The book, Keeper, by Mal Peet includes multiple themes within its storyline, but the one that stood out to me the most was how Gato loves and hates the Keeper at the same time. Throughout the story, the author is able to display Gato’s feelings both explicitly and implicitly. These parts are crucial to the story because they show how as Gato’s skills improved his relationship with the Keeper got stronger. In the story, the author displays Gato’s explicit feelings of love and hate for the Keeper through his words. For example, after signing with DSJ and the Keeper tells Gato that their training together is coming to an end. Gato then says “ No that is not true. I am afraid. I am afraid of not coming here. I don’t know what I will do without you.” (Peet 147), This quote is stating that Gato is not ready to give up spending time with the Keeper because of the loving bond they have built for each other. Before they could create a loving bond, Gato and the Keeper had their differences. In the text on pages 41 and 42, Gato explicitly states his feelings of hate towards the Keeper. Quotes such as “He was hard, unemotional, and didn’t seem to know what praise was.” and “He didn’t seem …show more content…
to be doing this for my sake, but for his. So, sometimes I hated him.” (Peet 41,42) show how Gato felt when the Keeper would not acknowledge his hard work or improvement during their practices. Similarly, the author portrays Gato’s feelings of love and hate towards the Keeper implicitly in various ways.
For instance, throughout the interview with Paul Faustino we hear Gato speak greatly of the Keeper. This action implies that Gato is grateful to the Keeper for allowing him to make that special loving bond between them and influencing such a big part of his future. As for the feeling of hate, the author shows these through quotes such as “ I could hear the bitterness in my voice.” and “ You know I can’t beat you, I have never beaten you. You always know what I am thinking.” (Peet 105) In this part of the story Gato feels like the Keeper is mocking his skills in penalties in which he responds by using actions that one would normally use when angry, or towards someone we
dislike. In conclusion, Gato’s love and hate feelings towards the Keeper changed as his skills improved, making their relationship stronger. The author is able to portray Gato’s feelings both implicitly and explicitly allowing the reader to see the importance of these feelings and their importance in the storyline.
The novel Keeper’n Me was written by Richard Wagamese and first published in 1994. It was later published in Canada in 2006. The novel is about a man named Garnet Raven who was taken away from his parents and the Ojibway way of life when he was three, and put into various foster homes and forced into the white way of life. When he was around 20 he ended up doing something that got him thrown into jail. While in jail, Garnet received a letter from his Ojibway family and decided to return to his first home, White Dog, once he got out of jail. Once he returned to White Dog, Garnet started to learn many things from his family, friends, and a man named Keeper. He discovered a sense of place, and self, and started to make his way back into the Ojibway
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that in order to be happy Gatsby feels that he must put up these false
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