“Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one.”
I’m glad that our sad story is over, for hopefully the future brings better findings. I didn’t hate this story, but I didn’t particularly like it all that much either. To me, it seemed like the rising action took up most of the story. First he was hanging on to the fish, then he caught it and fought off sharks, then all of a sudden he was at home face-first on his mattress. It all ended too fast, but not fast enough (if that makes any sense whatsoever.) It’s kind of funny how we were all wondering whether the boy would believe him or not, or even how long it would take him to believe, but then he believed the old man right away. So much for that in-depth question. Anyway, Overall the book had a decent scheme of rising action and a few good plot twists, but the author could’ve worked on the plot a bit more before sending it out into the world.
I’m wondering how the boy is paying for all this coffee….? And also, where are his parents in all of this? Doesn’t the boy go to school? I mean really, there are only so many things he can learn while he is fishing compared to sitting at school for 7 hours sucking in information, right? I’m not sure about this actually. When did this book take place? Are boys just allowed to skip school on account of fishing, just like around here they are allowed to miss days due to ranching? That’s a tad rediculous.
