The bear, the boy, and the forest

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Is it just me, or does this book sound a lot like Moby Dick? Think about it, there is a giant animal that the lead male character is obsessed with yet, in this book, the boy doesn’t seem to want to actually kill the bear but rather just watch it. The boy seems like an extreme stalker in the way that he literately follows “Old Ben” deep into the forest with unclear intentions on whether or not he is interested in killing him. So far he just wants to follow the bear, but what next? Who knows?! He could want to either shoot the bear dead and hang his coat on the wall of his office or become friends with the bear and live a happy life in the forest. In the beginning, the boy is constantly talking about being worthy of the title “hunter,” but if he doesn’t want to kill the bear is he really a hunter? The boy has had two chances to kill the bear and has not pulled the trigger. This is on page 203 when Sam says, “You’ve done seen him twice now, with a gun in your hands. This time you couldn’t have missed him”. My point is this: the boy’s intentions with the bear, or “Old Ben,” are unclear at this point in the story. I enjoy this because it adds an element of suspense to the book in what could be a slowly progressing plot line. I am so far invested in the book because I want to know more about the relationship between the boy and the bear, and I feel really bad for that poor female hunting dog that got attacked by Old Ben. I hope that you are all enjoying this book as much as I am.

Pun of the Week: Right now, I am so excited about this book that I can bear-ly contain myself.

P.S I commented on Will and Sophia's




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  1. Noah PalframanJanuary 22, 2018 at 10:35 PM

    3/10 pun, you forest that one out, but it bearly passes. Try lion down the real puns next time. :)

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