There is nothing more a teenager can relate to than those aspects of a teenager's life. The period compliments the development of characters and plot perfectly, tying together reader to character.
3. The protagonist of the novel is Branwell. We are introduced to Branwell in the beginning of the novel as being in a great deal of trouble, accused of hurting his new baby sister. Branwell goes into a state of silence.
"He said nothing. Nothing to the doctors. Nothing to his father, or to his stepmother. Calling to Vivian was the last that Branwell has spoken. He had not uttered a sound since dialing 911," (5). .
Throughout the rest of the novel, Branwell is placed in a behavioral center where his best friend, Conor, begins a quest to find out what really happened to Branwell and his sister that day. Conor devises a plan that he and Branwell had previously talked about, when Branwell was still speaking. The plan consisted of blinking twice at a letter on a note card when trying to spell something out for Conor.
"I took the pack of flash cards from my pocket and put it on the table. The one marked TAPE was on top, face up. Branwell's eyes fell on that card immediately, and he blinked twice very rapidly. "You want me to investigate the tape?" he blinked twice again, very rapidly. You could say he blinked in anger," (116).
As Conor's investigations progressed, Branwell's emotions through subtle communications began to progress as well. By the closing of Conor's investigations, Branwell was brought back to life due to the fact that he was finally proven innocent. .
"Over the next two days, my conversations with Branwell were once again only one-way. But the important difference was this: he did all the talking." (240).
4. Two major themes of the novel are friendship and adolescent confusion. The bond between Conor and Branwell is unbreakable. It withstands the barrier of a one-way communicated relationship. Conor and Branwell had always been best friends, vowing to stay friends through thick and thin.
He was born in Konigsburg, Prussia, on the 22nd of April, 1724. He took his degree in Konigsburg after private tutoring in 175 5 before starting his career in logic, metaphysics, mathematics and natural philosophy. ...