Boekverslag Nick Hornby

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Titels van Nick Hornby

• A long way down (1)

  2005

• About a boy (21)

  1998

• High fidelity (3)

  2000

• How to be good (1)

  2001

Summary
About a boy is a book about hte lives of two "boys" Marcus who is a little boy acting like an adult. And Will is an adult acting like a child. I mean how important is a magazine test??? Marcus just moved to London with his Mum after the divorce. He has got quite some troubles adapting at school. He's being bullied because he ia different than the other kids, strange clothes strabge haircut an he sometimes hums loud instead of in his head.
Will is living in an isolated unreal world with magazines, no working, just doing wathever he wants to and especially not caring about other people. Will thinks the easiest way to get to a women is to be a single parent so he joins SPAT. On one of the SPAT meetings in the park Will meets Marcus and he thinks he is the most responsible kid he has ever known. Will and Marcus are becoming friendly after Will saves Marcus because he killed a dug with a piece of bread. Their friendship begins to start after Marcus' mother ried to kill herself with an overdose of slepingpills. Marcus intrudes in Wills life eventhough Will doesn't want him to, but he'll get used to it. Marcus shows Will what it is like caring and responsible and Will shows Marcus what it's like to be a "kid". For example go to the barber and give him a descent haircut. Let him listen to Nirvana, tell him about trainerrs and all that stuff.
They are both starting to grow into their normal age behaviour. At the end of the book Will and Marcus both now that everything is going to be alright.

Setting: Time and place
The story takes place in London and a little part in Royston. Somewhere in 1994 between two schoolterms. See page 4,271 and 279: Page 279 she askes them their ages and adresses, and what they were doing in Royston. Page 4 Apart from Roger, not much happened in London yet. Page 271 The first of April 1984...Jesus ten years ago.
Another fact that indicates the year is the death of Kurt Cobain. The lead singer of Nirvana comitted suicide in 1994.

Title explanation
The title about a boy can be explained in to ways One it goes about a little oy Marcus who is a teenager that acts like an adult. And two the book also goes about Will Freeman who is an adult but still lives in a childish world.

Point of view.
About a boy is written in the omniscient point of view. the narrator shows you all the relevant information. Especially by showing us what Marcus and will are thinking and saying even though they're not together.

Theme
I think one of the themes from About a boy is accepting the responsibilities that come with your ages. For Marcus it meant starting to behave like a normal child not always thinking what might happen, not always being concerned about his mother but being a child and acting like it. For will it meant stop acting like a child and become a more caring and responsible adult.