Essay On The Knife Of Never Letting Go

Throughout the last 10 days I have been busy reading Patrick Ness’ The Knife of Never Letting Go, and I am currently on page 155. A young boy named Todd who is close to being an adult narrates this book. Todd is seeking question about this new world called Prentisstown that he lives in. In this small world everyone can hear what you’re thinking, which is called “noise.” In this new world there are no woman or girls, because right after Todd was born a noise germ killed all of them. One day Todd finds a hole with no noise and returns to his home in Prentisstown. He shares his findings with his guardians Ben and Cillian. Ben and Cillian inform him that he can no longer stay in Prentisstown because the people will be able to hear his noise about his findings. Todd is very confused on why he has to leave but eventually is forced to. While reading Ness’ The Knife of Never
Todd is still very young and has not yet reached adulthood, he is close but he still has a lot to learn. He was not expecting to be sent off so abruptly, but Ben and Cillian knew it was coming and Todd did not understand how they knew or why they knew. He did not want to leave on his own but ben and Cillian acted like that was the best and only option to keep Todd safe. Todd did not understand why finding the quiet hole in the swamp was such a big deal but his guardians acted like it was a life or death situation. His guardians did not give Todd any intimation of why finding the whole of silence was so bad. All they told him was that he needed to leave right away and to not think about the hole of silence. Todd stated that keeping his thoughts quiet would be easy; he said, “ Well, since I don’t know nothing, that ain’t hard (Ness 46).” I believe he will be able to survive on because he found people farther in the woods that could potentially help him