He didn’t really have any understanding on Sonny. On pg. 561, he tells us, “Sonny just moves back, inside himself, where he can’t be reached.” Sonny would just keep his thoughts and feelings to himself. This probably made it more difficult for people to read him, which is why his brother never understood him, or even tried to understand. But by the end of the story when he finally got to hear his brother play his music, and do what he always said he wanted to do, he finally understood everything.
Kip Kinkel shared some characteristics from other mass murders. Most mass murders feel disconnected from their family. Kinkel didn’t feel like he was accepted in his family because even though his mother loved him, he didn’t get that same
Charlie is not shunned by people but is often the center of their jokes unknowingly. Although Charlie doesn’t’t understand many things that happen to him or are said to him he thinks that people are his friends and that he is accepted by them, but once he completes an operation and becomes an intelligent man he quickly finds out that he was the one everyone was laughing at and becomes frustrated and embarrassed. Despite their many similarities, John and Charlie over come many obstacles in very different ways to be accepted by society. Charlie and John both grow up in different ways and become accepted by many people throughout their journeys because of their changes throughout the novels. Although Charlie’s disability seems to be more severe than Johns they both have many of the same support systems and patterns of thinking, as well as the way they relate to others.
Even from a few months old they will smile and engage with their carer and by four months can vocalise by ‘babbling’ and ‘cooing’. From six months old an infant will become more interested in social interaction, although that depends on the amount of time spent with other children and his/hers personality, they will also have a fear of strangers and distress at the separation of a parent or carer. By the time they are nine months old an infant can recognise familiar and unfamiliar faces. From one year ‘temper tantrums’ may have begun. They become more demanding and assertive and can express rage at being told ‘no’, they have no idea of sharing and a strong sense of ‘mine’.
I always remember that.” (Page 54). Lockie did not like some of his teachers and they did not get on very well. Well lets just say he ended up in the guidance officer’s office a few times. In woodwork he did not get a proper project because Borax thought he could not do one, because Lockie did not know what the names were of the tools he was using. The guidance officer, John East got along with Lockie, they talked about what was happening at school.
After bringing Ben back to the house the children started to stay away from the house. Jane was quiet and to herself but went to her friends house after school. Paul did come home but he was often in tears, whined alot and stared for long hours at nothing. He was too thin because of his malnutritioned appatite. He didnt concentrate on important things, he daydreemed and mooned restlesly.The problem with Paul was that he didn’t have a mother at the time when he was growing, which is why he turned out this way.
I always remember that.” (Page 54). Lockie did not like some of his teachers and they did not get on very well. Well lets just say he ended up in the guidance officer’s office a few times. In woodwork he did not get a proper project because Borax thought he could not do one, because Lockie did not know what the names were of the tools he was using. The guidance officer, John East got along with Lockie, they talked about what was happening at school.
They include having many failures, not having any close friends, and the loss of his younger brother Allie. Since his many failures at school, Holden has been in a downward spiral that will eventually lead to his mental break down. Not being able to talk to any close friends makes Holden’s depression much worse. Holden thinks that he should be dead instead of his brother Allie which does not help with his depression. If Holden’s parents had let him go to a school near his apartment he might have been able to establish a few long term relationships.
Victor was jealous of his friend Thomas. Victor felt that Thomas remembered more good things about his father than he could remember. Victor thought that his father was there more for Thomas than him. Victor expresses his feelings while riding on the bus and several other times. He says, “Thomas what do you know about my father;” although Thomas gives him story after story about how he remembers Victors dad and how he such a good man.
It’s as if the kids have vanished. Where are they? Indoors, doing homework or playing video games. For many parents, the mere mention of video games conjures visions of kids’ little brains turning to mush from staring at a screen all day. Parents should regulate the amount of video games their children play because if your child regularly plays games with plots based on violence and aggression, research shows children at risk for increased aggressive behavior, it inhibits social interaction, and it is not always intellectually stimulating.