The novel begins with its protagonist and narrator, a 15-year-old boy named Christopher, stumbling across the body of a neighbour's dog. The dog has been stabbed to death with a garden fork that was still sticking out of the animal...A really cruel beginning which I didn't expect! By choosing the book I was attracted by the title which contains the word "dog". That was the main incentive for me, beacuse I am crazy about dogs. Sure, because of the heading I assumed a sad ending and some kind of an accident happened to the animal. But I was really shocked having read following lines directly on the first page:
"The dog was lying on the grass [...] Its eyes were closed. [...] But the dog was not running or asleep. The dog was dead. There was a garden fork sticking out of the dog. The points of the fork must have gone all the way through the dog and into the ground because the fork had not fallen over."
What a detailed description! In my head appeared a very precise picture of the described situation. One thing became sure now - the dog wan't be a "second protagonist" or something like that, at least not in a vivid emergence. Although I felt a little bit disappointed about the "abrupt" death of my favourite animal, I felt very curiously about what will be happen now, when the character already announced in the title found its ending on the first page.
It is great that you combined your own feelings and emotions with a detailed description of the first pages.
AntwortenLöschenI am curious about your next entries. ;-)
I really like how you describe your feelings you had while reading but it is really sad though that you picked the book because the word dog appeared in it and the dog died right at the beginning =)but I think that u will be fine ...
AntwortenLöschenI also like the combination of the plot and your own feelings :) It is really interesting to read. I'm very curious about your next posts.
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