Reading Response By Aislinn

Reading Response By Aislinn                                 

Title:After

Author:Morris Gleitzman

Main character: Felix

Text type:fiction

Synopsis: You know when your living in a  hole and your

not used to hearing anyone except for the one who takes

care of you and then one day you hear other people and

your scared that the person that is taking care of you is in

trouble so you try to save them but you make it worse.

Well that’s what’s happening to felix. This is a book of

adventure, heartbreak and friendship. It is about a young

boy who is trying survive in the war also known as the holocaust.

My  favorite character is Felix because he is brave and

resilient and has lots of courage. He tries to look on the

bright side of life even when times are really hard. For

example, when he found his mum was still alive he was

happy until she died but to make him feel better he became

a medical assistant to help the weak.

I infer that the author chose After as the title because

this is what happened during and after  the war  and

after he almost lost everything. I also found that at the

beginning of each chapter was the word after.

My least favorite characters are the Nazis because they

are the ones who started the war. I also don’t like them

because they killed the Jewish people in concentration camps.

An interesting relationship in the text is: Felix and doctor

zajak because they both have an interest in medication

and health. Another interesting relationship in the text

would be between gabrik and the leader because they

can both be very stubborn at times. Also a connection

between me and felix would be that we can both hide

our emotions for safety plus we also

both jewish.

I chose this book because when I read once and then

I wanted to found out what happened in after. I found

it interesting because the main character is a little

Jewish boy(felix) he is probably the bravest boy in

the world.this is a sad, disgusting, happy, serious,

weird and confusing book.

Some of the themes and BIG ideas in this book is love,

determination, friendship, adventure and kindness for

example the friendship between one of the partisans

( I forgot her name ) and gabrik is so strong you could

even call it love.

If I were to compare Morris Gleitzman with another author

it would probably be R.L Stine  because they both like to

use descriptive language. Another thing they have in

common is they both have a knack for

making a scary / sad story come to life.