Up Country

A detailed Summary of 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 is a young man with great hopes and dreams to become an electrical engineer.

The problem is that he and his mother are deeply in debt, and Veronica Staggers, Carl's

mother, is an alcoholic who is brought home by the cops almost every week. Carl has the

bright idea to use an opportunity that arose to earn money to go to a good technical college

and earn a degree in electrical engineering. In this little opportunity, Carl repairs stolen

stereos that he receives from his partner in crime, changes the serial number, and places

The theme of this story is that even the most least likely person can get what they

for resale. Although this seems like the perfect crime,

Therefore, Carl was sent "up country" to stay with his aunt, uncle, and cousin whom he

hasn't seen for a little over eight years. That's when all of the trouble starts, including a

All things considered, Carl had an extremely hard life with his alcoholic mother. But as

the buck-tooth, improper English, yokel, where Carl himself shows the typical

stay in school and earn that electrical degree.

Approximate Word count = 681
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Novels

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