(pages 60-124)
SUMMARY
It was Christmas morning, and Eddie woke up by the smell of his mother's pancakes. All he was thinking about was getting a bike for a present. Like his friends, he wanted a "real life" and a bike. He had really high hopes without thinking about what is going to happen when he's extremely disappointed. He didn't get a bike because his mother couldn't afford it. Instead, his mother hand-knitted a sweater for him. He called it a "stupid, handmade, ugly sweater". He threw it on the floor like it was trash and he didn't care about his mother's feelings. She has four different jobs and and tried her best to save time for them to spend together. All she wanted from him was to understand how hard it is for her, how much she struggles for the past 2 years, and how much love was put in Eddie's sweater. He was so caught up in his mind games that he ruined his own Christmas Day. No matter how much he blamed it on God or anybody else, he's the one to blame. His mom was exhausted and fell asleep while driving Eddie home from his grandparent's house on that Christmas day. She pasted away.
QUOTE
"I didn't know who let me down more: Mom, for not buying me what i deserved; Dad, for not watching over me like he was suppose to; or God, for ignoring my promise" (Beck 71).
REACTION
The thoughts of a twelve year old boy is very important when there's difficult emotional conflict that is involved in the book. It makes the reader feel what the character is feeling, intensely. However, what's interesting is that the author describes mom's actions and facial expressions instead of her thoughts. The reader can feel mom's pain without needing to know her thoughts. Eddie's mom has a unique personality because she expresses her emotions in her eyes. She actually lectures Eddie with her eyes. Which makes the reader more interested because its boring if you always let the character tell the reader what they are feeling all the time.
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