HOLE Book ReviewThe Short Story Hole
“HOLE” Book Review
The short story “Hole” is written by Andrew Porter and is set in USA. The theme of the short story is death which is quite evident throughout from start to finish. This is evident because we see a vivid picture of the death and it helps put us in the author’s shoes.
The “Hole” story features two boys. One is the narrator who we are not given a name for and one is Tal, his friend who dies in the story. Tal is cutting the grass in his home for his brother who is paying him so he doesn’t have to do it himself. Tal’s family have a hole at the bottom of their garden that Tal’s dad made by pulling off a mine cover where they illegally dump their cut grass. They are unaware of what is down the hole and have many different myths about it. On this day Tal drops the bag full of grass down the hole and has to climb down and get it. He is brave and climbs down without thinking about it. When he is down there, the narrator calls his name but he gets no response. He keeps calling him and tells him to stop messing around. He threatens to pee on him and various other normal 10 year old jokes but still doesn’t get a response. Tal was after dying because of the dangerous fumes in the hole and two firemen made the same mistake as young Tal after.
I enjoyed reading this story as it puts us in the same frame of mind as the author through his vivid imagery and description. It helps us imagine how it feels for your best friend to be taken from you on a normal day when you were waiting for your friend to go swimming like you always do. I would recommend this story to any book reader.
The short story “Hole” is written by Andrew Porter and is set in USA. The theme of the short story is death which is quite evident throughout from start to finish. This is evident because we see a vivid picture of the death and it helps put us in the author’s shoes.
The “Hole” story features two boys. One is the narrator who we are not given a name for and one is Tal, his friend who dies in the story. Tal is cutting the grass in his home for his brother who is paying him so he doesn’t have to do it himself. Tal’s family have a hole at the bottom of their garden that Tal’s dad made by pulling off a mine cover where they illegally dump their cut grass. They are unaware of what is down the hole and have many different myths about it. On this day Tal drops the bag full of grass down the hole and has to climb down and get it. He is brave and climbs down without thinking about it. When he is down there, the narrator calls his name but he gets no response. He keeps calling him and tells him to stop messing around. He threatens to pee on him and various other normal 10 year old jokes but still doesn’t get a response. Tal was after dying because of the dangerous fumes in the hole and two firemen made the same mistake as young Tal after.
I enjoyed reading this story as it puts us in the same frame of mind as the author through his vivid imagery and description. It helps us imagine how it feels for your best friend to be taken from you on a normal day when you were waiting for your friend to go swimming like you always do. I would recommend this story to any book reader.