Thursday, June 25, 2009
Irish Girl
I was given the short story “Irish Girl” for our mini book club. At first I really did not care too much for it probably because I did not understand it completely. It was not until I had a couple groups for discussion that I grew to like it. It was a story about a family that progressively fell apart while the parents were in the middle of a divorce, the Father was moving in and out of different homes, and the 16 year old boy William was going through many changes as one major change was that he found out he was adopted. William got into a huge fight and moved in with his dad. Every weekend Charlie, the younger brother would stay with his dad and William. At one part of the story Charlie tells his dad that William had snuck out of the house when he was told not to, later that night Charlie was woken up in the middle of the night by his father beating William. It was kind of sad seeing the progression of a family falling apart. The end of the story was the farthest from a happy one, when William tries to beat the train tracks to go hangout with his friends but and does not quite make it. I found it quite odd that the story was named after William’s girlfriend who barely was in the story, just because she had long red hair and bright green eyes. Overall it was a good but sad short story and I enjoyed being in charge of the conversation for the mini book club.
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Brandon first of all I really enjoyed going to your book club. I also didnt quite understand some parts of the story. I thought that the discussion went very well. This was a sad story to read though.
ReplyDeleteCompletely sad story but I found to be interesting because of how adoption can change lives.
ReplyDeleteI also thought this was a sad story, but I liked it. I thought it was sad that William died at the end, but it was kind of his own fault. He knew the train was coming, and he should not have tried to beat it. I also thought that it was weird that the story was named Irish Girl.
ReplyDeleteAfter hearing you talk about it in the book club. I actually was VERY interested in this story. Since I had not read it right then as soon as class was out I read it. Its probably one of my favorites up there with NIpple Jesus. I think its because it is a story that some people may possibly easily relate to. Adoption, separation, death. VERY touching and sad story.
ReplyDeleteYou did a good job with this story, Brandon. The relationship between the brothers fascinated me, especially when you throw in the dynamics of the adoption.
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