Lorenzo's sister

In my opinion, Lorenzo's sister, Olivia is a sensitive and rebel girl who lives in absence of affection, but she is also a poor girl. She smokes, takes nude photos, and keeps getting into trouble. She seems like a bad girl, but this is not all her fault. She lives in a divorced family, and she did not get enough love from her father. However, a father is a big role in either a family or a kid's life. In kids' development, there should be a father to teach them something necessary. In the book, when Olivia gets into trouble, Lorenzo's father just gives money, and he does not teach Olivia the rules in the society that she is supposed to know. Even when they are together, Lorenzo's father is just telling Olivia negative things about her mother. Thus, Olivia keeps making trouble. She is so sensitive that when she saw her box was in the cellar, she was angry. In my opinion, Olivia actually loves her father, and she cares about his feelings. That is why she keeps the stuff and memory of her father in the box. Lorenzo mentioned that when he saw his sister in a party which was held by his father, his sister looked pretty good. When he saw his sister in the cellar, she looked bad. Olivia loves her father, and she wants to get his attention. That might be the reason of why she dressed well in the party and rebel. Olivia wants her father's attention and love, but she goes the wrong way which makes her sensitive and rebel. 

Summary of chapter 5

At the beginning of the chapter, Lorenzo imagined himself as Countess Nunziante. He held a party, everything was interesting. However, his sister Olivia just came, and they were looking for a box together. His sister did not ask why he was hiding in the cellar; she just took her book and left. After she left, Lorenzo read a letter from Olivia to his father. The letter showed how much Olivia hated their father, and then Lorenzo was angry at Olivia. In the midnight, his sister came and asked Lorenzo to let her sleep here. If Lorenzo did not agree, she would tell his parents that he was hiding in the cellar, so Lorenzo allowed Olivia to sleep here for a night. 

Questions

Lorenzo's mother extremely hates the traffic issues in the city, so she wants to bring Lorenzo to countryside. His mother wants to live here, but Lorenzo does not like this idea. One day, she drives into one man's car, and the man's mirror is crashed. He was so aggressive. He wants his mother to pay, and the man says some dirty words to his mother. 

Lorenzo is angry, guilty, afraid, and confused. He does not know what to do. He wants to get out of the car and have a fight with the men, but he has to control his anger. On the other hand, he is afraid of the man. He feels guilty, because he is not able to protect his mother. He is so confused about what he should do. Then he fainted. 

This is important, because he is different from the way he was. He used to be so aggressive; if someone pushed him so hard, he would fight them back. He is not able to save his mother now, however, he thinks he can kill the man. He changed a lot, and he is not as strong as he thinks he is. Thus, it is important. 

Summary

This chapter describes Lorenzo's "ski trip". Lorenzo lied to his mother about the trip, and he had nowhere to go, so he decided to spend his time in the basement. He only ate a bar of chocolate for lunch. He listened to music and imagined what his mother was doing above.

Lorenzo

I like Lorenzo as a character in this book. He is totally different from others in this book or out of this book. This makes me like Lorenzo. He is an interesting character who has a special mental problem, too much self-importance. I haven't seen people who have this problem in my past 17 years life, so I am curious about him and this book. Lorenzo's life is different from normal people's. Going to school is a easy thing for all of us, but it is the most difficult thing for Lorenzo. He should wear mask everyday, if he does not, he will be bullied. For example, when he is young, if somebody does not leave him alone or push him too hard, he wIll shout and throw things to the person. Because of his much self-importance, he thinks everybody is stupid, except his family. All of these differences between him and normal people make this book and this character beautiful. Sometimes strange people are more attractive, so I like Lorenzo as a character I this book.

Me and you chapter 1

I do not like this book so far, because of the author's slow rhythm. When I was reading the first chapter, I almost fell asleep, because the slots run so slow. The author writes lots of descriptive things, such as the description of environment or argument between Lorenzo and Lorenzo's mother. Too much description makes the book boring, that is why I like mystery and fancy novels, because there are less description and more slots. I like the books which have strong and fast rhythm or slots; however, chapter 1 has many boring things, so I do not like this chapter.

Three best choices

1. 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear
2. We were liars
3. The Target