Blog#10 souvenirs

In the chapter Souvenirs Jason and his father go on a business trip, during the trip his father had promised him that they would go to the movies together and have sometime to spend with each other. His father had gotten stuck in a meeting with his boss so he sent someone to go out with Jason and do the things they were planning to do, because of this Jason has seen his fathers coworker as a father figure maker that his own dad.  The father figures in Black Swan Green have all been proseved as a bad form of influences, such as dean Moran's dad who is seen as an alchoholic, but it seems that Jason's father is trying hard to spend some time with his son who he doesn't have the best relationship with. His father had came back to the hotel room late and had missed the movie and had promised Jason that at the break of dawn they will go out and fly his kite, but he has his doubts.

Blog #9 Solarium

In the chapter Solarium in Black Swan Green, Jason has meet Madame Crommelynck who speaks of his poetry. She has stated that Jason should be more open in the words of his poetry saying the truth behind the words is what people remember not how big or how fancy the words are especially if it has no meaning. Madame challenges Jason to become more personal to allow people to view his life and his struggles, but is still wanting to have a double life. He wants to be a poet as well as the other kids in his school which makes him almost ashamed of doing the one thing that allows his to be more open and free in fear of being teased as well as becoming the easy target that people can turn to. Jason feels that without Madame he will not learn to be a great poet, at the end of the chapter Jason finds out she has been sent to prison and that he wont be able to make it that he will be the same crappy poet.