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	*"Bulimia." <u>Encarta</u>. Microsoft. 19 Aug 2007 <http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761574868/Bulimia.html>.		*"Bulimia." <u>Encarta</u>. Microsoft. 19 Aug 2007 <http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761574868/Bulimia.html>.
	*Coburn, Jack. <u>LoveSick</u>. New York: Dutton, 2005.		*Coburn, Jack. <u>LoveSick</u>. New York: Dutton, 2005.
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	*"Bulimia." <u>Encarta</u>. Microsoft. 19 Aug 2007 <http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761574868/Bulimia.html>.		*"Bulimia." <u>Encarta</u>. Microsoft. 19 Aug 2007 <http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761574868/Bulimia.html>.
	*Coburn, Jack. <u>LoveSick</u>. New York: Dutton, 2005.		*Coburn, Jack. <u>LoveSick</u>. New York: Dutton, 2005.
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		+	Summer Reading for [[AP Psychology]] [[Category:AP Psychology]] [http://www.amazon.com/Lovesick-Jake-Coburn/dp/0142408026/ Lovesick by Jake Coburn]
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	Erica is one of the main characters in ''LoveSick'' by Jake Coburn. She is a freshman in college; the daughter of a very wealthy father who is overprotective of her. She is also bulimic. This worries her father, who, in ''LoveSick'', hires Ted, a former basketball player whose hopes and scholarship for college basketball, vanished in a drunk driving accident. Ted is supposed to spy on Erica in her freshman year, in return for a free ride through college. The two find themselves at a snooty private college where, the only real friends they make, are each other.		Erica is one of the main characters in ''LoveSick'' by Jake Coburn. She is a freshman in college; the daughter of a very wealthy father who is overprotective of her. She is also bulimic. This worries her father, who, in ''LoveSick'', hires Ted, a former basketball player whose hopes and scholarship for college basketball, vanished in a drunk driving accident. Ted is supposed to spy on Erica in her freshman year, in return for a free ride through college. The two find themselves at a snooty private college where, the only real friends they make, are each other.

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 ==Bulimia==
-So, possibly because of her father, Erica suffers from Bulimia.  Bulimia, is an eating disorder where Erica eats too much food and then throws it up.  It is dangerous to her life because she must hide it, not wanting others to know about it.  This makes her withdraw from being around people.  Bulimia is also dangerous to the body. It can cause gastrointestinal problems and damage to the teeth because of the acidic nature of the regurgitated food (Encarta).
+So, possibly because of her father, Erica suffers from Bulimia.  Bulimia is an eating disorder where Erica eats too much food and then throws it up.  It is dangerous to her life because she must hide it, not wanting others to know about it.  This makes her withdraw from being around people.  Bulimia is also dangerous to the body. It can cause gastrointestinal problems and damage to the teeth because of the acidic nature of the regurgitated food (Encarta).
 ==Ted==

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−	Erica is one of the main characters in ''LoveSick'' by Jake Coburn. She is a freshman in college; the daughter of a very wealthy father who is overprotective of her. She is also bulimic. This worries her father, who, in ''LoveSick'', hires Ted, a former basketball player whose hopes and scholarship for college basketball, vanished in a drunk driving accident. Ted is ~~suppose~~ to spy on Erica in her freshman year, in return for a free ride through college. The two find themselves at a snooty private college where, the only real friends they make, are each other.	+	Erica is one of the main characters in ''LoveSick'' by Jake Coburn. She is a freshman in college; the daughter of a very wealthy father who is overprotective of her. She is also bulimic. This worries her father, who, in ''LoveSick'', hires Ted, a former basketball player whose hopes and scholarship for college basketball, vanished in a drunk driving accident. Ted is supposed to spy on Erica in her freshman year, in return for a free ride through college. The two find themselves at a snooty private college where, the only real friends they make, are each other.

	==Father: Overprotective==		==Father: Overprotective==

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+Erica is one of the main characters in ''LoveSick'' by Jake Coburn.  She is a freshman in college; the daughter of a very wealthy father who is overprotective of her.  She is also bulimic.  This worries her father, who, in ''LoveSick'', hires Ted, a former basketball player whose hopes and scholarship for college basketball, vanished in a drunk driving accident.  Ted is suppose to spy on Erica in her freshman year, in return for a free ride through college.  The two find themselves at a snooty private college where, the only real friends they make, are each other.
 Erica is one of the main characters in ''LoveSick'' by Jake Coburn.  She is a freshman in college; the daughter of a very wealthy father who is overprotective of her.  She is also bulimic.  This worries her father, who, in ''LoveSick'', hires Ted, a former basketball player whose hopes and scholarship for college basketball, vanished in a drunk driving accident.  Ted is suppose to spy on Erica in her freshman year, in return for a free ride through college.  The two find themselves at a snooty private college where, the only real friends they make are each other.
 ==Father: Overprotective==
-Erica does not fare well the first time "alone" from her overprotective father, whose protection she despises.  Erica's father is a rich man.  He shows great concern for Erica, but is not around her much.  Although, it's not clearly mentioned, Erica was probably well cared for in her childhood.  However, not by her father, but be people he hired.  Thus, Erica was always well looked after, probably even too well, but she didn't have access to the love of her father.  Erica's father thinks he can solve the problem by throwing money at it; for example Erica says, "my father controls people/things/life with money because that's all he knows" (Coburn 212).  This could have possibly lead Erica to turn towards an addiction in order to try and straighten out her life.  She may have even gone out of her way, so that she should defy her father, whom she calls "The Ferret" (Coburn 159).  The addiction could have started out as doing something which he can't control, in order to rub it in what a poor father he was to her.  Because he restricts her so much, Erica feels a great need to defy her father.  By not playing a closer role in Erica's childhood, Erica's father created Erica's role in ''LoveSick''.  This is an ironic situation.
+Erica does not fare well the first time "alone" from her overprotective father, whose protection she despises.  Erica's father is a rich man.  He shows great concern for Erica, but is not around her much.  Although, it's not clearly mentioned, Erica was probably well cared for in her childhood.  However, not by her father, but be people he hired.  Thus, Erica was always well looked after, probably even too well, but she didn't have access to the love of her father.  Erica's father thinks he can solve the problem by throwing money at it; for example Erica says, "my father controls people/things/life with money because that's all he knows" (Coburn 212).  This could have possibly lead Erica to turn towards an addiction in order to try and straighten out her life.  She may have even gone out of her way, so that she should defy her father, whom she calls "The Ferret" (Coburn 159).  The addiction could have started out, as doing something which he ca not control, in order to rub it in what a poor father he was to her.  Because he restricts her so much, Erica feels a great need to defy her father.  By not playing a closer role in Erica's childhood, Erica's father created Erica's role in ''LoveSick'' a situation he tried to avoid.
 ==Bulimia==
-Possibly because of her father, Erica suffers from Bulimia.  Bulimia, is an eating disorder where Erica eats too much food and then throws it up.  It is dangerous to her life because she must hide it, not wanting others to know about it.  This makes her withdraw from being around people.  Bulimia is also dangerous to the body. It can cause gastrointestinal problems and damage to the teeth because of the acidic nature of the regurgitated food (Encarta).
+So, possibly because of her father, Erica suffers from Bulimia.  Bulimia, is an eating disorder where Erica eats too much food and then throws it up.  It is dangerous to her life because she must hide it, not wanting others to know about it.  This makes her withdraw from being around people.  Bulimia is also dangerous to the body. It can cause gastrointestinal problems and damage to the teeth because of the acidic nature of the regurgitated food (Encarta).
 ==Ted==
-Ted is the boy Erica's father hired to spy on Erica.  Erica is able to bond with Ted because he too is fighting an addiction while trying to hide it.  Because he too is fighting an addiction while trying to hide it, he is able to connect with Erica, but also withdraws from social life.  He is at odds with his regularly drunk roommate, James.  Both do not fit in well with the other people at the collage.  Living only a few doors away from each other brings them together.  Ted also tries to get Erica help by bringing her to his Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.  This plants the seed in Erica's mind to consider checking into a rehab center.
+Ted is the boy Erica's father hired to spy on Erica.  Erica is able to bond with Ted because he too is fighting an addiction while trying to hide it.  Both do not fit in well with the other people at the collage.  Ted is often at odds with his regularly drunk roommate, James.   Ted and Erica live only a few doors away from each other and visit each other often.   They develop a connection and a friendship.  One thing Ted does to help Erica is that he brings her to his Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.  This plants the seed in Erica's mind to consider checking into a rehab center, later in the book.
 ==End of the Book==
-As the book progresses, the friendship between Erica and Ted grows stronger.  Towards the end of the book, Erica and Ted fall in love and kiss.  However, Ted realizes that he does not wish to continue spying on his girlfriend.  He quits his spying job and also drinks a lot of alcohol, which he knows he shouldn't because that is what got him into this situation in the first place.  While he is drunk, he also tells Erica that he was hired to spy on her by her father.  This makes Erica very angry, because her only friend turned out to be working for he father and the world she hates so much.   She borrows a car from a friend and leaves collage in a huff to go to New York City.  In New York, she checks into rehab, where she pays cash to not alert her father of her whereabouts.
+As the book progresses, Erica and Ted fall in love and kiss.  Ted then realizes that he does not wish to continue spying on his girlfriend.  He quits his spying job and also drinks a lot of alcohol, which he knows he shouldn't because that is what got him into this situation in the first place.  While he is drunk, he also tells Erica that he was hired to spy on her by her father.  This makes Erica very angry, because her only friend turned out to be working for he father and the world she hates so much.   She borrows a car from a friend and leaves collage in a huff to go to New York City.  In New York, she checks into rehab, to try and get her life back on track.
-Ted and Erica then reconcile their feelings for each other.  Eventually they understand how their lives are shaped by trying to overcome addictions.  They kiss and make up, as well as decide to travel the world, instead of returning to collage.  Erica's father realizes that strict supervision is not what his daughter needs.
+Ted and Erica then reconcile their feelings for each other.  Eventually they understand how their lives are shaped by trying to overcome their respective addictions.  They kiss and make up, as well as decide to travel the world, instead of returning to collage.  Erica's father realizes that strict supervision is not what his daughter needs.
 ==Sources==
 *"Bulimia." <u>Encarta</u>. Microsoft. 19 Aug 2007 <http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761574868/Bulimia.html>.
 *Coburn, Jack. <u>LoveSick</u>. New York: Dutton, 2005.

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 ==Bulimia==
-So, because of her father, Erica suffers from Bulimia.  Bulimia, is an eating disorder where Erica eats too much food and then throws it up.  It is dangerous to her life because she must hide it, not wanting others to know about it.  This makes her withdraw from being around people.
+So, because of her father, Erica suffers from Bulimia.  Bulimia, is an eating disorder where Erica eats too much food and then throws it up.  It is dangerous to her life because she must hide it, not wanting others to know about it.  This makes her withdraw from being around people.  Bulimia is also dangerous to the body. It can cause gastrointestinal problems and damage to the teeth because of the acid nature of the regurgitated food (Encarta).
-*body does not get enough nutrients
-*danger to mouth? -check sources
 ==Ted==

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-Erica is one of the main characters in ''LoveSick'' by Jake Coburn.  She is a freshman in college; the daughter of a very wealthy father who is over protective of her.  She is also bulimic.
+Erica is one of the main characters in ''LoveSick'' by Jake Coburn.  She is a freshman in college; the daughter of a very wealthy father who is over protective of her.  She is also bulimic.  This worries her father, who, in ''LoveSick'', hires Ted, a former basketball player whose hopes and scholarship for college basketball vanished in a drunk driving accident.  Ted is suppose to spy on Erica in her freshman year, in return for a free ride through college.  The two find themselves at a snooty private college where, the only real friends they make are each other.  Ted becomes nervous spying on his friends (girlfriends?), but he is reassured by Erica's father's agent Michael, who threatens harm to Ted if he refuses to complete his end of the deal. (?drop sentence?)
-==Story==
+==Father: Overprotective==
-In LoveSick, Erica's father hires Ted, a former basketball player whose hopes and scholarship for college basketball vanished in a drunk driving accident.  Ted is suppose to spy on Erica in her freshman year, in return for a free ride through college.  The two soon find themselves at a snooty private college where the only real friends they make are each other.  Ted is nervous conducting his spying, but he is reassured by Erica's father's agent Michael who threatens harm if Ted refuses to complete his end of the deal.
+Erica does not fare much better the first time "alone" from her over protective father, whose protection she despises.  Erica's father is a rich man.  He shows great concern for Erica, but is not around her much.  Although, it's not clearly mentioned, Erica was probably well cared for in her childhood.  However, not by her father, but be people he hired.  Thus, Erica was always well looked after, probably even too well, but she didn't have access to the love of her father.  Erica's father thinks he can solve the problem by throwing money at it; for example Erica says, "my father controls people/things/life with money because that's all he knows" (Coburn 212).  This could have possibly lead Erica to turn towards an addiction in order to try and straighten out her life.  She may have even gone out of her way, so that she should defy her father, whom she calls "The Ferret" (Coburn 159).  The addiction could have started out as doing something which he can't control, in order to rub it in what a poor father he was to her.  Because he restricts her so much, Erica felt a great need to defy her father.  By not playing a closer role in Erica's childhood, Erica's father Erica's role in ''LoveSick''.  (irony)
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-Erica does not fare much better the first time "alone" from her over protective father, whose protection she despises.  In addition to Ted, her father pays for private sessions from a psychiatrist, which Erica, first unwillingly conducts, but soon becomes more comfortable pouring out her feelings to someone she knows will not share them with her father.
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-Erica soon becomes friends with Ted, and thinks that he is her only "real" friend in college, and also in her life.
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-Erica also takes Prozac at the request of her psychiatrist.  However, she finds out that alcohol and Prozac do not mix well after she forgot everything that happened the last night when she wakes up..
 ==Bulimia==
-Erica life is also complicated because the suffers from Bulimia.  Bulimia, is an eating disorder where Erica eats too much food and then throws it up.  It is dangerous to her life because she must hide it, because she does not want others to know about it.  This makes her withdraw from being around people.
+So, because of her father, Erica suffers from Bulimia.  Bulimia, is an eating disorder where Erica eats too much food and then throws it up.  It is dangerous to her life because she must hide it, not wanting others to know about it.  This makes her withdraw from being around people.
 ==Ted==
-Erica is able to bond with Ted because he too is fighting an addiction.  Ted lost his basketball scholarship in a drunk-driving accident.  He now attends Alcoholics Anonymous, at first he was ordered to go by the court, and then he continues because he likes it.  However, Ted too tries to hide the fact that he has an addiction.  Because he too is fighting an addiction while trying to hide it, he is able to connect with Erica.
+Ted is the boy Erica's father hired to spy on Erica.  Erica is able to bond with Ted because he too is fighting an addiction.  Ted lost his basketball scholarship in a drunk-driving accident.  He now attends Alcoholics Anonymous, which at first he was ordered to go by the court, and then he continues because he likes it.  However, Ted too tries to hide the fact that he has an addiction.  Because he too is fighting an addiction while trying to hide it, he is able to connect with Erica, but also withdraws from social life.  He is at odds with his regularly drunk roommate, James.
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-==Father: Overprotective==
-Erica's father is a rich man.  He shows great concern for Erica, but is not around her much.  Although, it's not clearly mentioned, Erica was probably well cared for in her childhood.  However, not by her father, but be people he hired.  Thus Erica was always looked after, probably even too well, but she didn't have access to the love of her father.  Erica's father thinks he can solve the problem by throwing money at it.  This lead Erica to turn towards an addiction in order to try and straighten out her life.  She may have even gone out of her way, so that she should defy her father, whom she calls "The Ferret" (Coburn 159).  The addiction could have started out as doing something which he can't control, in order to rub it in what a poor father he was to her.  Because he restrict her so much, Erica felt a great need to defy her father.  By not playing a closer role in Erica's childhood, Erica's father set up this to happen.
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-just wants to get away from her father (rehab paid w/ cash) (mad at Td) calls dad ferret
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-"my father controls people/things/life with money because that's all he knows" p212
 ==End of the Book==
-Towards the end of the book, Erica and Ted fall in love and kiss.  However, something snaps in Ted, and he suddenly becomes unwilling to spy on Erica anymore.  He quits and also drinks a lot of alcohol, which he knows he shouldn't because that is what got him into this situation in the first place.  While he is drunk, he also tells Erica that he was hired to spy on her by her father.  This makes Erica very angry, because her only friend turned out to be working for he father and the world she hates so much.   She borrows a car from a friend and leaves collage in a huff to go to New York City.  In New York, she takes the advice of her psychologist and checks into rehab, where she pays cash to not alert her father
+As the book progresses, the friendship between Erica and Ted grows stronger.  Towards the end of the book, Erica and Ted fall in love and kiss.  However, Ted realizes that he does not wish to continue spying on his girlfriend.  He quits his spying job and also drinks a lot of alcohol, which he knows he shouldn't because that is what got him into this situation in the first place.  While he is drunk, he also tells Erica that he was hired to spy on her by her father.  This makes Erica very angry, because her only friend turned out to be working for he father and the world she hates so much.   She borrows a car from a friend and leaves collage in a huff to go to New York City.  In New York, she checks into rehab, where she pays cash to not alert her father of her whereabouts.
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-Michael, Erica's father's agent, wants to be paid, however, after Ted tells Erica, Erica's father doesn't want to pay.  Michael finds Ted and wants his help to steal a painting from Erica's father to cover what Erica's father won't pay.  However, Ted has other plans and crashes the car they're riding in into a tree.  Ted and Michael both make it out alive.
-Ted and Erica then reconcile their feelings for each other.  Eventually they understand how their lives are shaped by trying to overcome addictions.  They kiss and make up, as well as decide to travel the world, instead of returning to collage.
+Ted and Erica then reconcile their feelings for each other.  Eventually they understand how their lives are shaped by trying to overcome addictions.  They kiss and make up, as well as decide to travel the world, instead of returning to collage.  Erica's father realizes that strict supervision is not what his daughter needs.
-focus on quotes, phrases, and paragraphs!
+*focus on quotes, phrases, and paragraphs!
-source: http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761574868/Bulimia.html
+*source: http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761574868/Bulimia.html
 *the book its self