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 * DON’T TAKE LIFE FOR GRANTED. APPRECIATE THE THINGS WE’VE GOT. **

· It shows how K took his life for granted then realised what life was worth once Marty had died. · Anything can happen and if just one thing happens that is bad it can change everything. · You never know when it can all be taken away from you or you may lose someone you love like K losing Marty · K took his youth and freedom for granted but then had it all taken away from him in an instant. · Often don’t value our lives. · K presumed things would always stay the stay and they didn’t. · Meets many new friends as he realises he has to let go of the old to go forward with the new. · The fragility of life. · K realises all the things he took for granted when he saw things others were living without. · Appreciation of life. The challenge of overcoming cancer he learns that life precious. __Detail...the ways this idea is built up over the course of the story. __

K lost the ability to walk. M living on the streets. K lost his friends because the challenge of C was more powerful than the strength of his friendships K going through chemo – realised he wasn’t the only one...couldn’t eat properly as a result. He’d taken this for granted. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">K had to give up his skating passion so he could focus on survival <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Learns that good medical care isn’t just available to all <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Going to the beach – a simple pleasure is such a big deal. He used to take hanging out at the beach for granted. Another of the little things he loses. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">When they ran away. Took for granted that they’d be okay when they got back. Really hit home when M got so sick while away from hospital. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The roll call. Constantly reminded the patients that they could be next. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">M dying. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Losing Tory. K never thought he would. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Owen dying. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">When he found out he had cancer. Nothing bigger than just a broken leg entered his head. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Having to learn to walk again. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">His looks and he had no energy. Simply getting through each day became a mission. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The fight in the toilets. Serious injury could’ve happened. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Skating dangerously through the streets. Never paid it the respect it deserved safety wise. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Relationship with his parents, especially his Dad changes. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Walking up the stair now is a major mission. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Doesn’t want people’s pity...doesn’t want them to feel sorry for him.

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Freedom for granted - “kiss the blades goodbye, limp around forever, it sounded horrible.” Kirk <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Kirk can’t see his future – “from every angle things were pretty bad....skating zero...friends when they all see you looking like death all they want to do is get outta here, health zero outta ten, future, could even see myself getting up the steps.” Kirk after Marty had pushed him in the pool. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">“Kirk Mead is invincible” at the beginning prior to the cancer. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">“The blades, the tar, the hot grit of the city, they are me” Kirk describing himself prior to the accident. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">“What is he trying to do? Explode? Said one of the spectators as Kirk was taking his life for granted when he was skating around the rink when he had cancer.” <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">“Shutting my eyes, I thought, yeah at least I’m alive.” Just before Sarah the nurse tells Kirk about Marty being sicker than he realised. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">“I’d give anything to not be here right now” Kirk when he’s getting his first chemo. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">“All he wanted to do was crawl into his bed, go to sleep and never wake up again.” <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">“It crossed my mind how many times I must’ve run up these stairs without batting an eyelid and now it will always be different.” On home visit and went awol. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">“A couple of weeks ago I won the best race of my life, yesterday Tory, Ronnie, Mel and I had a classic day, now I was losing touch with all that, my mind was shutting down” When he’s at the hospital. He’s just been told he has cancer. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">“What about all the glory I bought this place?” Asks Mac when he wants him to pay at Skate World.

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