We have finally finished the novel Sarah’s Key and I really enjoyed reading it. Thank you for
following me as a read this book and I am sad to say that this is this blog’s
last post. I hope you enjoy and feel free to comment.
“What are you going to tell Mom and Dad? She asked. About
not coming to Nahant? And about the baby? God knows” (Rosnay 223)
In this quotation Julia is talking to her sister about a
huge secret which she is keeping from her parents. I can totally relate to this
quotation, because my brother and I have kept plenty of secrets and we have
spent hours on how to explain them the truth. One particular situation that I
can think of is one time my brother and I broke the basement door while playing
mini sticks (basement hockey). When we broke the door we spent countless hours
trying to find a good explanation, but none of our ideas seemed reasonable. So,
we tried to hide the accent as best as possible but, my parents eventually
found out. From my personal experience I find that it’s better to truth right
away rather than trying the truth. Sarah situation is definitely more
complicated and she has been going through a lot, and it is difficult to just
tell your parents that your parents without creating a reaction.
SHHHHH! It's a secret (Via Giphy.com)
In this section we get to see both Julia’s and William’s lives get completely flipped upside down. We get to see how one event completely changed their futures for better and for worse. For William, after he found out who his mother really was and after pursuing more information about his mother, we learn that he got a divorce and he got a new girlfriend. He also even states that his live has completely changed after he found out. “That was my girlfriend... I’m divorced now, Julia..... You know, after you told me, everything changed” (Rosnay 287). Then for Julia, her actions in wanting to learn more about Sarah, resulted in Julia’s and Bertrand’s marriage to fall apart, then after the news of a baby, it caused them to split up. Sarah got a new boyfriend as well and she named her daughter after the child who changed her life, Sarah. “My Sarah. An echo to the other one, to the other Sarah, to the little girl with the yellow star who changed my life” (Rosnay 293).It was amazing to see that one little girl’s named Sarah and her story was able to change both of their lives. Although, I have never had an experience which changed my life like Julia and William, I have had many experiences which have impacted my future. For example, moving to a new house was definitely an experience which impacted my life. Moving to a new neighbourhood, making new friends and living in a place that my family was definitely wasn’t used to be all things which resulted because we moved houses. It’s
interesting that one small or large experience can affect the future.
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Thank you for reading this blog and following me as I read and discussed my thoughts of Sarah’s key.
Hey Stephen! It was fun following your blog throughout our reading of Sarah’s Key.
ReplyDeleteI myself have a younger brother, and I totally understand where you’re coming from. Sometimes the things that my brother and I hide from our parents are not just things we did together, but things we did to each other. There was a point in my life where my brother and I would constantly fight, up to the point where it got extremely violent. One time we were playing mini golf in our basement with plastic clubs and golf balls, and I accused my brother of moving his ball closer to the target, therefore cheating. My brother got really mad and hit my shins with the plastic club, and I in turn hit him over the shoulder. It wasn’t long before we started beating each other with plastic golf clubs from walmart. I accidentally hit my brother a bit hard on the nose, and he started bleeding really badly. Since my parents were asleep, I tried calming him down and taking care of his nose bleed before they woke up. My brother did end up telling on me, and I got in trouble even though he was the one who started it. It was one of those defining moments of my childhood because I got into a lot of trouble, and I tried hiding the truth from my parents which made it even worse.
Hi Stephen, well done on your blog, I really enjoyed reading it. You made some pretty great points about how hard it can be to keep a secret from your parents. I have been there myself and I personally feel like my nerves are eating my alive when I lie to my parents. I definitely think that it is best to tell the truth, no matter what the situation may be because if you constantly lie or circle around the truth it is just going to make the situation worse than it was in the first place. I feel like Julia constantly lived a lie with her husband Bertrand because he never really knew anything about what was going on in her life and never really bothered to ask her until it started to annoy him how she was so obsessed with finding Sarah. In the end, Julia circling around the truth ended up tearing her marriage apart, so it is very clear that lying solves a situation.
ReplyDeleteIn terms of how the book ends, I was shocked and surprised at how Williams life ended up, but I was not shocked at Julia's divorce because I saw it coming when they started to argue a lot more. I have never had any huge changes in my life the way that Julia and William did, but I can imagine how difficult it may be to make a fresh start and forget about every thing that happened in the past, it can be quite hard to adjust to. I think that change Julia made with her life was for the better though, because I don't really think she needed anymore of Bertrand's negative energy in her life.
Thank you Stephen for being a great blog writer this semester. I respectfully disagree regarding your opinion about Julia’s story being enjoyable. I personally don’t believe Julia’s story was a great one. I did not like the fact that all Julia would do is complain about her husband Bertrand. Bertrand got on my nerves with his heartbreaking feelings he had toward his wife and his new child. All I know is that Bertrand does not deserve to be a father nor a husband, but many of us can sit down and argue about it for several minutes like we did in class.
ReplyDeleteNow on the topic of keeping the truth from our parents, it is possibly the worst thing one may do. I once lied to my mom about breaking one of her guest plates. (I promise it was a complete accident) I was then pleased with myself for several days thinking that I got away with this immoral act. A few short days after the incident, my mother approached me in a guilt-tricking manner and I don’t know how she did it but I had to confess my crime. Since that day I knew that I would never get away with lying so I never lied again. Good luck with your exams buddy and don’t lie.