Honors II As you read Ordinary People, annotate the chapters (you may takes notes in a notebook, use post-it notes, or highlight and takes notes in the book)focusing on characterization. Note the changes or lack of changes each character exhibits throughout the work. A recommended read is Deadline by Chris Crutcher, a young adult novel about a teenager who, having been diagnosed with an incurable disease, decides to pack a lifetime of living into one year.