Wide Reading

Describe a character that interests you in The fertile earthly concern and explain why that character interested you. Colin a 12 grade old boy interested me from the book The Fat Man by Maurice Gee. Colin is a hungry boy caught up by the set up of the Depression. He learns from the deep macrocosm that his dad was a bully in school and the fat small-arm wants revenge for what they did to him. Colin is kindle because of the time he lives in and because he has to learn truths about his parents and universe brave and portion Verna.We learn from the book that Colin is a hungry skinny 12 year old boy who is always desperate for food. As it was the Depression thither was not enough money to buy food to eat. Laurie (Colins amaze) has release finding a job and blendting enough money to kick in his family. In the book it tells us that Colin is a hungry boy with the acknowledgement Colin Potter was a hungry boy. The other quotation They were hard times. thither were hungry times tell us that Colins dad potentiometert find a job and get money that they collect to buy food and they were quite hungry when Laurie couldnt earn money.I popular opinion this was interesting as it is different from how children nowadays are being brought up in New Zealand and having enough food for the whole family to have mass to replenish their hunger when we are hungry. It is hard to imagine how New Zealand children were uniform during the Depression, hungry for food. Colin is interesting because he has a scary encounter with the fat hu gayity and learns that he wants revenge for being bullied by Colins father at school. Colin meets the fat man at the creek. The fat man holds him grit even though he doesnt want to and discovers Colin had stolen his chocolate.The fat man soon discovers that Maisie and Laurie were Colins parents. The fat man tells Colin about his parents. How his father bullied him at school and farting and blaming e realthing on the fat man. Laurie and his friends also spat sandwiches casual at the fat man and made him eat them. I cried too, habitual for a year. Pottsie liked it. It tells us that Laurie made the fat man holler out as he bullied him everyday for a year and the fat man hated it a lot. The second quotation Then theyd be sick on it Spit sandwich was its name.I ate one of those everyday. The fat man had to go through Laurie and his friends spitting sandwiches on him everyday and he didnt like it. It is very interesting seeing how Colin deals with truths about his father. In Colins eyes, his father seemed smaller to him now. Colin is a very interesting boy as he was very kind and supportive towards Verna when she had hard times. Despite Colin being very afraid of the fat man and the bullies at school, Colin stands up for Verna and walks her understructure even though he knows that the Rice gang is going to get him soon.Colin walks home with Verna. The quote in the book is Ill walk with you which was very kind of him even though he didnt want to. Colins bravery to me makes him a very interesting character. Colin is a very interesting character in this whole story. He overcomes his fear of the fat man and the bullies at school because he was a kind boy and precious to help Verna. I also learnt more about the Depression how umpteen people could not find jobs and therefore their families could not afford food.