Essay Assignment 7 Every Good Boy
Essay on ”Every Good Boy” by David Nicholls
The short story “Every Good Boy” by David Nicholls was first published on The Guardians website in 2011. The short story deals with the problem of a 9-year-old boy trying to be good at something. Already in an early age children experience some kind of pressure from their parents. A pressure which force the child to be good at something, to be good enough, to be accepted.
As referred to above we hear about the 9-year-old boy who wants to be good at something. He tries so hard to be good at playing the piano just to impress his parents. And the main theme of the short story is therefore legible. The main theme is growing up, because of the circumstances the boy deals with in his up growing. The only thing we hear about is his piano lessons and how he practise at home.
“But there must be something you can do,” “Everybody can do something” – the father says. It is clear that the parents desperately try to find the talent of the boy in something, anything. Both the boys’ sister and brother are good at something and a certain pressure is putted on the boy.
The main theme is substantially “growing up” because the problematic of the boys attempt to become good at something, is essential in his up growing. The boy is a first person narrator. The 9-year-old boy has no talent men he is quite stubborn about it. Although he is not good at playing music he still has some knowledge about various musicians. “…called “In A Country Garden” or “A Bonny Lass” or “Peck Peck Peck””.
The boy is not a completely normal boy, because of the way he acts in the end when Mrs Chin his piano teacher dies. “I took one last look at the scene of the crime and squeezed carefully out of the room, taking care not to let the cat in”
In the quotation it is clear that the boy thinks that he killed Mrs Chin, which was not what hat happened. He thinks that his bad playing on the piano killed the old lady, which could never happen “in the real world”.
The short story “Every Good Boy” by David Nicholls was first published on The Guardians website in 2011. The short story deals with the problem of a 9-year-old boy trying to be good at something. Already in an early age children experience some kind of pressure from their parents. A pressure which force the child to be good at something, to be good enough, to be accepted.
As referred to above we hear about the 9-year-old boy who wants to be good at something. He tries so hard to be good at playing the piano just to impress his parents. And the main theme of the short story is therefore legible. The main theme is growing up, because of the circumstances the boy deals with in his up growing. The only thing we hear about is his piano lessons and how he practise at home.
“But there must be something you can do,” “Everybody can do something” – the father says. It is clear that the parents desperately try to find the talent of the boy in something, anything. Both the boys’ sister and brother are good at something and a certain pressure is putted on the boy.
The main theme is substantially “growing up” because the problematic of the boys attempt to become good at something, is essential in his up growing. The boy is a first person narrator. The 9-year-old boy has no talent men he is quite stubborn about it. Although he is not good at playing music he still has some knowledge about various musicians. “…called “In A Country Garden” or “A Bonny Lass” or “Peck Peck Peck””.
The boy is not a completely normal boy, because of the way he acts in the end when Mrs Chin his piano teacher dies. “I took one last look at the scene of the crime and squeezed carefully out of the room, taking care not to let the cat in”
In the quotation it is clear that the boy thinks that he killed Mrs Chin, which was not what hat happened. He thinks that his bad playing on the piano killed the old lady, which could never happen “in the real world”.