Choice Book Project Qt. 3

         I read the book The City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende.The main character of the novel is Alexander Cold. He is a 15-year-old glasses-wearing Californian who has become angry because his mother has cancer. He learns many things during the  very long course of the novel. At the beginning of the novel he is fussy, moody, thankful and childish.
        The reason he is fussy is because while his mother is getting treatment in Texas for cancer, Alex has to live with his father's mother. Alex thinks he is old enough to care for himself at fifteen and should just stay at home. He thinks nobody thinks he is mature or grown-up enough to stay by himself.
        The purpose for him being moody is because his mother has cancer and it has been putting lots of stress on him. Also because he does not get to go with his sisters to his other grandmother's house.
       The explanation for Alexander being childish is because he is upset he has to go live with his grandmother and that he is getting split from his sisters. Also because he thinks he is old enough to survive on his own and does not need to go live with his grandma.
       While he is in Amazon he learns many things. He learns to be thankful for all he has and to just wish the best for his mother. He also learns to be grateful for his grandmother and the adventures she has taken him on. Also that she would take him in while his mother is getting treated for cancer.
        Overall I think Alexander has many great qualities. The main reason why he has these qualities is because of his mother's cancer and her having to get treatment.
        At the end of the story Alex becomes thankful and happy. I think he ends up like this because he met his grandma and had fun getting to know her. Also because he had fun being there and his mom ending being just fine.
      He is thankful becasue he met his grandmother and she took him on an incredible journey.
      Alex is happy because he got an amazing journey and his mother ended up being fine after all.




        The point of view in this story was obviously the main character, Alexander. Alexander is the main character so they want to get his feelings and emotions on everything.
         I think they picked Alex because they wanted to see how he felt about everything including how he felt about his mom's cancer, moving in with his grandma and being apart from his sisters and parents. Also his adventure in the Amazon.
        They wanted his point of view on his mother having cancer and getting the treatment because they wanted to show the pain he was going through how his mother was ill and dying. Also that she wouldn't be in his life anymore if she died from the cancer and that treatment did not work.
       Another reason why is because they wanted to see what it was like to move in with his grandma. They mentioned earlier in the book that he barely knew her and they barely ever saw each other.Another reason why his parents moved him there was because they wanted Alex to get to know her better, which he did. They wanted to show it was getting to know her and the bond they began to have.
       Also they wanted to see how he felt when he was away from his parents and sisters. It showed that he got really lonely and had nobody to talk to. His grandmother never wanted to do anything he did, but his sisters would of.
       And lastly, his adventures in the Amazon. The author wanted to show the him having fun, being joyful and being scared in there. When his grandma took him into the forest she and the others were looking for a "beast." I would be pretty scared if they were looking for a creature that nobody even knew existed yet and they did not know anything about. The adventures he had in there would be fun and to see all the exotic animals and nature life. It also must have been joyful because he was getting to know his grandma and he was in the Amazon which is one of the biggest forests in the world.
        Like I said before, I really think in the end he did not regret going to his grandmother's and getting to know her ans seeing who she really was.