tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8457067560968597598.post1692612475840070755..comments2024-03-18T09:18:57.616+00:00Comments on Howard Cooper's Blog: Howard Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07499147712266456601noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8457067560968597598.post-85901562207395429382012-06-17T18:04:20.614+01:002012-06-17T18:04:20.614+01:00I also enjoyed the way in which this novel illustr...I also enjoyed the way in which this novel illustrated how we use our memories to make sense of our past, especially as we get older; and we can never be sure if the version that we remember bears any relation to what really happens. I know that when I reminisce with my siblings we have different stories to tell of our childhood. They are nt necessarily contradictory but we either remember different events or we interpret them differently.<br /><br />I felt, however, that the novel was insensitive in the way that the "curse" that befel upon his friend was that he had a child who had learning difficullties as if that were a great tragedy. <br /><br />Does anyone know why the mother left the protaganist the money and the diary? No one in our reading book could explain.Maxinenoreply@blogger.com