At first when I received this book, I knew that I was going to enjoy reading it. I liked the front cover, I thought it was colorful, it really got my attention. I know the saying "never judge a book by it's cover", but for some reason the cover of the book really got my attention. I also thought by looking at the cover of the book that the story was going to be about an older woman, not a teenage boy. The next thing I noticed about the novel was the author's name. I thought what an unusual name, but then again I have an unusual name also. For a second I thought the title of the book was the author's name. I was definitely interested at this point and read the back of the book and a few pages, I was so intrigued I read the first fifty pages right then and there.
When reading the first fifty pages of the book, I noticed several things. One of the things I noticed was the language used in the text. A mixture of foul language, english and some spanish. Luckily, I took two semesters of spanish so I was able to understand. What really got me was the use of foul language. Honestly, I don't care for cussing but it made Sonny's character seem all the more real especially when Sonny expressed his anger. I don't think that "darn" or "shoot" are suitable to express for the situations Sonny finds himself in.
Another aspect of the story that was hard to read was the part of Sonny's dog, Goofy. There was a part in the text where a gut was trying to breakdown Sonny's front door, he came in and Sonny had a knife to protect himself. The guy ended up pinning Sonny to the floor taking away the knife while Goofy was bitting the guys leg."Goofy kept going for his leg until his hard black shoe lifted her jaw and head when he kicked her there really hard, and she whimpered, hurt,"(Gilb, 9). That part was really sad, as an animal lover it is really hard for me to see, hear, or read about animals getting hurt. There was also a part in the text where Sonny and his mom moved in with Cloyd and Sonny finds out he can't have Goofy there because Cloyd doesn't want a dog in his apartment. I thought that was terrible. Goofy is Sonny's best friend and she can't be there and Sonny's mom didn't really do much about it.
I would have to say so far the book is very interesting, an easy read, and I can't wait to see how it all turns out in the end.
"Don't judge a book by it's cover"
ReplyDeleteThis is all too real I can reate to this saying as well. I think that your discription is more realistic and full of information, my freewrite kind of got out of controll. But I really enjoyed your outlook on what you felt about the novel. I agree with you jeana, I didn't think it would be about a teenage boy either. And di find myself reading more pages than assighned. It is really easy to get carried away in reading this novel. Well thank you for your perception and ideas, hopefully it will help me in the future.