(mok'ing-bûrd)
By: Kathryn Erskine
Pages: 1-76
Prompt:
-Are the characters realistic? Why or why not?
-Is what you are reading believable? Why or why not?
-What is the mood of what you are reading?
The character in the story are realistic because they have the same traits as a real world person would have. For example, the main character Caitlin has Aspergers syndrome. Aspergers syndrome is a real thing that people can have. Another example is Devon. Devon is not present in the story because he died, but the Caitlin talks about him. She talks about how he was in boy scouts, played baseball, and played basketball. Someone in the real world could do that too.
What I am reading is believable because the things that happen to the family could happen in the real world. In the story, there was a shooting at a school and the main character's brother died. Unfortunately, in real life that could happen too. Another example is that the father of the boy who passed away in the shooting was constantly crying. That is believable because it is common that when a person passes, people grieve and miss them.
The mood of what I am reading is has the mood as a mixture of sadness, frustration, and confusion. It is sad because of the main character's brother passing away. The mood is also frustration because the main character sometimes gets frustrated because she can't quite get the connection between the people making the faces that they make and the mood that that person in feeling. The mood is also a little bit confusing because the main character sometimes gets confused and doesn't as she call it "Get It". She doesn't get why people do the things that they do.
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