About a Boy: Characterization Will Freeman Will Freeman is one of the protagonists in the novel ’About a boy’ by Nick Hornby. Through the novel Will experiences a change from a carefree‚ selfish and superficial single guy to a sensitive‚ understanding and loving man in a relationship. In the beginning of the novel Will is 36 years old and lives alone in a luxury flat.He is a single‚ has no family left and doesn‘t have real friends. Besides that‚ Will is used to have only short term relationships
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About a boy The thirty-eight years old main character‚ Will Freeman lives in London with a very comfortable and lonely lifestyle. Will doesn’t have to work‚ because his father was a successful singer and became famous when he wrote a song called “Santa’s Super Sleigh”. Instead of working Will spends most of his time to watch television‚ shopping‚ drinking‚ smoking cigarettes and driving around with his expensive Audi TT. Will is an irresponsibility person and does not want to be stepfather for
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BOOKTEST 5V1 Mijke tonnon 1. A) “About a boy” B) Nick Hornby C) 1998 2. A) The story takes place in 1994/1995. Because in the story they celebrate New year´s eve. They think back of 1994‚ about what kind of year it was‚ and they hope 1995 will be better. B) The story takes place in London‚ the boy describes that he moved from Cambridge to London‚ and that London is very different from Cambridge. 3. Marcus: Marcus is a twelve year old boy‚ his father is called Clive and his mother Fiona. His parents
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The Truth About Nick Carraway (Based on AP open Question) Sidney Bailey English 12 AP Coach Price 4/3/13 The Truth About Nick Carraway Thesis: In The Great Gatsby‚ Nick the confidant to both Daisy and Gatsby‚ displays certain admirable characteristics like trustworthiness and approachability‚ is easily confided in by Daisy and Gatsby‚ and completes the puzzle to the whole novel by being the connection between East and West Egg as well as helping Daisy and Gatsby rekindle what they once
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ABOUT A BOY What happens when two completely different worlds are colliding and suddenly becomes a united world? “A man is an island‚ and I’m Ibiza”. Will’s motto is based on one premise: people should only care about themselves and no one should take responsibility for other people’s problems. I think that the reason why Will has taken such an attitude to life is that he has never faced any real problems during his life. The only person he has to think about is himself‚ and he has
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One of the main characters in Nick Hornby’s novel About a Boy and the eponymous film based upon it is Fiona. Fiona is Marcus’ forty-year-old mother‚ who tries to raise Marcus as a perfect person into a falling world on her own‚ ever since she divorced Marcus’ father several years ago. Until the very end of the story‚ Fiona is incapable of seeing her own wrongs‚ and thus‚ she raises her son as a boy who seemingly is every parent’s dream‚ but also is unfamiliar with social norms in areas such as clothing
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About a boy By About a boy is written by Nick Hornby and published by “Penguin Books” in 1998. Setting: The novel is set in 1993 and 1994. The action takes mainly place in London‚ but also a bit in Cambridge and Royston Characters: Will is a 36 years old. Will lives alone in his flat in London. His day consist of watching TV‚ reading in magazines‚ listening to music‚ shopping and meeting new women. He is single and has never been in a real relationship. He is rich‚ because his father wrote
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About A Boy chapter summaries 1. Marcus intro- relationship with mum/splitting up with Roger. 2. Will intro- How cool Will thinks he is/visits John and Christine/not fit to be a godparent. 3. Marcus- fears and insecurities/bullied at school/singing in class. 4. Will- meeting Angie/begins his interest in single mothers. 5. Marcus- mum’s (Fiona) depression/isolated at school- other misfits don’t like negative attention Marcus brings. 6. Will- SPAT/the hunt for single‚ attractive mums/pretending
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lunatic. ________________________________________ [Fiona is crying] Fiona: I mean‚ he’s a special – very‚ very special boy and he’s got a special soul‚ and I’ve wounded it. Will: Oh‚ please‚ just shut up. You’re wounding my soul. ________________________________________ Christine: Oh‚ no... it’s just I thought you had hidden depths. Will: No‚ no‚ you’ve always had that wrong about me. I really am this shallow. ________________________________________ Fiona: He’s expressing himself! Will: No‚
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September 2012 Summer Reading Assignment: About a Boy Insensible Will‚ who lives comfortably off of the money from a popular Christmas song his father wrote‚ comes up with the idea to join a Single Parents Alone Together‚ (SPAT)‚ group in order to pick up single moms. What he chooses to overlook however‚ is the fact that he does not have any children. This sparks a chain of events beginning with him meeting Marcus‚ an awkward young teenage boy who is being raised by a depressed‚ single
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