1. Plot:
The story is about two persons. A girl named Nance and a boy named OD. They were a couple for a long time, but suddenly they both got their own problems. That was the reason why they broke up. Nance is a black girl and all her life she thinks her natural parents are dead and she have been adopted by her adoption-parents, Tom and May. She had never seen her real mother on a photo and she never really cared. But one day when she was looking for old clothes from May, she finds a photo of her, Tom, May, two strangers and a black woman who had worked with Tom and May in the same school in Africa, where Nance was born. Sometimes her parents talk about that woman and Nance knows that woman is still alive. Nance thinks that's her mother.
Then there is OD. He's a difficult boy and he has just one passion, playing soccer. His mother left him and his dad when he was very young. His father had no job, but he wants a come-back as a musician. OD can't stand it that his father is doing well. OD allways blames his father of being the cause of his mother leaving them. OD has also a problem. He has a rival in his soccerteam. OD has always been the best, but another boy, Seanie, is playing very good as well. Besides, OD's knee is starting to hurt a lot. If he misses one soccergame he will be thrown out of the team. This is because Nance's father is the coach and he doesn't likes OD. OD thinks he has the worst life anyone could have.
OD is only talking about his own problems and never listen to Nance, that is why Nance decides she wants to break up with him. When they have broken up, Nance wants to find out who her natural mother is. OD's rival, Seanie is helping her. At the end Nance finds out her natural mother is May, she had slept with an African man who died in a car crash.
At the end OD makes up with his father and he and Nance are back together. The father of Nance gives OD a chance and treats him well. I think the climax of the book is when Nance and OD are getting back together.
2. Title:
The title of the book is White lies. I don't really understand why the writer uses the word white. I do know why he uses the word lies. The hole strory is based on lies, but at the end all the lies are cleared up. So that's why he uses the word lies. Maybe he uses the word white, because at the end you are told the mother of Nance is white and not black. But I'm not sure about that. I have never thought what the title could mean, but if I did, I could have known at the end of the story.
REDACTIE: White lies is an english term for 'leugens om bestwil', and are often said to avoid offence.
3. Setting and background:
In the beginning the name Ireland is mentioned. That is the only time the name Ireland is really said in the book. At the end OD says he has to buy a ticket for a boat to England, so that's also something how I knew the story took place in Ireland.
Also in the beginning Nance is saying she was born in 1979 and the story takes place when she is 17 so, that means it's 1996 when the story takes place.
Because these things are only mentioned in the beginning and you only see it when you're reading very thorough, it doesn't have an important role in the book.
4. Character
OD and Nance are the main characters.
Nance is a black girl. She's very smart and an perfect daughter. OD is a troubled kid, his father didn't really rase him good and that's why he goes his own way. He's acting like he doesn't really care about other people. He has one passion and that's playing soccer.
OD and Nance are a couple in the beginning, but when OD is getting really selfish they break up. At the end of the story they get back together again. In the time between the break up and the back together bit they are busy with their problems and they try not to think about each other.
The further you get in the book the rounder the characters become. You get more and more information about them, that's what gives them a real character.
5. Technique
There are two narrators. Nance and OD, because of the two narrators you can look at the story through different eyes. The point of it is you can read an event in two different ways. For example the break up between Nance and OD. Nance thinks OD is to selfish, if Nance was the only narrator you would agree with her. But you also reed OD's opinion about the break up. He doesn't understand why Nance wants to break up. He thinks she owes him an explanation. Now you can choose who you think is right. You get more openminded.
There are no flashbacks. The story is chronologic. The story also doesn't have non-fiction elements.
The story is told in a suggestive manner. All the time I was thinking who Nance's mother could be and if Nance and OD would get back together.
6. Meaning:
The writer uses a lot of events. Everytime there is something happening to make the book more exciting.
Love is very important in the book, because the lies and secrets are based on love. Secrets are not being told because nobody wants to hurt the ones they love. Because of the love and good friendship, all the lies and secrets are cleared up.
The theme of the store is "lies".
7. Genre:
I think the story is a novel, because it's about love between two people. But that love ends because of lies and secrets. And at the end the love is back because the lies and the secrets have been cleared up. The events are very serious. I think it could happen to anyone. There are a lot of adopted children and some of them want to know who their real parents are. I also think some boys are not raised good because they didn't have a mother. Of course a lot of fathers can raise a child on their own, but when they don't have a job it's very difficult. A lot of other events are also very realistic. The events are also very tragic. Like when OD's father has to go to the hospital and when OD hit the father of a friend to help that friend.
8. Literary background:
I think the book is written in 1996 or 1997, because the subject is from this time. Early this century girls couldn't be disobedient towards their fathers. Nance is, so that's why I think it's also written in 1996.
9. Comparison:
I've never read a book with two narrators before, so I can't compare this story with another book.
10. Opinion:
I think it's a good book to recommend. It's not hard to understand and I liked reading the story with two narrators. You really have to think to understand the story and it's very exciting because I had a lot of questions while I was reading. The subject is also nice. I liked the love and the tragedy in the story. I also liked the realism of the story.
I think a lot of people would like reading it.
Touch Down handbook
Pagina 136
Assignment 42:
Think of one word which describes exactly what the book is about. Put the letters one under the other and write a poem. Each letter is the first letter of the first word of a line. This is called an acrostic. The poem should be related to the book and should consist of at least six lines.
Secrets
Slowly driften away
Even after many years of love
Crashes tearing us apart
Remains nothing but silence
Every evening I’ m alone
Trying to forgive you
So we can be in love again.
The story is about two persons. A girl named Nance and a boy named OD. They were a couple for a long time, but suddenly they both got their own problems. That was the reason why they broke up. Nance is a black girl and all her life she thinks her natural parents are dead and she have been adopted by her adoption-parents, Tom and May. She had never seen her real mother on a photo and she never really cared. But one day when she was looking for old clothes from May, she finds a photo of her, Tom, May, two strangers and a black woman who had worked with Tom and May in the same school in Africa, where Nance was born. Sometimes her parents talk about that woman and Nance knows that woman is still alive. Nance thinks that's her mother.
Then there is OD. He's a difficult boy and he has just one passion, playing soccer. His mother left him and his dad when he was very young. His father had no job, but he wants a come-back as a musician. OD can't stand it that his father is doing well. OD allways blames his father of being the cause of his mother leaving them. OD has also a problem. He has a rival in his soccerteam. OD has always been the best, but another boy, Seanie, is playing very good as well. Besides, OD's knee is starting to hurt a lot. If he misses one soccergame he will be thrown out of the team. This is because Nance's father is the coach and he doesn't likes OD. OD thinks he has the worst life anyone could have.
At the end OD makes up with his father and he and Nance are back together. The father of Nance gives OD a chance and treats him well. I think the climax of the book is when Nance and OD are getting back together.
2. Title:
The title of the book is White lies. I don't really understand why the writer uses the word white. I do know why he uses the word lies. The hole strory is based on lies, but at the end all the lies are cleared up. So that's why he uses the word lies. Maybe he uses the word white, because at the end you are told the mother of Nance is white and not black. But I'm not sure about that. I have never thought what the title could mean, but if I did, I could have known at the end of the story.
REDACTIE: White lies is an english term for 'leugens om bestwil', and are often said to avoid offence.
3. Setting and background:
In the beginning the name Ireland is mentioned. That is the only time the name Ireland is really said in the book. At the end OD says he has to buy a ticket for a boat to England, so that's also something how I knew the story took place in Ireland.
Also in the beginning Nance is saying she was born in 1979 and the story takes place when she is 17 so, that means it's 1996 when the story takes place.
Because these things are only mentioned in the beginning and you only see it when you're reading very thorough, it doesn't have an important role in the book.
OD and Nance are the main characters.
Nance is a black girl. She's very smart and an perfect daughter. OD is a troubled kid, his father didn't really rase him good and that's why he goes his own way. He's acting like he doesn't really care about other people. He has one passion and that's playing soccer.
OD and Nance are a couple in the beginning, but when OD is getting really selfish they break up. At the end of the story they get back together again. In the time between the break up and the back together bit they are busy with their problems and they try not to think about each other.
The further you get in the book the rounder the characters become. You get more and more information about them, that's what gives them a real character.
5. Technique
There are two narrators. Nance and OD, because of the two narrators you can look at the story through different eyes. The point of it is you can read an event in two different ways. For example the break up between Nance and OD. Nance thinks OD is to selfish, if Nance was the only narrator you would agree with her. But you also reed OD's opinion about the break up. He doesn't understand why Nance wants to break up. He thinks she owes him an explanation. Now you can choose who you think is right. You get more openminded.
There are no flashbacks. The story is chronologic. The story also doesn't have non-fiction elements.
The story is told in a suggestive manner. All the time I was thinking who Nance's mother could be and if Nance and OD would get back together.
6. Meaning:
The writer uses a lot of events. Everytime there is something happening to make the book more exciting.
Love is very important in the book, because the lies and secrets are based on love. Secrets are not being told because nobody wants to hurt the ones they love. Because of the love and good friendship, all the lies and secrets are cleared up.
The theme of the store is "lies".
I think the story is a novel, because it's about love between two people. But that love ends because of lies and secrets. And at the end the love is back because the lies and the secrets have been cleared up. The events are very serious. I think it could happen to anyone. There are a lot of adopted children and some of them want to know who their real parents are. I also think some boys are not raised good because they didn't have a mother. Of course a lot of fathers can raise a child on their own, but when they don't have a job it's very difficult. A lot of other events are also very realistic. The events are also very tragic. Like when OD's father has to go to the hospital and when OD hit the father of a friend to help that friend.
8. Literary background:
I think the book is written in 1996 or 1997, because the subject is from this time. Early this century girls couldn't be disobedient towards their fathers. Nance is, so that's why I think it's also written in 1996.
9. Comparison:
I've never read a book with two narrators before, so I can't compare this story with another book.
10. Opinion:
I think it's a good book to recommend. It's not hard to understand and I liked reading the story with two narrators. You really have to think to understand the story and it's very exciting because I had a lot of questions while I was reading. The subject is also nice. I liked the love and the tragedy in the story. I also liked the realism of the story.
I think a lot of people would like reading it.
Touch Down handbook
Assignment 42:
Think of one word which describes exactly what the book is about. Put the letters one under the other and write a poem. Each letter is the first letter of the first word of a line. This is called an acrostic. The poem should be related to the book and should consist of at least six lines.
Secrets
Slowly driften away
Even after many years of love
Crashes tearing us apart
Remains nothing but silence
Every evening I’ m alone
Trying to forgive you
So we can be in love again.
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