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?