Moving into the world opens up new phases of life and influences the way people interact with each other.
Moving into the world opens up new phases of life and influences the way people interact with each other.
Does anybody here remember their first day of school? Completely alien to what we were used to, 5 different classes a day, 5 different teachers a day. Catching the bus home. Tom Brennan relives this experience in a way. Not exactly, he had much more severe circumstances. The story of Tom Brennan is a novel about a family that gets torn apart because of the reckless actions of their eldest son Daniel who whilst drunk driving crashed his car paralyzing a cousin, killing both his best friend and a young girl. The Brennan family is made an outcast in their small hometown and is forced to move in with family in larger town called Coghill.
Throughout the early stages of the novel Tom and his family are all depressed and unmotivated. Tom is reluctant to start school or even leave his house for that matter. All he wants is to be left alone in his cave. Tom thinks that this phase of his life is impossible to get through, he later realizes that through characters like Brendan and Chrissie he is able to overcome his depression and move back into the world. Brendan (his uncle) is Toms venting tool. Brendan re-introduces tom back into exercising. Tom and Brendan’s runs are key for Toms movement into the world as they help Tom escape the constant reminders of the accident. “That’s when I’d zone out, the weight of my thoughts shedding with each kilometer, like layers of skin falling onto the track, leaving and empty shell” Brendan understands that when toms mind is off the accident he can heal emotionally.
Another person that Tom interacts with is Chrissie. Chrissie also helps tom get his mind off the accident. Tom and Chrissie develop a relationship. Chrissie helps tom talk about all of his concerns, this makes tom feel like his old self again, “When I was with Chrissie, I was me again. Simple Tom Brennan”. Chrissie does indeed bring back the real Tom Brennan,
Does anybody here remember their first day of school? Completely alien to what we were used to, 5 different classes a day, 5 different teachers a day. Catching the bus home. Tom Brennan relives this experience in a way. Not exactly, he had much more severe circumstances. The story of Tom Brennan is a novel about a family that gets torn apart because of the reckless actions of their eldest son Daniel who whilst drunk driving crashed his car paralyzing a cousin, killing both his best friend and a young girl. The Brennan family is made an outcast in their small hometown and is forced to move in with family in larger town called Coghill.
Throughout the early stages of the novel Tom and his family are all depressed and unmotivated. Tom is reluctant to start school or even leave his house for that matter. All he wants is to be left alone in his cave. Tom thinks that this phase of his life is impossible to get through, he later realizes that through characters like Brendan and Chrissie he is able to overcome his depression and move back into the world. Brendan (his uncle) is Toms venting tool. Brendan re-introduces tom back into exercising. Tom and Brendan’s runs are key for Toms movement into the world as they help Tom escape the constant reminders of the accident. “That’s when I’d zone out, the weight of my thoughts shedding with each kilometer, like layers of skin falling onto the track, leaving and empty shell” Brendan understands that when toms mind is off the accident he can heal emotionally.
Another person that Tom interacts with is Chrissie. Chrissie also helps tom get his mind off the accident. Tom and Chrissie develop a relationship. Chrissie helps tom talk about all of his concerns, this makes tom feel like his old self again, “When I was with Chrissie, I was me again. Simple Tom Brennan”. Chrissie does indeed bring back the real Tom Brennan,