC. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">She wants to be accepted. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">She really does value his friendship. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">Marty becomes very ill because she’s not taking the medication she needs.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">Kirk decides to shirk the rules and continue the ‘run’. ||