Christopher's parents both worked very hard for their son. Even though they both had bumps in
the road, the one thing I can say is the same about both parents is that they both love Christopher
exactly for who he is. In the passage, on pages 196-197 (paperback book) when Christopher's
Father and Mother were arguing about Christopher running away from home to go live with his
Mother in London stood out the most to me.
When Christopher’s Father said “I cooked his meals. I cleaned his clothes. I looked after him
every weekend. I looked after him when he was ill. I took him to the doctor. I worried myself
sick every time he wandered off somewhere at night. I went to school every time he got into a
fight.”
From that quote in that
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On pages 106-107 (paperback) when Christopher is reading the letter his mom wrote to him she
says
“I’m not a very good mother, Christopher. Maybe if things were different, maybe if you'd been
different, I might have been better at it. But that’s just the way things turned out. I'm not like
your father.”
This stood out to me because she is admitting to herself and to Christopher that even though she
tried she couldn't deal with him as much as Ed could. She didn't understand him as much as Ed
did. If you continue reading she is giving examples of times she was with Christopher and
Christopher started screaming and getting a little out of hand, and it got to the point where she
needed someone to talk to. Then she soon decided it was best if she left.
Also, on pages 20-21 when Christopher and his father are coming back from the police station he
was very calm when talking to him (most of the time), and was asking sure he understood
everything he was telling him.
Ed says “I said leave it for God’s sake.”
After that Christopher didn't say anything else to him for the entire car ride because