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A Comparison Of Blake And Quin In Full Tilt

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In Full Tilt a teenage boy named Blake must face his deepest fears to save his brother Quin. Blake is the narrator, he is 16 years old who’s about to leave for an early college career feels obligated to chase his 13 year old daredevil brother into a haunted amusement park. When Blake enters he learns the parks terrifying secret: he must finish seven rides by dawn, or become enslaved in the park forever. Finally, Blake is forced to confront his most haunting memory of a horrible bus accident that happened in his early childhood with fears and regrets that have stayed with him. Blake and Quin are basically opposites: one orderly-minded who avoids risks, intellectual student, the other an adrenaline junkie who would rather flirt with death than

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