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A Monster's Call Patrick Ness Quotes Analysis

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Conor and his grandmother’s relationship in A Monster’s Call by Patrick Ness is complicated. Connor’s grandmother is represented as a selfish,mean and a too proud person through Conor’s point of view. Conor’s grandmother is important in this novel, because she is the character Conor expresses his anger to. This helps the readers know the state Conor is in, which makes them feel bad for Conor.
Ness mirrors the physical relationship between Conor and his grandma with hatred and annoyance.Ness shows us that with this quote ‘Conor stared at her.Because this was the other reason he didn’t like his grandmother visiting.What she’d just said could have been her being a snob.’This quotation shows that Conor is annoyed with his grandmother,because his …show more content…

From this, we understand that his grandmother is also trying to help Conor letting go of his mother. Ness shows us with this quotation “ ‘She’ll seem better tomorrow,’his grandmother said, her voice huskier, ‘but she won’t be,Conor’ ” This quotation also shows that his grandmother is scared of Conor’s mother dying, as her voice got huskier. But Conor doesn’t accept the truth and is angry at his grandmother. It can be seen from this quotation “The treatments are making her better ” While his grandmother is trying to help him, he doesn’t accept her …show more content…

Ness shows that Connor’s grandmother is struggling too, to make us feel bad for her and to realise that Conor is not always correct. It can be shown with this quotation “As he passed his grandma’s room, he saw from the light under her door that she was still awake. He could hear her in there, weeping” Conor’s grandmother already has a lot of stress and burden, as her daughter's illness is getting worse and worse, and she also has to deal with all the paperwork. Ness shows that she is trying to hide that all from Conor, and trying to stay strong for him. It is shown from this quotation “Then she rubbed her face with her hands, and she was surprised to see that she was really really angry.But maybe not at him.” His grandmother was never mad at Conor, as she knows how much Conor is

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