The cement garden

book review

The cement garden

Trevisan Giulia 4^Asc

Analysis

Introduction

Plot summary

Conclusion

Topics Covered

The cement garden

Introduction••

• Author: Ian McEwan
• Title: The Cement Garden
• Wrote in 1978
• This book deals with complex themes such as adolescence, the loss of innocence, and how the absence of a parental figure can influence a child’s growth

plot summary••

This book tells the story of four siblings — Julie, Sue, Tom, and Jack — who become orphans and try to hide the mother’s body to avoid being separated and sent to different foster families. However, the absence of a parental figure brings to the development of unusual relationships between them.

analysis ••

• I think Tom, the youngest boy, is the most impressive character because his personality clearly shows how the mother's death caused him to become psicologically disturbated.
• In general I don't really like the book because in my opinon some details are irrilevant with the story.
• I wish the story had a different ending: this one feels incompleted.

conclusion••

In conclusion I didn't really like the book; It deals well with psicological themes but some details were unnecessary. I don't reccommend it because i think it isn't a book that doesn't make you do a really important reflections.

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Topics Covered

Reflections

Love

Spicy

Sadness

Anger

Fun

Final

Action