Analysis Of Patrick Ness 'A Monster Calls'

If the fiction novel A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness, had gone on for one more chapter, it would have described Conor O’Malley’s life after his mother died. In Patrick Ness’s novel, Conor was a thirteen year old boy whose mother suffered from cancer. This cancer plagued the mind and body of Conor’s mother until it finally consumed her. A huge mystery that was left unsolved at the end of this book was what happened to Conor after his mother died. On page 199 when Conor’s grandmother was driving him to the hospital where his mother was staying, she said, “You know, Conor? You and me? Not the most natural fit, are we? But we’re going to have to learn, you know” (Ness). Conor’s grandmother was implying that after his mother died, he would have to come live
“You wouldn't have that in America. We barely have room for three of us, Con. Your grandma has a lot more money and space than we do. Plus, you're in school here, your friends are here, your whole life is here,” (Ness 89). Due to his father’s reluctance to let him come live with in America, it is only reasonable to assume that Conor would live with his grandmother for the rest of his childhood. In this novel Conor was very closed off and reluctant to share his feelings. During this extra chapter Conor would begin to heal and open up more to people around him. Before his mother had died, the yew tree came to him and told him that it was not his mother he was going to heal, but him. “I did not come to heal her. I came to heal you” (Ness 172). Essentially, if there were an extra chapter it would have gone through Conor’s recovery and eventually his achieving happiness. An extra chapter may have also gone into Conor and Lily’s relationship, which was progressed in the end after Lily told Conor that she could see him. “And she was right. She saw him, really saw him” (Ness