Outside Reading: Day 6

Since I read quite a bit earlier and I'm going on around 4 hours of sleep accompanied by an aching body, due to the wonderful delights of prom, today's reading was shorter than most. Today I'm going to focus on the way the book is being written, as in the structure of the events, which events are emphasized to show importance, which ones aren't, and those kind of things. When writing a scene including Jack and Naomi, Friesen typically includes an embarrassing mistake on Jack's part. This creates, as mentioned in other posts, some humor, but also a small bit of tenseness in the reader. This is created because the book makes the reader want for Jack and Naomi, crudely put, but "hook up". So the fear of Jack losing all chances with Naomi is constantly present. What I have found to be even more interesting, and another sign of rising action, is Friesen's use of Jack's real father again. Jack returns home in a mental mess, thinking about his father and Naomi. He soon awakens to his old "family" going about their day. Old Bill makes a nasty remark, and then the Old Coot takes a swing at him, and knocks him out. Jack’s mother yelling out the door that Jack is his real name, and that he is a Keegan follows this. This could be seen as a climactic point, but the emotions of Jack following this leaves things still up in the air. Yes, the climax of a book isn't going to solve everything, but this doesn't change anything for Jack all that much; he still goes on his way, twitching and jerking.