Monday, November 3, 2008
Child Called it. pt 2
After all the happiness of the 2nd chapter it starts off with a small plumit and then literally the road ends and you just fall straight to hell. Because literally this boys mother took him to hell, she degraded him and starved him and wouldn't buy him new clothes for school and make him drink ammonia an blackout then wake him back up to do it all over agian all infront of the rest of his family. In these chapters 3-4ish he is really looking to his dad for help, because he had always been there before and even mentions that in the beginning he had tried to help him and give him scraps of food when his mom wasn't looking. Soon that changed and his dad ignored him just as much as the rest of his family. Because his mother wouldn't feed him he resorted to stealing food from the other kids at school which really gave him a bad rep, I really admire his courage though; the whole time he is talking about showing to his mother than he is strong and that he can't be broken and he knows whats happening is wrong but he still loves his mom. He is one of the strongest 11 year olds i have ever read about.
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It's good to see you back! Work on doing two separate entries a week so that you have time to read in between.
Have you investigated to see how much of the book is considered biographical/true and how much is for the sake of creating a story? This is a harsh book. Your notes in the first entry about the author starting with the nurse's discovery and then back-tracking to happier times is a good point to note. What's the effect on you as a reader of this ordering of events?
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