Sorry if there are any mistakes. I copied and pasted this from a word document. I did actually write it though.
Characters
1. The main character, Arthur Hobhouse
This guy pretty much had one of the worst
lives ever. It starts at Cooper station. After he is sent to Australia. He is
not one of the toughest kids in a bunch, but he isn’t small. But unfortunately
he is the youngest of the bunch when he’s on the boat Australia. So many of the
kids pick on him. On the boat he meets Marty, the tallest and toughest of the bunch.
After throwing up at the same time on the edge of the boat, the two bond and
become best friends. Marty always has
Arthur’s back. Read on to learn more about Arthur.
2. Secondary Character Marty
He has a little bit of humour, looks out for
Arthur and is really tough. When he got whipped psychomaniac (read about him
later) he would say thank you to the psychomaniac after he got whipped by him.
Sadly he dies of depression and alchohol, but he has happy adventures with
Arthur.
3. Meg
Through the story Arthur and
Marty escape Cooper Station and wonder in the out back for a little and are
found by some natives. They get taken to this hill where Meg picks them up. Meg
is a woman in her late 50s for most of the book. Her husband died in the war on
a battle ship, and her son has left her over a big row. She picks up animals
that have been injured and need to be treated for a while. She likes poems and
models ship making. She teaches Marty and Arthur many things, like reading and
writing and other school studies.
4. Allie
She is
the very persistent daughter of Arthur. She insist that they go on a voyage to
England to find Arthur’s sister, whose only proof of existence is the lucky key
that Arthur’s sister gave to Arthur. But unfortunately Arthur dies. So she has
to go alone. Her mom and grandpa try to stop her from going alone, but she persists,
she also does a little Dale Carnegie by getting the mom to be in charge of all
communications, they buy her computers and other fancy electric stuff. In the
end they help her search for the long lost sister. She faces many hardships on
her way to England.
5. Mum and Grandpa
The Mom is a very strong woman
who held the decision of whether Allie gets to go on the voyage. But after the
computers she is decided, Allie is allowed to go. She is also the one who finds
the long lost sister. They grandpa is a cool guy who is obsessed that Allie
try’s to tell every body that the boat that she is sailing on was made by there
companies. But he also ends up getting NASSA to get in touch with Allie as she
sails across the sea.
THE PLOT SUMMARY!
It starts out with Arthur and his sister getting separated
in England and Arthur getting sent to Australia.
On the boat Arthur gets bullied, because he gets seasick all
the time. But he meets Marty, who looks after him.
When they got to Australia people try to separate them. But
Marty made sure that they stay together (this condemns one of them, because now
both are going to Cooper station.).
At Cooper station both of them work hard because they have
to. Arthur almost becomes friends with Ms. Cooper. One of the kids goes on a
hunger strike then try’s to escape. But he fails because he was so week that he
fell out of his saddle. After a while Arthur and Marty escapes on Black Jack
(the horse) and a group of natives pick them up, and they hang out with them
for two weeks. Then they get dumped and Meg picks them up.
Meg also has them do hard work, but they gladly do it
because they want to. They help her nurse the animals that need nursing, and
also do what ever needs to be done. After they are old enough she finds them a
job as ship builders. She sadly parts with them.
They soon become master ship builders at their job and enjoy
it a lot. They also get over there seasickness. But it ends sadly when the
owner is going through hard times and try’s to do a insurance scam.
Marty then starts to go into depression and drink and then
dies because he slipped into the water and never came back up.
Arthur goes back to Megs and they have some happy years, but
Meg dies and has no will so Arthur has to move out.
He wonders around and gambles all his money away that he
makes. He tries to commit suicide but a doctor saves him. A nurse then falls in
love with him they marry and they have a child, Allie.
When Allie is older they start to build a boat that they
will use to sail to England. But Arthur is diagnosed with four big blood
tumours, and only has 5-6 months to live.
Allie goes on with out him. An albatross fallows her as she
sails. She is convinced that it is her dad’s spirit. One day though she finds
that she has killed him.
She goes into depression. She comes out of it etc. etc.
Finally she reaches England. Her mom introduces her to the long lost sister,
Kitty. And she lives happily ever after blah blah blah.
The reasons I like
this book:
The author is always descriptive, but never over does the
descriptiveness QUOTE “…we may have come from a beautiful ship with pillar-box
red funnels and an orchestra, but we were prisoners just like them…”He also
uses new ways to describe. He uses poems, and metaphors, and also a little of
your general descriptive tools.
But what really
brings this story out is that I have never read anything like it before. He tells us stories that we all know but he
puts a new perspective on them. Like the orphans going to Australia, I knew
that they had sent, first criminals, and then I learned that they sent children
later. But in this book we learned what happened to some of them. Not all the
orphans got a happy life surfing, and drinking piña coladas. NO! Some of them
went to people like… BACON COOPER! This
dude is your classic psycho crazy maniac. This is his idea getting kids ready
for heaven “THESE KIDS HAVE CAME FROM HELL, AND ARE DAMED! THEY MUST BE
REDEEMED AND…” etc. and etc. Pretty much, you are my slaves, and you will work
for me, to make me a garden, and if you disobey me I will whip you. In fact I
will whip you if I feel like it. MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
AHAHAHAHA! The author also brings out the hardships you
could go through. Example, when they where looking for work, the main
character’s friend went into depression, and started to go out drinking every
single night. Then one night he fell into the water, and never came back up.
I am pretty sure this author was having a good time beating
the stuffing out of the main character.
HIS LIST OF HARDSHIPS!
1.
He endures Cooper Station (Crazy dude).
2.
Best friend dies because of drink and
depression.
3.
He goes into depression, because he looses
everything.
4.
Then he is not allowed to go with his daughter
sailing to find his sister that he lost when he got sent to Australia, because
he has four major blood tumour that kills him in 5 months.
5.
And as if that is not enough his spirit goes
into an albatross to keep his daughter safe as she sails to England to find her
last Aunt. But one day she comes up and finds that he was dragged in the
fishing line over night, so now he got doubled killed.
Nice dude the author is, EH?!
1. Marty does not seem like a
drinker. Through the book I got the impression he was the kind of guy who never
touched alcohol.
2. Meg seemed like a person who
would leave a will, not leave Arthur by himself.
3.Also Mister Dodds (the owner of
the boat making company) did a insurance scam, but he seemed like the kind of
guy who would give every body a good chance. Not ruin their lives.
I have to say if I was asked where this author is placed on
my list he would be pretty close to number one. I look forward to reading his
other books.
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