John Dashwood

The Boy in the Moon reading blog

A.) Ian Brown and the rest of his family went through a long and difficult journey to find a nice home for Walker. They searched for 7 years until finally they found a home were they thought Walker could strive in. Walker’s family had a choice in sending Walker to L’arch or Montreal. Ian decides to send Walker to L’arch in France because he thought Walker would fit in there and Ian liked it more. One of the reasons Ian liked L’arche was because of one of the workers named Natalie. Natalie who was originally a public school teacher felt more comfortable around disabled people than regular people.

B.) I learned that we shouldn’t be trying to change the way that disabled kids act we should try to understand what they are thinking when they do weird things like jumping into a wall. I’ve leant the sacrifices that relatives of disabled children have to go through to raise a disabled child for example sleep, money, and free time. Ian Brown has made me thing about what role we all can play in our society. One of the roles Walkers takes in the society is shading light upon others so they can be grateful for what they have and make the best of it.


C.)
1.) The first thing I would ask is if he secretly wanted to keep Walker at home even though he knew the group home would take better car of assballs?

2.) I would then ask if Walker would have any chunk of the inheritance?

3.) What financial arrangements do you have for Walker if he outlives you?

Dashwood

Giles Blunt: Black Fly Season

Black Fly Season is Mystery novel set in Algonquin Bay, just North of Toronto. Its spring time in Algonquin Bay which is prime time for black flies, which are a very irritating little black insect. The plot begins in a little bar when something strange happens. A beautiful redhead girl shows up with no conception of were she is, or even who she is. Little does everyone know that the redhead has suffered a .32 caliber gun shot wound to her head. As the situation escalates we meet detective John Cardinal and Lisa Delorme. The detectives rule out a possible suicide and start investigating an attempted murder. In their efforts they come across the dead body of a biker named wombat who's body was found lying on a cave floor with maggots eating away at what was left of the dead body. The plot develops around Red Bear, a Cuban drug dealer who identifies himself as Indian. Through plot twists that take them to Toronto and back, they end up on a cottage on Lake Nipissing. The novel ends with a shootout and with Cardinal solving the case.

I found that throughout the novel Giles Blunt used very convincing form of diction. For example Giles Blunt did a good job of portraying the darkness and confidence in the character Red Bear's dialogue. Giles Blunt had an intriguing way of building up the plot through a series of surprising and interesting twists which lead to a breathtaking ending which left the reader very satisfied. The development of the characters was very interesting. I found that there were three significant groups in the novel. There were the bikers, the investigators, and then Red Bear's gang. The bikers developed into a rebellious untrustworthy group but not necessarily the bad guys. Then there is Cardinal with his group of detectives who turned out to not be as trustworthy as one may have thought. Then there is Red Bear's gang who developed into a dark evil characters who no one trusted from the start.


One of the passages that i found very interesting was describing how Read Bear wasn't actually Indian. I found this interesting because the passage also describes how he is wanted for torturing and murdering several people in Miami and how his real name is actually Raymond Beltran (page 318). Another passage that I found interesting was the passage where we found out that the mysterious red head in the bar had actually been shot in the head! I found this very surprising that this lady had walked into a bar appearing physically OK when she had recently been shot in the head (page 29). I also found the passage where Cardinal found the dead body in the cave interesting because of the manner that it was found in. Decapitated, hands and legs cut of, it was a sign of pure savagery which made the novel that much more interesting.

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Jonathan Safran Foer

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close started with the young Osker Schell and his mother in a limo going to his dad's funeral who died in the twin towers. Osker is extremally devistatd by the death of his father. A little while after his fathers death he always wanted to be by his fathers old belonging because they comforted his. He was looking at a vase was he acidently droped it and it shattered. In the middle of the mess he found a key that looked like it opened some sort of locker. Osker and his father always used to play games where his dad would give his mysteries to find out. Oskar thought this was his dad who wanted him to go on a big goose chase to find what the key oppended. So the whole book he goes searching for the key. He goes through a lot to find the box and he and his mother get closer and closer throughout the book even though at one peoint Oskar said he would have her died rathar than his dad.

Barneys version blog

The story is written in the style of an autobiography of Barney Panofsky, and recounts his life in varying detail. At the end of the book he is diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease which explains his memory losses (corrected by his son Michael through the use of foot-notes), and his repeatedly reminding himself of the name of the utensil used to strain spaghetti. In the end Barney is right about the most questionable event in the book, that he did not murder Boogie. Mike learns it must have been a water bomber plane that picked up Boogie while he was swimming in the lake while Barney was asleep, and dropped the water on the mountain.

Passage 1: “I’ll bet the last book you read was your dick and jane reader, and your probably still trying to work out the plot. Where did you learn how to question a suspect? Watching Dragnet? Reading true detective? No, i would have known. Your lips would still be chapped”

This show a lot about Baney’s personality it shows he can be a jerk and he has a bit of an attitude.

Marley and Me Fan Letter

Marley And Me Fan letter

I really enjoyed the book Marley and Me. Dogs are my favorite animal so I liked how it showed the relationship between a man and his dog. Many people know the term that a dog is a mans best friend I thought this book really executed that well. I loved the part when Marley got afraid of the thunderstorm and completely demolished the whole garage. I also like how the dog was their for the good times and the bad times. Overall it was a great book and any one who loves dogs I would seriously suggest that you read this book.

Catcher in the Rye

Catcher in the Rye is an exiting novel about a boy named Holden Caufield who is going through the troubles of a teenage life. Holden has been expelled from many schools but that is the least of his problems. He is still mourning about the loss of his younger brother. Even though his brother was younger that him Holden still looked up to him. Holden also has a little sister. In the novel Holden had been recently kicked out of his school, but he does not want his parents to find out. So he decides to go to a cheap motel in a run down, remote area where he knows he wont run in to anyone that he knows so he can wait until the end of the school year.  

Personal preference: I did not enjoy this book. I did not see how it was interesting in any way and I thought it was very boring.