Societal Issue Blog #3

I enjoyed the book very much. I liked how the book was written, the story was told through the thoughts of the characters. It was like you could see directly into their concious. Sometimes it led to confusion on my part, but mostly it was an interesting way to see from Calvin or Conrad's points of view and how their thoughts differed on different subjects. It ended with Calvin and Beth separating, but also Conrad and Calvin made a great bond for the first time, and it ended on a hopeful note for those two. The one thing that I would change was that there were many unnecessary chapters that did not seem to progress the story at all. I think if these were taken out it would be a quicker story to read while keeping the same impact on the reader.

Societal Issue Blog #2

Currently I am on page 212 of my book. I am still enjoying this book, however I think it has slowed down. There has not been as much excitement as there was in the beginning when I was trying to piece together what happened to Conrad. By this point I have figured out that Conrads older brother died a year before the book takes place and that Conrad blames himself for his death. He attempted suicide and is sent to a hospital and that is where he is in the beginning of the novel. Conrad has starting repairing his relationship with his father Cal, but his mother Beth is growing more and more distant from both of them due to her cold attitude lack of sympathy for Conrad. My predictions are that Calvin and Conrad and Beth will have some kind of event that brings them all back together as a family. I am able to relate to the book because I have a similar outlook as Conrad and the book is written as if you were reading their thoughts exactly as they happen which helps you relate to it even more.