The View From Saturday Analysis

The View from Saturday, written by E.L. Konigsburg, is about four prepubescent children and a disabled teacher. In the story, each of these characters has to make profoundly crucial choices that could change their lives. Choices, as you probably already know, are very important in life. You must choose whether you want to study or not. You must choose whether you want to eat or not. The children, Noah, Ethan, Nadia, and Julian, and the teacher, Mrs. Olinski, make significantly considerable choices throughout the entirety of this story. The choices that you make can affect your life just as much as how the characters’ choices in this story affect their lives, so you should not take choices for granted. Noah was to spend his vacation in Florida …show more content…
The new student greeted Ethan and introduced himself as Julian Singh. Julian was a strange boy, as he came from England and lived on a cruise ship until he moved to Epiphany, New York. Ethan didn’t know if he liked Julian or not. Later on, Julian invited Ethan to a tea party. Julian had also invited Noah and Nadia to the tea party. The foursome quickly got along and became friends. Nadia chose the name “the Souls” for the foursome, and they all agreed. Later on in the book, Nadia takes her dog, Ginger, to the auditions for the dog role of the play “Annie.” Ginger won the role, and the owner of the other dog, Michael Froelich, became furious. His friend, Hamilton Knapp, decides to poison Ginger with tranquilizer filled treats. He unknowingly puts to treats on Michael Froelich’s dog’s table instead. Julian had the choice to poison Froelich’s dog or save him. He ends up saving Froelich’s dog, which was a highly important decision, but Julian gave the drugged treats back to Hamilton right in front of his mother. Julian was the reason that Noah, Nadia, Ethan, and himself were friends. Julian decided to invite the four to a tea party, and that sparked the beginning of their