Sunday, December 9, 2007
Nevermind Still Have To Blog About Lit. Circle
So far in my literature circle book, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, the main character Noboru has make some very interesting decisions. The plot was relatively easy to understand, except for some spurts of figurative language that relates many things back to simple things in life and nature like the sea and beauty. In the first seventy-two pages Noboru transformed from a relatively normal boy (except for looking at his mom naked part) to a savage young boy. His beliefs are blinded by a boy he calls "Chief" or the boy who leads a ragtag band of teenagers. The chief seems so much more sophisticated than the other boys in the gang, all the others just follow him blindly and suppress their own thoughts and feelings. The other characters in the book, Fusako (Noboru's mom) and Ryuji (a sailor who is in an affair with Fusako) have played a big role in the plot development so far like making an impact on Noboru and Noboru's beliefs. I think later in the book Noboru and Ryuji will have a conflict, because Ryuji is a soft grownup not like the manly man he is supposed to be according to Noboru's gang. When I read the part about Noboru hating Ryuji in his mind and then when he got back to his house, he acted all nice to Ryuji and asked him questions about ships. It was like all the hatred corked up inside of Noboru is only unleashed when he is with his "friends".
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Most of what you wrote for this blog post was much like my own. I also believe that Ryuji and Fusako impact Noburo, his beliefs, and his actions. In addition, I think Ryuji and Noboru will have some sort of conflict, whether it is physical or verbal. I am sure that it will happen because Noboru is realizing that Ryuji is not just a strong sailor but in fact, a compassionate and deep human being. I also noticed that Noboru acts very nice around Ryuji even though he dislikes him. Noboru doesn't believe in weakness although he acts somewhat weak in front of Ryuji.
That is pretty fascinating interpretation of Noboru. Although I think Noboru likes to deceive grownups ointo thinking he is a normal little boy. It seems that whenever he gets angry his scapegoat is human kind. He really hates humans because he thinks of them as soft and sensetive and their existence is meaningless. I sort of agree and disagree with Michael on whether Noboru is being corrupted by the chiefs ideals. I think Noboru listens to the chiefs ideals and they are reinforced by the experiences Noboru has. For example, the Chief thaught them that humans lives are meaningless and there is no point to life. Whenever Noboru's mom angers him or whenever Noboru is isolated from people he takes that as an insult from mankind. So therefore he gets mad at humans.
I really liked your summry of the book, it was very accurate and I agree with most of what you had to say. I agree with you that there will be conflict between Ryuji and Noburo and I think that if it's physical then Noburo might get his friends in the gang involved or get in a conflict with Ryuji it in front of them just to make him seem cooler to his friend. I also think that Noboru may secretly like Ryuji because he only stopped liking him after his friends told him that it wasn't okay. I don't know, that's just what I think.
Good blog though :)
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