The Perspective Of The Broken Becoming Whole`
The sad life of Little from Peter Brown Hoffmeister novel, Too Shattered For Mending is all to real. Hoffmeister’s background helps make the story come to life and uses personal details from his past to relate to the main character. Being a troubled teen Little struggled in school trying to get by and dealing with his dyslexia throughout his everyday schooling. Meanwhile dealing with his homelife, his grandfather who raised him suddenly disappears and no one knows what happened to him. This deeply troubles Little all while dealing with his brother who recently got out of jail and the love that he has for his abused brothers ex girlfriend. While trying to stay afloat he has a cop that's after him …show more content…
Little struggles to find his way and seek the truth about what really happened and in the same time also trying to make a way for himself in the world. Hoffmeister uses his real life examples like the expulsion from three school, being homeless, admitted into a program, and his love for the wilderness to create the character Little. Too Shattered For Mending targets younger viewers because of its compelling look at life through a highschool students struggles and constant willpower of continuing through life even when the odds aren’t in your favor. The author tells a sad story while putting the compelling spin of the grandfathers disappearance on it and uses the empathy for the characters to draw readers in deeper.
The authors writing style is clear throughout the entire novel. Hoffmeister’s writing is effective because of the way the reader navigates through the book. Throughout the entirety of the novel it goes between present day time and Little recalling past memories with his relatives. The flashbacks help draw the readers in and make them look deeper at the characters themselves. This helps the development of the characters because it provides …show more content…
We choose our destiny, at one point or another in our lives something bad happens. It's never just all rainbows and sunshine because if that was the case Rowan may have not of killed herself. However life isn’t like that we do have thunderstorms or rough patches. The author reminds us that we all have a second chance and it's what we do with our second chances that count. The novel has creative scenes throughout it and several parts full of mystery. One of my favorite parts of the novel is when Mrs. Trepp the neighbor of Little gives them a root beer barrel, “Candy? Root beer barrels. They’re my addiction. I suck on two of them on the way to the store, and two on the way back. Those two are my return barrels”(238). I love this because the book in its entirety is so serious and laughing doesn’t really occur. This is a bit comical though because up until that point Little had not talked to Mrs. Trepp really ever before. The first time he does, like every stereotypical grandma or old lady she offered him candy. The most tragic part was my least favorite part was Rowan dying because it meant that nobody had reached her enough to the point where she felt like she had her second chance in life. People need to know there is a second chance. Hoffmeister does a great job of making that point in the
The sad life of Little from Peter Brown Hoffmeister novel, Too Shattered For Mending is all to real. Hoffmeister’s background helps make the story come to life and uses personal details from his past to relate to the main character. Being a troubled teen Little struggled in school trying to get by and dealing with his dyslexia throughout his everyday schooling. Meanwhile dealing with his homelife, his grandfather who raised him suddenly disappears and no one knows what happened to him. This deeply troubles Little all while dealing with his brother who recently got out of jail and the love that he has for his abused brothers ex girlfriend. While trying to stay afloat he has a cop that's after him …show more content…
Little struggles to find his way and seek the truth about what really happened and in the same time also trying to make a way for himself in the world. Hoffmeister uses his real life examples like the expulsion from three school, being homeless, admitted into a program, and his love for the wilderness to create the character Little. Too Shattered For Mending targets younger viewers because of its compelling look at life through a highschool students struggles and constant willpower of continuing through life even when the odds aren’t in your favor. The author tells a sad story while putting the compelling spin of the grandfathers disappearance on it and uses the empathy for the characters to draw readers in deeper.
The authors writing style is clear throughout the entire novel. Hoffmeister’s writing is effective because of the way the reader navigates through the book. Throughout the entirety of the novel it goes between present day time and Little recalling past memories with his relatives. The flashbacks help draw the readers in and make them look deeper at the characters themselves. This helps the development of the characters because it provides …show more content…
We choose our destiny, at one point or another in our lives something bad happens. It's never just all rainbows and sunshine because if that was the case Rowan may have not of killed herself. However life isn’t like that we do have thunderstorms or rough patches. The author reminds us that we all have a second chance and it's what we do with our second chances that count. The novel has creative scenes throughout it and several parts full of mystery. One of my favorite parts of the novel is when Mrs. Trepp the neighbor of Little gives them a root beer barrel, “Candy? Root beer barrels. They’re my addiction. I suck on two of them on the way to the store, and two on the way back. Those two are my return barrels”(238). I love this because the book in its entirety is so serious and laughing doesn’t really occur. This is a bit comical though because up until that point Little had not talked to Mrs. Trepp really ever before. The first time he does, like every stereotypical grandma or old lady she offered him candy. The most tragic part was my least favorite part was Rowan dying because it meant that nobody had reached her enough to the point where she felt like she had her second chance in life. People need to know there is a second chance. Hoffmeister does a great job of making that point in the