Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Book of the Dead
The narrator of this story was a girl, which I thought was different. Maybe this is because I just don't read many girl stories. When the girl and her father were in the hotel and the father went missing, I thought something terrible had happened. I was not worried about her work of art at all. She shouldn't have been either. I would just be worrying about my father, like any son or daughter should. She did get a little worried too soon though. I wake up all the time and my parents are gone. It isn't very odd. She should have wondered where he went, but not get so worked up about it. When the father got back and told his daughter what he has done is when I would have started to get worried. No matter what, that will change any relationship between any family. If my father would have told me that I would feel like my whole life was a lie. It would be like I never even knew my father. Everything I thought about him and loved about him would be gone. After that I could care less about whoever bought my art at that time. There are some things that are just a little bit more important to me then the person who is trying to buy my art. No matter how nice the piece was, I could care less about it. I don't know if it was right for him to keep that from her all of her life, but I also don't know if he should have even told her ever. There are a lot of different ways you could look at it.
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I agree when you said about how their relationship would change. How could he lie to her like that? It didn't say exactly how old she was, but she was obviously an adult. You think he would've mentioned it before this. It also made me angry that he destroyed her art. Even though he was the inspiration, it gave him no right to get rid of it. He would never have to see it again after she sold it. Just because he screwed up his own past, doesn't mean he has to damage his daughter's future.
Annie's opinion of her father had to have changed after he told her about his true past, but I do not think that she should have lost complete interest in her sell. I think her family issues are more important, but she had made a deal to bring the statue down to the buyer's house so it would be there in time to be a birthday gift. It seemed like the statue meant a lot to the buyer and her father so. That makes me think that Annie should keep some concern in her sell. I know if I had bought a statue for a birthday present, I would be counting on it. I would be upset if the seller came to my house without a statue and told me it was because her father did not like the statue. Her father's opinion would not concern me, and I would be without a birthday gift to give to my father. I do not think that the statue should be Annie's primary concern, but it should definitely be on her mind.
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