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Story Progression/Development: 4Characterization: 3Conflict: 3Conclusion: 4Additional Thoughts: Quotes: 1. He pets the dog and he pets the dog and he rubs the dog's stomach and rolls the dog and he loves the dog.
The wonderful, hilarious and sad story of Martin O'Boy, who is about 11 or 12 at the end of World War II in Lowertown, Ontario. Crammed full of great characters, and wonderful events, it is mostly the story of Martin and his best friend's abuse at the hands of the choir master at church...but really, so very much more than that. Totally wonderful, funny and lovely!
Remarkably dull.
If kids grew up absurd in the sixties, they grew up largely unnoticed, unheeded and unrespected right after the War. A favourite dictum of parents hardened by WWII was ‘kids should be seen and not heard!’Or at least, just unheard. Dr. Benjamin Spock had yet to utter a word on childrearing in those years, and affluence was conspicuous by its absence, so go figure. A rough-and-Tumble childhood for all of us babyboomer brats. But that wasn’t so bad!We had plenty of days of freedom. And strangers ra...
