I am a former reader. I used to enjoy reading books greatly but now with all the pressures of high school, I have simply not had the time to “indulge” myself. For example there is a series of books called The Secrets of The Immortal Nicholas Flammel that I really enjoy. I simply could not put these books down once I start reading. But then I had to balance work in and out of school along side sports and I felt that reading would have to come later. Over the summer though I did get a chance to hear the newest edition to the series over e-book during my summer job and was completely engrossed in the world of the novel.
When I had to make a choice of reading, I immediately thought of finding a short book with little to no symbolism. I don’t like thinking of things metaphorically so I don’t like it when I have to think that the “red curtains symbolize his internal struggle with his childhood”.
But then I was directed towards A Prayer for Owen Meany, and at first I was skeptical. Maybe it was the size of the book; maybe it was the old, worn out spine that suggested it had been sitting on the shelf for a while. Maybe it was the fact that when I opened it the words were infinitely smaller than anything I had seen before.
But as I started reading it I was hooked on the interesting story and relatable characters. Owen Meany is in fact, not the narrator, but rather a friend of the narrator. Owen is a very small child and has laryngitis and must therefore yell through his nose to speak. How this is accomplished I still have no idea, but the idea still intrigues me. The narrator tells the story of the narrators family and how they are the founding family and how the grandmother is extremely opinionated and therefore hates the Meany family for being “union men” and working at a quarry. The book shows the dynamic of old blood having to mix with the new families and how tradition enforces everyday decisions. This book takes lots of interesting twists and throws in some humor along the way. I highly recommend this so far.
http://cheezburger.com/jonny12/lolz/View/2490568960
http://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/books/prayerforowen.asp
http://www.wellsphere.com/autism-autism-spectrum-article/drowning-doesn-8217-t-look-like-drowning/1163156
http://www.aboutbookbinding.com/story/25.html
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