Sucker Punch by David Hernandez Personal Response
‘Sucker Punch’ personal response
The novel ‘Sucker Punch’ by David Hernandez was a captivating experience that consistently drew my attention being from a young adult’s point of view. I am a 17 year old male growing up, encountering mature situations like the main character in this book, Marcus. As well as Making me think about the main theme of the story.
The main theme of the story is domestic violence. It made me realise how strongly opinionated I am on the topic and it sickens me to read how Enrique, the main characters brother is violently beaten by his father at a very young age for completely nonsensical reasons on several occasions. For example he beat him for getting dirt on the carpet and another time for going over a stone while mowing the lawns. ‘Dad backhanded him and blood came to his lips, he called him and idiot and incompetent. He backhanded him again.’ I cannot personally relate to this but it infuriates me to read knowing this carries on in our society.
Family violence is a very real and common problem in our society but people aren’t strong enough to stand up and help. In my experience I’ve seen children beaten in public places and shocked spectators’ faces but often no one says or does anything to help the victim, so it won’t stop. I also see this in advertising campaigns on television where scenarios are played out to show people how they can stand up and help to improve our society. For example the “it’s okay to ask for help” advertising campaign which describes situations of domestic violence. They reiterate that the victims as well as bystanders need to ask for help outside of the family and that it is okay to ask for help. Marcus felt he should have done something to help Enrique every time he was attacked but cowered away into a corner, frightened, as the father had frightened the whole family into submission. In the book Enrique acted out and punched a hole in the wall. Marcus said “Dad would have pummelled Enrique had he seen
The novel ‘Sucker Punch’ by David Hernandez was a captivating experience that consistently drew my attention being from a young adult’s point of view. I am a 17 year old male growing up, encountering mature situations like the main character in this book, Marcus. As well as Making me think about the main theme of the story.
The main theme of the story is domestic violence. It made me realise how strongly opinionated I am on the topic and it sickens me to read how Enrique, the main characters brother is violently beaten by his father at a very young age for completely nonsensical reasons on several occasions. For example he beat him for getting dirt on the carpet and another time for going over a stone while mowing the lawns. ‘Dad backhanded him and blood came to his lips, he called him and idiot and incompetent. He backhanded him again.’ I cannot personally relate to this but it infuriates me to read knowing this carries on in our society.
Family violence is a very real and common problem in our society but people aren’t strong enough to stand up and help. In my experience I’ve seen children beaten in public places and shocked spectators’ faces but often no one says or does anything to help the victim, so it won’t stop. I also see this in advertising campaigns on television where scenarios are played out to show people how they can stand up and help to improve our society. For example the “it’s okay to ask for help” advertising campaign which describes situations of domestic violence. They reiterate that the victims as well as bystanders need to ask for help outside of the family and that it is okay to ask for help. Marcus felt he should have done something to help Enrique every time he was attacked but cowered away into a corner, frightened, as the father had frightened the whole family into submission. In the book Enrique acted out and punched a hole in the wall. Marcus said “Dad would have pummelled Enrique had he seen