It is a chapter in which Paddy and his friends are in a gang. ... Roddy Doyle said when interviewed that when he wrote this chapter I was reaching back to my childhood for the memories and inspiration to write the book, the gang thing seemed important because there was always a gang. ... In the chapter The Family Outing' he knows something ahs happened when his mum gets out of the car away from their father in the pouring rain. ... In chapter two paddy and his friends try to put fuel into his little brothers mouth, so they can light it, Kevin pressed the fuel against his mouth but...

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• Grade Level: High School