Ghost by Paul Auster
I really enjoyed reading Ghost, it was an easy read. It made me want to read more and more. I would find this book in the mystery section of a book store or library. The book was in a third person point of view. When I started to reading Ghost, it reminds me of a book I read in 6th six grade. The book I read in 6th grade is called The Westing Game. The book remind me of the Ghost because it had to do something with a mystery case among the characters in the book. The Westing Game was much clear of what kind of case the characters needed to solve. In Ghost it was a bit confusing. I think because all the characters in the book name were all colors. It was weird but yet different then something I ever read, I would get confused to which color name belong to a person. From what that stands out is the person in charge of the color characteristics. For example, “White wants Blue to follow a man named Black and to keep an eye on him for as long as necessary. ” (p 2) The character blue seems he is really serious about his job. He’s like I don’t know whats the back ground of solving the case but I’m going to still do my job. Blue is just learning to his boss order. Blues’ boss seems to be white because he’s the one giving orders to the all the characters. It seems that blue is spying on Black from the opposite building he is living in. It kind of reminds me of a steak out, detective type of business. I also thought it was a big turning point when blue thinks a missing boy is him. I like how Blue was putting the clues with Black and White together.
I thought it was cute of Blue when he thinking about his future Mrs Blue while on the case. I can tell he really loves her just how he talks about her. For example, “His mind wanders from one small thing to another, eventually settling on the future Mrs. Blue. They were planning to go out tonight, he remembers, and if it hadn’t been for White showing up at the office today and this new case, he would be with her now” (Pg 8)
Some parts go the chapter was very visual. I thought it was funny the way the character were being describes “The black beard, for example, and the overly bushy eyebrows. And then there is the skin, which seems inordinately white, as though covered with powder” (Pg 5). Another visual part was , “Now and then Black pauses in his work and gazes out the window. At one point, Blue thinks that he is looking directly at him and ducks out of the way. But on closer inspection he realizes that it is merely a blank stare, signifying thought rather than seeing, a look that makes things invisible, that does not let them in. ” (Pg13)
Some parts go the chapter was very visual. I thought it was funny the way the character were being describes “The black beard, for example, and the overly bushy eyebrows. And then there is the skin, which seems inordinately white, as though covered with powder” (Pg 5). Another visual part was , “Now and then Black pauses in his work and gazes out the window. At one point, Blue thinks that he is looking directly at him and ducks out of the way. But on closer inspection he realizes that it is merely a blank stare, signifying thought rather than seeing, a look that makes things invisible, that does not let them in. ” (Pg13)
1 comment:
I'm also addicted to this book.I feel like the mysteries get the reader more involved and want to learn more about the story. I find this book is unique because of the characters' names.It is very rarely to see the authors named their characters by colors.I also think that Blue is a sweet man.Even though his fiance cheats on him,he still blames himself because he believes that it's his fault that cause the downfall of their relationship.
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