Task: Write about the character of Mother. What kind of person is she to you? What can you tell about her relationship to Christopher? Support your opinion with references to the text. Only use evidence from the letters.
Judy Boone is the mother of Christopher John Francis Boone and lives with Roger Shears in London. Although she loves her son very much, she left him because of her affair with Mr. Shears but the biggest reason for moving to London without him was that she thought it’s the best for Christopher. Judy Boone is a very hot-tempered person, who gets angry very quickly, shouts very often and also hit Christopher sometimes. That’s also why she didn’t stay with Christopher anymore; she said she “couldn’t take it anymore”. Because of getting angry so often she had a lot of discussions with her husband, so she felt lonely and looked for help in Roger Shear’s arms and so it’s happened that they fell in love with each other. Christopher’s Mom and Dad are very different on the emotional layer. On the one hand Ed Boone is very patient and doesn’t shout often, on the other side Judy Boone gets angry very quickly. So this relationship didn’t work anymore. And when Judy saw how harmonic Christopher and Ed got on together she felt very sad about the feeling that they don’t need her. So she left her son, although it “breakes her heart”. She was just overwhelmed by the situation because living with an autistic child is not easy because of their exesses. She gets kind of depressive and so she thought it’d better for her son when she left. In the letters you see how hard the situation is for her. Phrases like “I think about you all the time” or “I still love you” show that Judy Boone can’t live with her son anymore but she also tries to explain to him why she left. She says frequently that she is sorry for everything. She is very honest because she told his son her true situation - That she couldn’t handle the situation and was tired of Christopher’s illness. Her love for her son is also expressed in questions like “Do you remember…?”, there you can see that she likes to think about the “old good times” together. She wants her son to live in her life, so she told him much about her life, although they are divided by a very long distance. In my opinion she took the right decision once she shows her endless joy about Christopher’s visit to London and leaving Roger for living with Christopher. In the end you can say about Judy that she is a very hot-tempered person who loves her son very much and wants only the best for him, but she is also a emotional woman who needs her own life with love and a privacy.
(by Sarah L.)
Judy Boone is the mother of Christopher John Francis Boone and lives with Roger Shears in London. Although she loves her son very much, she left him because of her affair with Mr. Shears but the biggest reason for moving to London without him was that she thought it’s the best for Christopher. Judy Boone is a very hot-tempered person, who gets angry very quickly, shouts very often and also hit Christopher sometimes. That’s also why she didn’t stay with Christopher anymore; she said she “couldn’t take it anymore”. Because of getting angry so often she had a lot of discussions with her husband, so she felt lonely and looked for help in Roger Shear’s arms and so it’s happened that they fell in love with each other. Christopher’s Mom and Dad are very different on the emotional layer. On the one hand Ed Boone is very patient and doesn’t shout often, on the other side Judy Boone gets angry very quickly. So this relationship didn’t work anymore. And when Judy saw how harmonic Christopher and Ed got on together she felt very sad about the feeling that they don’t need her. So she left her son, although it “breakes her heart”. She was just overwhelmed by the situation because living with an autistic child is not easy because of their exesses. She gets kind of depressive and so she thought it’d better for her son when she left. In the letters you see how hard the situation is for her. Phrases like “I think about you all the time” or “I still love you” show that Judy Boone can’t live with her son anymore but she also tries to explain to him why she left. She says frequently that she is sorry for everything. She is very honest because she told his son her true situation - That she couldn’t handle the situation and was tired of Christopher’s illness. Her love for her son is also expressed in questions like “Do you remember…?”, there you can see that she likes to think about the “old good times” together. She wants her son to live in her life, so she told him much about her life, although they are divided by a very long distance. In my opinion she took the right decision once she shows her endless joy about Christopher’s visit to London and leaving Roger for living with Christopher. In the end you can say about Judy that she is a very hot-tempered person who loves her son very much and wants only the best for him, but she is also a emotional woman who needs her own life with love and a privacy.
(by Sarah L.)
