Stone Cold Essay

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Stone Cold tells the saddening yet enlivening story of a 16 year male. He has experienced some gruesome experiences. This sixteen year old, born into a reasonably rough environment, goes by the name of Link. Link portrays many characteristics throughout Robert Swindells well written novel. These all I could relate to.

Link, born 20th March 1977 in Bradford, knew where he sat in society from the beginning. I also knew where he sat. This certainty was clear from the first few sentences when Link stated “You can call me Link. It’s not my real name, but it’s what I say when anybody asks which isn’t often”. This shows that Link doesn’t feel accepted by the people around him. He feels like a shadow lurking in the corner. Following the first page, …show more content…

I truly mean this because he added so much excitement, sadness, willingness and drama to the novel. I could relate to heaps of these feelings. After reading the novel for 3 days, I began to feel like his difficulties were mine. Also like his problems were mine and his situation was mine too. I began to feel quite emotionally attached to Link. This is because I began to feel whenever he experienced something tough, I was right there beside him. I was sensing everything he was. For example, when he met his new friend Gail, he was pleased. He showed this by saying “It was magic being with Gail. Like I said, I seemed to stop noticing the cold, and tapping became a sort of game for us”. Due to all the rough patches Link had been through before this moment, I felt like a huge burden was granted off my shoulders. This was when he told of what a magnificent time he was having. This burden was also lifted of his shoulders. Although, I was mainly experiencing bad alongside Link, I have never had such a bond and relatable time with any book character before. This meant I found it satisfactory and it opened up another whole level of my brain that I never knew existed. Midway through the novel, Link said “It’s not my name, but it’s what I say when anybody asks, which isn’t often”. it made feel accepted and worth as I am not the only one who feels frequently invisible. It was important that

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