Blog 6: The last invisible boy

I am near the end of my book The Last Invisible Boy and the book has sort of changed in terms of the tone. In the beginning and middle of the book, it was more of a dark and awkward tone from the author while talking about Finn's family and how his life has continued without his dad. But towards the end of the book, the tone changes to more of a sad and upsetting tone. One reason is because Finn thinks about how he is no longer important in this world and he believes that without his dad, he is a nobody type of kid. Another reason it get's sad is because Finn's family starts to have rough times after just recovering from a long tragic loss, and Finn breaks down and cries about it for a few chapters. As I get farther and closer to the end, Finn continues to have a sad attitude and continues to explain how he still is being picked on at school and how he does't think he can go any farther without his father. Besides the sad scenes towards the end, Finn has finally went back to school and fought through the pain. Throughout his first week back he quickly was able to talk to normal friends and live a normal kid life. But as the second and third week of his return to school arrived, the reasons in which he didn't want to go to school in the first place arrived again. Finn started to get picked on again about his dad, about how he has changed and about his family in general. After that was when Finn started having more of his emotional breakdowns. Hopefully at the end of the whole book, Finn finds away to avoid these obstacles and overcomes the long and painful conflict.

After reading far into this book I was able to tell what the theme was. I think the theme is about having to overcome problems in life because if you don't, you go nowhere except for the path of pain. I think this is the theme because it has been two years since Finn had lost his father. He was just ten years old when his dad had died. Now, two years later at the age of twelve, Finn still avoids some of school and doesn't bother to meet new friends because of what happened. He is avoiding the solutions to his problem which is why it is hard for him to continue with a normal kid life. It's understandable about how much pain he is going through because he has lost his dad, but he just has to not think about it for a while so he can overcome this conflict and take a path towards more happy feelings. That is what I believe the theme of this book was all about. If Finn doesn't want to continue getting picked on, he has to avoid all of the negativity and see where more of the happiness get's him rather than staying by the sad side of his feelings.