Reaction

I think this ending is not what I thought before. I thought that  Lerenzo would have a nice conversation with his sister, and they would go out and do some interesting thing. However, the truth is that when he sees her after 10 years, she is already died. To be honest, I am feeling so sad and hopeless because the only two people who really understand Lerenzo had gone. I think is must be hard to Lerenzo, but Lerenzo knows that she will die someday, and he just wants her to be peaceful and happy. So this is also a good ending. We can see that Lerenzo has changed a lot, and this is also the biggest and best thing he had in his life. If I were him, I would miss that cellar; that days; that memories.

Haiku

Lovers

Lovers annoying me

I like staying in the dorm

I am a loner.

The man

Handsome and clever

Always full of energy

He is John the man

Questions

What would you do if you see your sister is painful?

Do you think Lerenzo and his sister will be honest to each other?

Do you think their parents will find out the truth?

Chapter5 summary

In chapter 5, we read so many details about Lerenzo's sister. I am interested in this character because she has some interesting background information that I need to dig. This chapter is most about Lerenzo's sister goes to his house to find things  that she had left there. She also finds that Lerenzo hides in the cellar, and she stays in the cellar with Lerenzo for a night. As we can see, she is not in the good shape and she has no money on her, so she had to find a place to live. When she finds out that Lerenzo is hiding, she uses it to make Lerenzo to let her live with him for a night. She can ask her father to help her; however she hearts her father because her father doesn't really love her and he left her and her mother. I am looking forward to read more about her.

Olivia

Olivia is Lerenzo's half sister because she was born by another woman who had a relationship with Lerenzo's father. As we can see, she doesn't like her father, and she feels bad when her father helps her. I consider that she has a really bad childhood because her father has to leave her and her mother alone. She was so beautiful, but she is not in the good shape now. I think that she gave her self up because she lost almost everything she could lose. All those things directly cause that she does not accept her father as her father. She always say that it is your dad to Lerenzo. I am interested in this character than Lerenzo because I consider that she must has some secrets that build this character.  

3/30 In class writing

Lorenzo's mother was trying to pull her car in a free parking place. Suddenly, they hitted another yellow smart car's mirrow. Then the people from the other car said something really bad and did rude thing such as  yanking Lorenzo's mother. At the same time, Lorenzo was so angry and emotional, and he thought about to kill that guy who called his mother bitch. The whole thing made Lerenzo so emotional and extremely angry because no one can suffer another person to call their mother bitch. Also, the guy yanked her mother, and Lerenzo's mother fell on the ground in the rain. In my imagination, I can feel how sad and wronged his mother was. If I were him, I would go out and argue with the guy. However, he was too fear to go out of the car. This thing is so important to him because this was the first time that he was angry, and he cannot do anything to it because he was afraid. It influence him, and it also teaches him there are some thing he cannot fight with, so he had to think how to control his emotion. 

Review

This chapter is about a day when Lerenzo hides in the basement. In my opinion, he is dreaming in his head. For example, he thinks that he is the last one in Rome and he also thinks that he has slep for ages. They are all his imaginations. I consider that he is too boring, so he starts to dreaming to kill some time. He also had a conversation with his mom by phone call. In the dialogue between him and his father, he is nervous and worried because he cannot let anyone else except himself to improve that he is actually on the trip, and he doesn't want his mother to find out that he is in the basement. It is a interesting chapter because it gives us so many questions such as if he can hide for a week? If he can find another person to call his mom? Will his mom find out what really is going on? I am looking forward to see the next chapter.