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My comments: At the very beginning, the story sets in a very serious and depressive tone, which includes some dark topics such as drag abuse, self-abuse, family violence, corruption, rape and so on.
Reading report
Book
The Casual Vacancy
Name
ID
Essay title
My Deepest Impression of the Two Characters
Author
J.K.Rowling
Date
Dec,2r
Rowling, after receiving an honorary degree from the University of Aberdeen. Rowling has received honorary degrees fromSt Andrews University, theUniversity of Edinburgh,Edinburgh Napier University, theUniversity of Exeter, theUniversity of AberdeenandHarvard University, for whom she spoke at the 2008 commencement ceremony. In 2009 Rowling was awarded theLégion d'honneurby French PresidentNicolas Sarkozy.
General introduction of the book & your own comments
General introduction: The novel tells a series of tragic stories after the death of local Pagford Parish Councilor Barry Fairbrother, which causes the casual vacancy and unrecoverable balance. The problem arises in deciding whether local council estate "The Fields" should remain as part of Pagford, or instead join local city Yarvil. And after the election date is announced, the children of those who are standing for election decide to make damaging yet accurate posts on the Parish Council online forum under the name "The_Ghost_Of_Barry_Fairbrother". Andrew is the first person to do so, then follows Sukhvinder and Fats Wall. Nearly everyone has a dirty laundry, including Simon Price, Dr. Parminder Jawanda, Colin Wall, Howard Mollison and so on. One main focus is the traumatic life of 16-year-old Krystal Weedon, whose mother Terri is a prostitute and heroin addict with 3-year-old brother Robbie. Social worker Kay is determined for Terri to stop her drug use and take responsibility for the care of Robbie, however, Terri relapses and her drug dealer Obbo rapes Krystal. Spurred on to start a family elsewhere, Krystal has unprotected sex with Fats in an attempt to become pregnant. It is during one of these instances that Robbie runs away from the pair in a park, eventually falling and drowning in a river, despite Sukhvinder's attempts to save him. Krystal is so distraught she commits suicide by taking a heroin overdose, the novel culminating with the siblings' funeral.
And there are some parts that are well written. The first part is its characters are very lively. For
example, the author shows a person’s personalities through other’s people’s eyes by presenting their conversations, monologues and so on. The second part is the contraction of the adults and the kids, such as comparison between adult’s indifference to Robbie and Sukhvinder's braveness. Finally, I think the author gives us a good title. All the conflicts begin and plots move concerning the casual vacancy, which makes the whole story very compact and logical.
Joanne "Jo" Rowling ,OBEFRSL(born 31 July 1965), best known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British novelist, best known as the author of theHarry Potterfantasy series. The Potter books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, and sold more than 400 million copies. They have become thebest-selling book series in history, and been the basis for aseries of filmswhich has become thehighest-grossing film series in history. Rowling had overall approval on the scripts and maintained creative control by serving as a producer on the final installment.