Up Country In his novel Up Country, Alden R. Carter writes about how hard life is for children in the adolescent era by portraying the actions off Carl Staggers, a teenager surviving his mothers alcoholism and his car radio thief ring gone to disarray. Carl is a tragic hero who rambles through this time period by trying to make things right. He is also accompanied by characters close to him as the novel progresses. Carl …showed first 75 words of 687 total…

…showed last 75 words of 687 total…So I say take the wrong path and maybe you could end up with what Carl had. All things considered, Carl had an extremely hard life with his alcoholic mother. But as you will see, when he got away from her he matured and grew emotionally. He essentially got everything he prayed and wished for. Consider this, if you were in Carl’s shoes, what would you do? What path would you take? Bibliography none