Ninth: Reading Journal Blog / Sinisa Blagojevic

ANALYSIS: Write about something in terms of those qualities that professional writers look for in real life: conflict, contrast, contradiction, and characterization.


I think the author wants to give us a message how a situation in a family can influence the personality of a child. I wrote about Christopher’s personality in other blogs. So, Christopher’s life was very difficult. He had a mother and he really needed her but after her supposedly dead he was alone. The conflict between his father and his mother burdened him mentally. In the real life it’s like this too. I think children which don’t have both parents are physically and mentally more often disadvantaged than children whose parents live together peacefully. Although Christopher does not personally say that he is in bad shape, his behaviour shows how sad and desperate he is. In my opinion the parents have failed in the education of their son. I think Christopher is a very heartful person, because he was sad when he saw the dead dog. It is sad that children like Christopher must suffer their whole life because of a bad education.

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  1. Julia H.9. Januar 2018 um 11:27

    her supposedly dead --> her supposed death
    children which--> children who

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