Blog 5: The Invisible Boy

As I read more into my book "The Invisible Boy" Finn starts having flashback memories to the days when he was with his dad, his whole family, and talks about how the house he lived in now will always be a remembered part of the family. Finn had explained a story about how his uncle and grandmother had lived in the house a long time before Finn was born and that his Uncle Victor had helped construct the house. After it was finished, his uncle and grandmother quickly were comfortable about the house and knew they would be staying their long. That is when Finn's dad was born, and both Uncle Victor and Aunt Nedine had passed away. So Finn's dad took the house, and married to Finn's mom Enid. Finn had also told stories about the different damages the house had been through from different storms and from his uncle starting a fire in the living room burning the couches and half of the room. But there was a moment in the house during a storm that Finn would never forget. Like always, Finn, his brother Derek and his dad were getting ready to watch another baseball game of their favorite team the Reds. Finn had said as they turned to channel seven, they found out the game had been canceled due to severe thunderstorm warnings. Eventually, a huge storm had moved it's way to Finn's area. To be prepared, him, Derek and his mother all went into the basement. Instead of joining them in the basement for protection, Finn's father had stayed upstairs the whole time reading a magazine. After the storm had finally ended they did not know if he was still alive or not because he said that he would be downstairs. Fortunately he was still in his chair reading his magazine, but nobody really knew why he stayed up there. Now that he is gone, Finn had realized that it was really a test. He believed that the reason his father stayed upstairs during the storm was to show them all that when the day comes to where he is gone without his protection, they would be able to stay strong and protect themselves. So far, Finn had said that he and his family are failing that test.

After reading a few chapters into my book I am able to reflect on what I have read so far. So far in the book, the main character Finn gives a biography about his life and how his family is struggling without their dad. He still hasn't said exactly how his dad died, but it is easy to tell because Finn has flashbacks to his childhood memories with his dad and keeps saying that they miss and need him. Finn has mainly been talking about how he has changed ever since his father has been gone. Example would be when he talks about how his hair has gone from shiny black to clear white and that his skin has gotten even paler. He considers himself a ghost. Even at school he considers himself as a ghost because nobody talks to him there and always make fun of him because of the new changes. But they do not understand what he has been through which is why he refuses to say anything. Mainly Finn has been talking about his family right now and how they are dealing the problems without his father. He has admitted that it has been hard and that he wants him, his brother, and mother to continue fighting to show his father that they are strong. And that is mainly what has been happening in my book "The Last Invisible Boy".