The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
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Jack exploits Bods curiosity about his parents and lures him to his house to accomplish his mission. Silas told Bod about the death of his parents, and Bod was filled with anger. Bod’s whole family was murdered when he was a toddler. Bod did not have a chance to know them; therefore, when this news was broken to him, wanted to know about his parents. Scarlett had met the man Jack in the graveyard, but he had a different identity, Jay Frost. Mr Jay Frost claimed to be a historian and had a project at the Bodgraveyard. Bod wanted help to know more about his parents and told Scarlett about it. Mr Frost lived in the house that was owned by Bod’s family before their death; thus, Scarlett invited him over since Mr Frost was his friend (McKean, 110). The man Jack knew this was his chance and tried to kill Bod, but Bod escapes. Mr Frost follows him to the graveyard, but Bod kills him. Jack takes advantage of Bods quest to know more about his family but fails in completing his mission.
Jack negatively influenced Bods curiosity as Bod did not make friends as an average child would. In the graveyard, the little children he played with when he was young looked the same as they did ten years ago. No one in the graveyard ever altered; the children were still small. Bod was a teenager and had no friends neither in the graveyard nor the living world (McKean, 101). It was unsafe for him to be in the living world since Jack was threatening to kill him. Bod would have lived an everyday child life, but Jack did not let that happen. Bod had only one friend Scarlett, but she had moved to Glasglow.
Jack diminishes probabilities of Bod studying in a school like a normal kid. Silas had encouraged Bod to learn only to discover Bod only needed a little push. Bod wanted to explore the living world and study in a school with kids his age. This was impossible at some point as Bod’s safety was the priority. Silas enrolled him in a school in the village. This was a risk Bod was willing to take, although he stopped attending school because of bullying (McKean, 86). Bullies nearly beat Bod in school.
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Dave McKean The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman with Illustrations