"Two weeks later, dad had a heart attack. when i got to the hospital, he was in a bed in the emergency room, his eyes closed. Mom and lori were standing next to him. its just the machines keeping him alive at this point, mom said." This is very sad. At this point in the book ( page 280) you know that hes going to die. Hes lived a "good" life. the reason i say "good" is because compared to us it was a messy terrible life, but to him it was great. there were the normal ups and downs you go threw but thats life. Nobody's life is going to be the perfect social media life, if it is whats the point. In his life he got to be a dad (not a very good one, but a dad) and have a family. there isn't much more you could ask for. Family if the best thing in the world. You have to be thankful for it and cherish it while you still have it. you wont have it for ever. I personally like sad and messed up books better because it makes you love the small things in life. my parents think thats weird but is so true. you also are more engaged in the book just like i was with this one. i was not expecting so many things to go wrong at the end of the book. i thought it would fix itself and there would be a happy ending. nope. thats not what happened. One thing i loved about this book besides the book in general was how specific she was. there was figurative language though out the whole story. i dont think i would have been that specific. I just realized that the front of the book is just her. that could be interpreted in many different ways. how i thought of it is was that she is independent and is the only one that was there for her 100% of the time. Look! how would you interpret that?
I like that you point out that compared to most peoples lives the life the father lived wasn't good. Maybe deep down he knew that he should get his life together and support his family but he thought he wasn't capable. Its one thing to basically let yourself be homeless by choice for your whole life but its another thing to drag someone else into that life and bring four children into that messed world.
ReplyDeleteI like that you point out that compared to most peoples lives the life the father lived wasn't good. Maybe deep down he knew that he should get his life together and support his family but he thought he wasn't capable. Its one thing to basically let yourself be homeless by choice for your whole life but its another thing to drag someone else into that life and bring four children into that messed world.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that reading other people's story's that are way worse than yours makes you feel better about your life. Almost like your taking the good life you have for granted though. I also liked that she used a lot of figurative language it gave a lot more meaning to the things she was saying because I could picture them. Overall I wish she hadn't gone threw some of those things she did, but if she didn't we would have this great book.
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