Seeing Augies life through Via's eyes took me into a whole other level of seeing how everyone's lives is changed "different" from everyone else's. And I mean that because I've Failed to realize how other memebers of the family feel when someone needs more attention than the other. I have a full house, I'm the oldest and I have three siblings the middle child, my sister is always complaining about how my mom caters to my younger siblings while on the other hand I know that they need her more than I do. So I find myself connecting with Vias character. The way she defends and protects her brother I admire that, for example when it was Augies first day of school and she went up to his room and kind of almost forced him to tell her how it was, when I sense that one of my siblings had a bad day or are going through a rough time I want to know ALL the details. I enjoyed seeing this sibling loving part of the book, you can tell she really cares for him, and puts him first. I also feel bad when Via expects her mom to come into her room and say goodnight and instead her father comes because her mom was busy with Augie. I say this because there are times when you are in NEED to talk to mom and you don't want to talk to anyone else, and it's almost like she has to settle for this because she has to understand that Augie needs her mom a bit more than she does. I also like seeing in this part how both of them know each other really well, and they know personal things about each other and they actually have a relationship, unlike in the movie "without apology" which I know are two very different situations the siblings did not have a connection at all in fact they singled "Allen" off from like being part of the family, which I found devastating because he is human and deserved to spend more time with his family, and even though he didn't have speech he could feel in his heart that he was loved by them.
Wow I never really thought about it that way. I am the youngest of 2 and sometimes my older sister tells me that my mother was way more easy going with me than she was with her. I never really realized because I never seen it from the other side. However, I have two step brothers and I am the oldest, and I feel like sometimes no one really pays attention to me because they are busy with my step brothers. Not so much of being selfish, but I always thought that the time could be shared equally.
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