"Nick Hornby - About a boy" Kapitelübersicht - Seite 4

manu · Anmeldungsdatum: 28.11.2006 Beiträge: 1 Wohnort: nähe Ffm

Hey!
Erstmal ein super Lob an euer Forum, bin eben erst darauf gestoßen.
Aber ich hab noch eine Frage , worüber ich noch überhaupt nix gefunden hab, nämlich einfach alles über Fiona.

-Ihre Beziehungen zu Marcus, Will, Suzie, Exmann etc..
-Charakter
-Ihr Selbstmordversuch
-single-mother
-einfach alles Big Laugh

Das wär so super, schreib am Donnerstag nämlich eine Arbeit über About a Boy mit Schwerpunkt auf Fiona!!

Laura-Lilo · Anmeldungsdatum: 30.11.2006 Beiträge: 1

hey!
ich bräuchte mal dringend eure hilfe,und zwar bis sonntag mittag! hab als hausaufgabe folgendes auf: what is your attitude towards Marcus and WIll? why do you have this attitude?( sind erst bei kapitel 5)
vielleicht hatte jemand von euch schon mal so eine,oder jedenfalls ähnliche hausaufgabe und könnte sie hier reinstellen? wäre echt super,laura

Pedram · Anmeldungsdatum: 16.12.2006 Beiträge: 1

Hallo erstmal...

sehr geil eure seite hier hat mir sehr geholfen Thumbs up!

hätte eine bitte, und zwar...

hat irgendjemand ein Gedicht oder so zu dem Buch geschrieben.
Also die Aufgabe lautet "find or write song-textes or poems etc. that fit very well to one of the chapters or to a specific passage of the book or to one or more of the charackters".
Hab aber das buch leider noch gar nicht gelesen, deswegen kann ich das schlecht machen.
Und muss noch soviel machen, für dieses verdammte buch, aber eure seite hat mir schon sehr geholfen...wäre echt klasse wenn mir noch jemand bei meinem kleinen problem ^^ helfen könnte
danke schonmal im vorraus Thumbs up!

Lady0174 · Anmeldungsdatum: 17.04.2007 Beiträge: 1

weiblich91 · Anmeldungsdatum: 08.05.2007 Beiträge: 2

weiblich91 · Anmeldungsdatum: 08.05.2007 Beiträge: 2

brauche auch eine inhltsangabe pro kapitel....habe schon bis zum 12.gelesen muss es aber bis morgen fertig haben, und morgen schreib ich noch net mathe klausur traurig da schaffe ich es leider net....
bitte an die email adresse: *email adresse rausgenommen* senden....

vielen dank......

edit: bitte keine emails posten. hilfen bitte nur übers forum. danke! liebe grüße, ale

jeje · Anmeldungsdatum: 25.11.2007 Beiträge: 1

leute aufgepasst !!!!
brauch ganz dringend was zu about a boy!!!

- MARCUS / WILL: problems, relationships with others, examples of his use of language, fact about his life, characteristic!

wills relationship with women!
- what were wills relat. with his previous partners like?
- in what way does his relat. with rachel differ from his previous affairs!?

wer was weiß schickt es mir bitte!!! wäre lieb von euch ! danke

Lahela · Anmeldungsdatum: 17.09.2007 Beiträge: 39 Wohnort: Braunschweig

Soweit ich weiß, sind es deine Hausaufgaben und nicht unsere. Du sollst doch schließlich was dabei lernen. Wir korrigieren gerne was du geschrieben hast, oder geben dir Tips wie man soetwas am besten schreibt. Aber wir sind hier nicht deine Hausaufgaben-macher. Dafür haben wir selbst zuviel zu tun ;-)

VanillePudding · Anmeldungsdatum: 01.12.2007 Beiträge: 3

VanillePudding · Anmeldungsdatum: 01.12.2007 Beiträge: 3

ja bitte ist ganz wichtig ... nur anregungen wie man das machen könnte wenigstens traurig

Lahela · Anmeldungsdatum: 17.09.2007 Beiträge: 39 Wohnort: Braunschweig

Nunja, wie verändert sich Wills Verhalten zu Marcus.

Ich habe das Buch nie gelesen, an den Film kann ich mich auch nicht mehr sonderlich erinnern, also werde ich nur Anregungen schreiben, wie man soetwas schreiben könnte. Wie ich schon oben schrieb, es sind eure Hausaufgaben und ihr sollt schließlich was dabei lernen und nicht wir.

Die wohl einfachste Methode sich am Anfand anzuschauen wie er sich verhält, das am besten in eine Spalte notieren, mit Seitenzahl od. Kapitel, Und dann zu schauen wie sich es verändert zum Ende hin.

zB wenn er am Anfang eher distanziert ist, wie ändert es sich im Laufe des Buches. Ich nehme an er nähert sich im langsam an, gewöhnt sich an ihn, lernt ihn schätzen und fängt an ihn zu vermissen... (wie gesagt ich habe das Buch nicht gelesen, ist also nur als Beispiel zu sehen)

Am besten also das Buch Schritt für Schritt durchgehen und schauen was am findet.
Wenn man seine fertige Tabelle hat muss man es nur noch in einem Text zusammenfassen, falls wohl kein Problem sein wird.

Verhalten 1: Start---> Verlauf ---> Ende (eventuelle Konsequenz daraus?)

Verhalten 2: Start --> Verlauf ---> Ende

usw

Ich hoffe das half euch ein bisschen, schreiben müsst ihr es immernoch alleine.

Hier noch eine kleine Hilfe: http://www.bookrags.com/essay-2003/5/28/194925/963

VanillePudding · Anmeldungsdatum: 01.12.2007 Beiträge: 3

nein es ist eigentlich keine hausufgabe muss ne schulstunde mit meinem vortrag füllen und bin da ein wenig überfordert ... aber danke für die tipps^^

Holly · Anmeldungsdatum: 01.04.2008 Beiträge: 1

hey. ich hab euer forum durch zufall gefunden und bräuchte dringend infos für mein referat
es geht um die beziehung zwischen fiona und marcus. hab bereits gesehen das jemand infos dazu angefordert hat und auch bekommen hat. wäre super wenn ich sie auch kriegen könnte
lg

PS: meine email: [email protected]

Alica- · Anmeldungsdatum: 15.04.2008 Beiträge: 1

.hallo

linarrr · Anmeldungsdatum: 09.03.2009 Beiträge: 1

also...
ich schreibe mittwoch eine klausur und brauche eine kapitelübersicht denn ich hab noch nichts gelesen!
ganz ganz ganz ganz bald!
es wär toll wenn mir jemand helfen kann
liebste grüße

Steve · Gast

Moin Freunde!!!

ich muss einen vortrag über Will und Rachel erstellen...ich hab zwar schon paar sachen, aber iwie versteh ich nich genau was mein lehrer mit :
,,How would you characterize their relationship?´´ grübelnd

meint...

ist zwar eine der einfachsten aufgaben, aber bitte help Haue / Kloppe / Schläge

Gast

About a boy

Our topic: Will Freeman: his way of life and his attitudes towards people

1 Marcus, Fiona At Marcus’ and Fiona’s house (at home) In the evening They talk about their family, about the splitting up of Fiona and Marcus’ dad - Marcus is a 12-year-old boy
- good and close mother-son-relationship
- Marcus is interested in his mum’s life
- His mum seems to be the child who needs to be taken care of
p.6, line 22, 24
p.8, line 6-9
- Marcus doesn’t want to
watch soaps because
he doesn’t want to
remind his mum of her
problems

Aspects of language:
- M. hides his thoughts, isn’t able to express them
- Speaks with the vocabulary of an adult  he behaves and talks like his mum
2 Will,
John,
Christine 1. at home
2. at John’s
house 1.
Will is reading a glossy magazine and is doing a questionnaire

2.
Will meets John and Christine, they talk about their children and Will’s life - Will hates children
- He likes his well-ordered life (can’t believe why people want to have children)
- He behaves like a child (  doing a questionnaire) p.11, line 65-67 p.12, line 1-2
p.12, line 13-16 - Will has got friends, but isn’t able to build up a conversation (John has got children  Will hates children)
- Will isn’t interesting in talking about John’s children, doesn’t want to understand John’s problems
3 Marcus,
Fiona,
Marcus’ class 1. at home
2. in school (early) in the morning 1.
Marcus can’t sleep, he’s to nervous, because he has to go to school

2.
Marcus is bullied at school, sings out loud in class - Marcus is too shy, too weird
- He’s different than other kids
- He’s misplaces in school p.14, line 16
p.14, line 19
p.15, line 35-36
p.17, line 43-46
p.17, line 56-57
4 Will,
Angie 1. record shop (Championship Vinyl)
2. a café
3. another meeting point - Will meets a woman who is getting his girlfriend (Angie), Angie has got children  Will lies and says that he likes children
- Angie splits up with Will  Will is happy
- Will develops the idea of being a single-father - Will tries to convince Angie with this understanding of her problems (only a lie)
- Will only wants to be a popular nice guy to get in contact with women p.21, line 66-67
p.22, line 25-26
p.26, line 18 - s. character development
5 Marcus,
Fiona,
Nicky,
Mark,
Other pupils At home
In school In the morning - Fiona cries all the time and Marcus tries to understand why, but doesn’t get it
- At school Marcus has got two “friends” (Nicky and Mark). They aren’t real friends, but they are okay (members of the computer club), but only for a short time, they don’t want to get bullied too, and say that they don’t want to be in contact with Marcus
- Marcus is bullied again because of his singing in class. - Marcus tries to understand his mother’s feelings, he cares for his mother and wants to know why she’s so sad
- Marcus is very unhappy that also Nicky and Mark told him, that they don’t want to be in contact with Marcus p.29, line 60-61
p.32, line 3-8
6 Will,
Women of SPAT,
Especially Suzie Local adult education centre First Thursday of the month, in the evening - Will is going to the SPAT (Single parents – alone together) the first time and meets lots of women who are single
- Will lies a lot to make the women believe that he has got a son
- Will gets to know Suzie, who is very beautiful (a woman he was looking for) - Will lies to make the women believe, that he has got the same problems than they have
- He tries to play a nice and poor single-father to get in contact with single-women p. 37, line 41-45 - Will does everything to get in contact with beautiful women, although he’s so nervous
7 Fiona, Marcus At home - Marcus is again bullied of some kids  has got problems at school and at home  lots of trouble
- Fiona is always crying, Marcus tells her to find someone else who cares for him

- Fiona doesn’t know how to help herself, she loves Marcus but isn’t able to care for him as much as she wants to
- Marcus is very confused and unhappy p. 40, line 25-29
p.41, line 51-54
p.42, line 11-12
8 Will, Marcus, Suzie, (Megan) In the car, in Regent’s park Saturday afternoon - First meeting of Will and Marcus: picnic with Suzie and SPAT
- Will expands his lies
- Will talks to Marcus about what he’s interested in - Will thinks about his lies and how to carry on (without showing his imaginary son Ned)
- Will acts like a teenager  reads magazines to be “up to date”
- Will’s dad wrote a popular song; that’s because Will doesn’t have to work p.51, line 45
p.45, line 32-34
p.45, line 38-49
p.45, line 54

p.50, line 26-27 - Will only reads these magazines to be “cool”
- Will thinks that Marcus is a strange/weird kid  M. acts adult-like
- Will thinks about Marcus  What makes him so “weird”

Aspects of language:
Will speaks like a teenager (to Marcus)
9 Will, Marcus, Suzie, park-keeper, Fiona, (Megan) In Regent’s park

At home Saturday afternoon - Marcus killed a duck, park-keeper holds him responsible for it  Will defends him
- Marcus sees his mum although she isn’t there
- As they come home they see Fiona who took lots of pills  comes into a hospital - Will begins to be interested in Marcus/begins to like him
- Marcus first hated Will, but now begins to like him
- Fiona tries to kill herself  lots of problems p.54, line 18-19 p.54, line 28-36 - Will changes his opinion towards Marcus and the other way round

10 Will, Marcus, Suzie, Fiona, (Megan)

A woman (somebody official) In the hospital Later, in the evening - Fiona has to stay the night in hospital  doctors pumped her stomach - Will cares about Marcus and his problems
- Will gets thoughtful, thinks about the other’s problems and not only about himself p.59, line 58-59
p. 61, line 40-45
p.58, line 21-24
p.62, line 6-8 - S. character development
- Will forgets his “problems” for a moment  forgets about his lies (Ned and Paula)

Aspects of language:
Will curses (‘Fucking hell’)
11 Marcus, Suzie, Fiona At home When Fiona comes back home - Marcus reads the suicide letter
- Fiona feels better
- They watch a comedy-film, but also with the theme suicide, which Marcus didn’t know - Marcus doesn’t want to watch a film about suicide
- Fiona doesn’t understand Marcus
- She wants to watch the film anyway p.68, line 29-31
p.67, line 47-68
p.67, line 65-68
p.68, line 1-8 - (Marcus wants to protect his mum)
12 Will,
Fiona,
Marcus,
Suzie At Will’s home - Will again thinks about his life, and is wondering to ask Fiona and Marcus to go out with them, because he thought that they would need him more than Suzie, but phones her to ask if it would be good to invite Marcus and maybe also Fiona
- Will is wondering how he could make Marcus happy
- Marcus phones Will to ask him, if he wants to go out with him and his mum  he blackmails Will (Marcus only wants to go out, if his mother can go with them)
- In the afternoon Will buys a car-seat und soils him to make it look like it is used all the time - Will begins to think about his life and the problems of other people (Fiona and Marcus)
 keeps his life in the background
- Will still tries to make his lies look real
- Marcus is very impudent 
p.69, line 37-46
p.71, line 41-43
p.71, line 46
p.71, line 49-51
p.72, line 13-17

p.73, line 53-55
- Will begins to think about his life and other people’s problems
- Will thinks about the thoughts of other people, wants to make them happy
13 Will,
Marcus,
Fiona In London, bus stop …
Twenty-Eight (restaurant) - Marcus plans to couple Will and his mum; tells his mum to get changed for the restaurant
- Marcus thinks that they would be a nice couple and that everything would be perfect, but Will isn’t interested in Fiona
- Marcus thinks about Will; if he likes him and why
- Marcus followed Will home
- Marcus has a presentiment that Will hasn’t god a son - Marcus hopes to find a boyfriend for his mum
- Will doesn’t like Fiona, only wants to make Marcus and Fiona happy p. 76, line 4-9
p.76, line 14-15
p.76, line 19-23
p.78, line 5-8
p.78, line 23-25
p.81, line 52-55
p.83, line 50-53 -
14 Will,
Fiona,
Marcus, at Will’s home - Will thinks about Fiona
- Will thinks about the whole situation and his plan to make Fiona and Marcus happy but for a few days hasn’t got any interest to help them
- Fiona and Marcus invited Will, Will enjoyed the conversation but doesn’t like the singing of Fiona and Marcus  he doesn’t say anything, just waits not to make them unhappy
- Marcus visits Will without getting invited before  he wants to take Will to task for his lies (he knows that Will hasn’t got a son)  Will doesn’t know how to justify himself  Marcus blackmails Will - Marcus is more and more interested in Will and in his life

- Marcus is a clever boy
 blackmails Will -------------------

p. 84, line 16-17
p.85, line 46-54
p.86, line 34-37
p.88, line 6-8
p.88, line 11
p.88, line 25-32

p. 89, line 52-53 - Will keeps himself more and more in the background
-  he visits Fiona and Marcus although she doesn’t like it
15 Will,
Marcus,
Fiona - Marcus thinks about Will’s lies  he doesn’t want to tell them Fiona because he is afraid of being separated from Will
- Marcus starts visiting Will every day after school, although he doesn’t like the TV show Will is watching, Marcus lies that he likes the show to stay at Will’s house
- Marcus gets on Will’s nerves at the beginning, but Marcus doesn’t disturb this
- Will and Marcus talk about Marcus and his problems at school and at home  Will gets to know that Marcus is bullied at school - Will wants to help Marcus to solve his problems and tries to find the reasons for them  is very interested in him p.90, line 5-8
p.91, line 27-39
p.94, line 23- 39 - Will thinks about how to help Marcus  is more and more interested in making Marcus happy
16 Will,
Marcus at Will’s home - They talk about Fiona and Clive
- Will protects Marcus from two boys
- Will wants to know if Marcus is bullied at school
- Will buys new shoes for Marcus
- Marcus’ new shoes are stolen by pupils - Will says that he feels sorry for Marcus but Marcus’ problems are not his problems
- Will is in a position that he can says he has no problems
- Marcus sounds like a hundred-year-old man for Will
- Will wants Marcus to look ‘cooler’ p.100, line 2-7
p.101, line 42-44
p.104, line 4-7 - Will buys Marcus new shoes (for sixty pounds)
- Will makes Marcus happy although he does not want to sleep with his mum
17 Marcus ,
Fiona,
Will at Marcus’ home,
at Will’s home, in the car after school - Marcus tells his mum about, the shoes and about the 'real’ Will
- He said that he spends every day in Will’s flat
- They drive to Will
- Will and Fiona scream at each other
- Fiona doesn’t understand Marcus’s problems
- Discussion between Will and Marcus(Marcus said he needs a father) - Will starts to understand Marcus even more
- He wants to help him
- Fiona knows that Will is a liar and she wants Marcus to stop visiting him
- Marcus is really honest and the first time he doesn’t think only about her mothers problems
( he needs a father)
p.108, line 25
p.109, line 33, 36
p.109, line 61-
p.110, line 3
p.110, line 23-25
p.112, line 9
p.116, line 5 - Marcus know how he can hurt his mum ( to say that he needs a father) and he does it (the first time)
18 Will,
Fiona at home

somewhere for a drink
November the nineteenth

the next day - Will hears the ‘Santa’s Super Sleigh’ song (the first time this year)
 the reason why he hates Christmas
- his father hates it especially
because of the interviewer
- Fiona calls Will and they meet each other to talk about Marcus
- Will doesn’t want to be involved in the education of Marcus
- They have a conflict - Will wants to spend Christmas at home
 watching millions of films and getting drunk and stoned
- Fiona needs help for Marcus from
Will
- Will explains that Fiona doesn’t
should believe everything
that Marcus tells her about his
feelings
p.126, line 9-10
p.125, line 39-53
p.123, line 64-65 - Fiona asks Will for help
- Will doesn’t want to help
- Will realizes that in some aspects he understands Marcus better then Fiona does

Aspects of language:
Marcus says often stupid things like ‘Cowabunga’.
Will uses words like ‘Piss off’, ‘fucking kid’ and ‘fucking school’
19 Marcus,
Fiona,
Ellie,
Mrs. Morrison
(the headmistress) at home

at school evening

morning - Marcus asks his mum about the meeting with Will
- Marcus waits in front of the headmistress’ office to talk to Mrs. Morrison
- He talks to Ellie, a fifteen-year-old girl (she makes fun of him)
- Marcus has a conflict with Mrs. Morrison, he shouted at her and left school
 Truancy - Marcus realizes that they never will be a family
- He is a truant and a little bit proud of it
- He thinks his whole life changed from this morning on p.132, line 32-37
p.131, line 43-44
p.130, line 21-33
p.128, line 1-2 - Fiona doesn’t like Will, but Marcus does
- Marcus wants to protect his mum (p.127)
20 Will,
Marcus around London

at Will’s home at two o’clock

4:15 p.m. - Will drives around London and see Marcus
- Marcus visits Will
- Will tells Marcus something about Nirvana - Will realizes that Marcus needs help to be a kid, not an adult
- He wants to help him and tells him everything he wants to know
- They talk about Marcus’ problems p.128, line 13
p.137, line 55-56
p.136, line 17-18 - Will explains that he doesn’t know everything
21 Marcus,
Ellie,
Zoe,
Will at school

at Will’s home

at school morning

evening

morning - Marcus talks about Kurt Cobain with Ellie and Zoe (the make fun of him)
- Marcus tells Will the story about Ellie+Zoe
- Zoe and Ellie say in front of all pupils that Marcus is their friend
- They take him to other Nirvana-fans which also make fun of him - Marcus feels stronger and he thinks that the girl’s like him
- Will is more realistic and tries to explain what the girl’s might think of him
- Marcus feels like they (Zoe, Ellie and Marcus) are a trio p.145, line 53-54
p.143, line 57-58
p.140, line 30-33 - The girls make fun of him
- He feels good at school and the first time he talks to other pupils

Aspects of language:
Will says ‘jerk’ to Marcus.
Marcus speaks more self-confident.
Will uses informal English(so Marcus sometimes doesn’t understand him)
22 Will,
Marcus,
Lindsay,
Lindsay’s mum,
Fiona,
Clive at Will’s home

at Marcus home Christmas - Marcus invites Will to their Christmas „party“
- After a discussion Will agrees (that he comes to the „party“
- Christmas evening (eating and presents) - Will doesn’t want to get drunk and stoned at Christmas
- Will thinks that Fiona and Marcus are a pair of losers
- Will sees that Marcus is a good kid p.151, line 61-62
p.149, line 66-67
p.148, line 32-33 - Will thinks Marcus gets stupid presents and he is wondering how gracious Marcus can be
- Will wants to make Fiona and Marcus happy (he doesn’t only buy something to have a present)
- Will thinks about the feelings of the others
23 Will,
Marcus,
Lindsay
Lindsay’s mum,
Fiona,
Clive at Marcus home The same Christmas evening - they watch the queen on TV
- Clive rolled a joint
- This is how the conflict between Fiona, Lindsay and Clives start - Marcus doesn’t understand anything (like Ironic) p.154, line 34-36 -
24 Will,
Rachel,
Fiona,
at a New Year’s Eve party 31.Dec.1993 - Will gets to know Rachel at the party
- Rachel believes that Marcus is Will’s son (Will doesn’t want to tell her the truth)
- At midnight they kiss each other - Will never wanted to fall in love but Rachel was different than his other girlfriends
- He was surprised of the experience that he fall in love
- Will realizes that Marcus is the most interesting thing in his life p.159, line 39-40
p.160, line 38
p.162, line 9-14 - Marcus is the most interesting thing in Will’s life
25 Marcus,
Ellie,
Ellie’s mum at Suzie’s New Year’s Eve party 31.dec.1993 - Marcus sees Ellie at the party and she hug and kiss him on his head
- They talk about the year 1993
- Ellie gets Marcus a Coke with Sherry
- They talk about Fiona and about the fact that she wanted to kill herself - Ellie is embarrassed because of the way her mum is dancing
- It is the first time that Marcus drinks alcohol, but first he doesn’t want to do it because he thinks that he is not allowed to
- Fiona gets drunk
- Marcus asks Ellie if she wants to dance
 laugh about him p.166, line 9-13
p.166, line 35-38 - Marcus couldn’t imagine that his mum acts like Ellie’s mum did
26 Marcus,
Will,
Rachel,
Ellie at Will’s home

at Rachel’s home - Will wants Marcus to come with him to Rachel, because Rachel thinks that Marcus is his son
- Will doesn’t think that this is his fault
- Marcus wants Ellie to be his girlfriend
- Marcus tells Will about his favorite food, his birthday and something else (Marcus thinks he needs it for his ‘lie’) - Since New Year’s Eve Will only think about Rachel
- He wanted Rachel to be his wife
- Marcus falls in love with Ellie
- He wants to be with her all the time and tell her everything
- Rachel forgets Marcus name
 Will thinks she doesn’t think the
whole time about him (Will)
so falling in love is rubbish (for Will) p.172, line 17-19
p.174, line 3-5
p.174, line 23-24
p.174, line 30-34
p.175, line 65-67
p.176, line 18-22
p.179, line 51-57 - Will thinks about a marriage
- Will thinks it is rubbish to fall in love, but it’s to late for him

27 Marcus,
Ali,
Will,
Rachel,
Ellie,
Zoe in Ali’s room
at the bus station
at Rachel’s house
at school Lunch(time)
After school on Monday - Ali threat Marcus, so Marcus run away to get a bus home
- Will catches him and takes him back to Rachel
- Ali cries and says sorry for everything he said to Marcus
- Ellie helps Marcus with the owner of the newsagent and with Lee Hartley and his mates - Marcus doesn’t want to destroy the relationship of Will and Rachel,
because he needs Will’s help to become Ellie’s boyfriend
- nobody bullies Marcus at school
because of Ellie

p.182, line 30-33
p.186, line 15-17
p.187, line 44-46 - Marcus loves Ellie’s style, her beauty and her ability to beat people up
- Marcus is treated badly by Ali
28 Will, Marcus, Rachel
In a restaurant
At Rachel’s home
- Marcus and Will talk about women (Marcus – Ellie, Will – Rachel)
- Will thinks that Marcus and Ellie don’t fit together as girlfriend and boyfriend
- Will thinks about his lie to Rachel and decides to correct it
- As Will tells Rachel, that Marcus isn’t his son she doesn’t get angry and is only interested in the relationship between Marcus and Will
- Will thinks again about his life (s. character development) - Will thinks that he changes his life in his own thinking; he has become a slave of his feelings, he fells in love with Rachel
- Will is more and more going to be vulnerable
- Will learned that lying is not the right base for a long relationship
- Will thinks about spending the rest of his life with Rachel -------------- p.189, line 51-53
p.192, line 30

p.193, line 66-72
p.194, line 1-7

p.189, line 54-55
- s. character development
29 Marcus, Will, Ellie, Fiona At Fiona’s home
At Will’s home
In school - Will cared about Marcus  bought him new glasses, took him to have a new hair-cut
- Fiona starts crying again all the time
- Marcus asks Will for help but in Will’s opinion he isn’t able to help  Marcus gets angry, he makes their relationship uncertain, they discuss about their relationship
- Marcus is disappointed that also Ellie can’t help him but is happy that she cares about him - Will thinks that he isn’t able to help, (maybe he doesn’t really know how to help) ---------------------------------
- Will thinks that he hasn’t got any meaning for Fiona -------------------

p. 198, line 12-15

p.196, line 32-38
- Will makes his own life uncertain; makes his meaning for other people uncertain  is vulnerable
30 Will, Rachel At Rachel’s home - Will thinks about Fiona and if he should talk to her like Marcus asked him but isn’t sure because he doesn’t really want to get involved in that  Will find himself in a moral dilemma
- Will thinks about “the point” why live should go on, but can’t find a definition
- After a long conversation with Rachel Will knows what is meant with “the point”  he likes Rachel’s positivity
- Will has sex with Rachel and is very happy that it happened, but again thinks about if it’s the most important thing of their relationship - Will realizes with the help of Rachel that Marcus really likes him and that he became a very important person for Marcus
- It is a new experience for Will not to have sex for a few weeks although he likes Rachel so much
- Will is sure that he want to live the rest of his life together with Rachel  (maybe) the first time in his life he feels real love p.202, line 17-22
p.203, line 32-34
p.203, line 38-41
p.204, line 12-13
p.206, line 12-22
p.208, line 3-4
p.209, line 40-44 - s. character development
31 Marcus,
Ellie,
Fiona At Fiona’s home,
At the tube station end of winter, beginning of summertime, nearly Easter - the beginning of the summertime lets Marcus hope to have a better time than in the last winter
- Fiona tells Marcus that he has to visit his dad but Marcus doesn’t want to
- As Ellie tells him that she would come with him, Marcus gets very happy because he hopes to become a more closely relationship with Ellie
- Marcus and Ellie are going to visit Marcus’ dad
- Marcus wants that Ellie trust him - Marcus loves Ellie and wants that she trust him to have a more closer relationship
- Marcus doesn’t want to go to his dad at first, he thinks that his dad never cared about him all the time and is angry that his dad now wants to see him p.210, line 1-3
p. 211, line 32-34
p. 211, line 49-53
p. 212, line 19
p.216, line 19-28
-
32 Will,
Fiona A pub in Islington

Pizza Express on Upper Street - Will wants to meet Fiona and Rachel in the pub to talk about Fiona’s problems; but only Fiona comes, Rachel doesn’t
- Will at first doesn’t know how to talk about the problems and isn’t sure if he’s the right person for this
- Fiona is happy that he can talk to a person about her problems  she tells Will how she felt the last time
- Will gets to know that Kurt Cobain has shoot himself and is fearful because he doesn’t know how Marcus will think about this
- As they are at Fiona’s home they get to know that Marcus is at a police station in Royston - Fiona is happy that she can tell Will her problems  she needed a person to talk to
- Fiona knows that there is nothing that Will can do to help her
- Will is fearful about Marcus, because he doesn’t know how he would react when he would hear about Kurt Cobain’s death  he is fearful that Marcus maybe would connect it with Fiona
- Will thinks about Rachel and is at first angry about that she didn’t come  he wants to hate her but couldn’t -------------------------------- p.219, line 21-25
p.221, line 66
p.222, line 7-8
p.222, line 26-31
p.223, line 68-69

p. 220, line 35-36 - Will thinks that Fiona is depressive hippy-liberal woman
- Fiona thinks she is depressed, and it’s an illness
- Will wants to help Fiona although he doesn’t want to sleep with her
33 Marcus,
Ellie,
Policemen,
Clive,
Lindsey,
policewoman (near) Royston Station,
recordshop,
police station - Ellie and Marcus are on the way to Marcus’ dad
- They talk about life, especially Ellie’s life
 She thinks her life is ‘shit’ but
Marcus thinks that this is entitled
- Before the train stopped at Royston station Ellie suddenly jumps off the train; Marcus follows her
- As the come to a record shop Ellie throws her shoe into the window, because she wants to set free a poster of Kurt Cobain because she is angry that people want to make money with his death
 Marcus and Elli are taken to a
police station
- Clive and Lindsey arrive because
they were phoned by a policewoman
Marcus thinks about his life and what has going on the last time and about his relationship with Ellie
 he thinks that his mum is responsible for everything bad, that happened the last time - Marcus is sure that he doesn’t want to have Ellie as his girlfriend any more because of her bad behavior
- He thinks they don’t fit together
- Marcus is astonished as Ellie says that Marcus is her friend
- Marcus gains more and more self-confidence
- Marcus don’t like Ellie’s opinion about life and thinks that her opinion is entitled
- Marcus says to his father that he is a useless father
- He don’t like that Lindsey pretends to worry about him p.226, line 7-12
p.227, line 44-54
p.228, line 23-25
p.231, line 66-68
p.232, line 35-37 -
34 Will,
Marcus,
Fiona,
Katrina,
Ellie,
Rachel,
Policewoman,
Ruth On the way to the police station (in the car),
At the police station - Rachel, Fiona, Will and Katrina (Ellie’s mum) are going to pick up Ellie and Marcus at the police station
- They talk about Ellie and her behavior
 Katrina thinks ‘she is out of control’
- Ruth, the owner of the record shop
Arrives and explains that she is a big fan of Kurt Cobain and that she feels nearly the same as Ellie
 Ellie is very happy about that - Will thinks about his relationship to other people and is happy to have those ‘friends’
 he is happy to be one of them (one of the ‘trio’)
- Will thinks that these connections
are all because of Marcus
- Will is going to be very sensible
 tries to understand the feelings
of the others p.236, line 21-23
p.236, line 26-30
p.237, line 40-42
p.238, line 8-10
p.240, line 19-20 - Marcus thinks that Marcus and Ellie will be forever friends
35 Marcus 4:30pm
10:30 pm - Marcus, Clive and Lindsey are going to Clive’s house
- Lindsey leaves Clive and Marcus alone (she goes to bed)
 Clive wants to be alone with Marcus (‘then Clive sort of nodded at Lindsey’…P.245,line 49-50)
- Marcus and Clive talk about the last
time
 Now Clive knows that he wants to care more about Marcus and that Marcus needs a father
- Marcus thinks that he will cope at
school and with everything else and feels a sort of security - Clive is happy that he could talk to Marcus in a normal way
- Clive says to Marcus that Lindsey wanted a baby
- Marcus says that he like it, although he doesn’t
 Marcus wants Lindsey and Clive to be happy p.245, line 49-50
p.245, line 39-40
p.244, line 10-11
p.248, line 6-9 - Marcus thinks about being arrested and playing truant
36 Will,
Marcus,
Ali,
Fiona Cinema
at Marcus home On a Saturday - Will took Marcus and Ali somewhere out (most Saturdays)
- They go to the cinema
- Ali asks Will if he is going to marry his mum
- Will wants to stay together forever with Rachel - Marcus thinks couples are not the future
- Fiona sees in how far Marcus changed and it seems that he is much older
- She thinks he smokes
- Will lost his shell, his cool and his distance, he felt scared and vulnerable
- Fiona lost a big chunk of Marcus
- Marcus lost himself
- Will misses Marcus p.253, line 54-60
p.254, line 3-5 - Marcus hates Joni Mitchell
- Marcus dressed better; other hair cur; he doesn’t sing out loud; Zoe & Ellie are still his friends
- Marcus has developed a new sense of belonging, part of a human pyramid

Aspects of language:
- Informal language (swear words; colloquialisms)
- Talks more sincerely and expresses his thoughts through words
- Understands and uses irony
 he behaves and talks like an ordinary teenager

gast · Gast

danke sehr, schreibe morgen eine klausur, habe es nicht gelesen aber reading log + film werden helfen Prost

gast · Gast

hey leute
hab ne sehr gute zusammenfassung gefunden...
sehr ausführlich und genau, wenn ihr die gelesen habt, braucht ihr fast schon das buch nicht mehr lesen

dieterwunderlich.de/Hornby_boy.htm#cont

grüßle

cutiee · Gast

hey.
Ich brauch wie viele andere auch eine zusammenfassung von alles kapiteln. ich komme einfach nicht mehr dazu das buch durchzulesen!un schreibe schon seeehhr bald meine arbeit.
also wenn ihr was habt schickt es mir bitte an : gelöscht
DANKEEE!!

Tanzen

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Gruß
MI

Gast_eyeslikeice · Gast

Der Film hilft kein bisschen weiter, sorry. Das Buch spielt in der Zeit von Kurt Cobains Tod, der Film hingegen in der heutigen Zeit (Rock und Grunge werden im Film durch Gangster Hip Hop ersetzt)...

Das Buch ist aber nicht schwer zu lesen...

Lala · Gast

Huhu!!

Ich brauche ganz dringend eure Hilfe! Schreibe eine Hausarbeit und muss unter anderem etwas über die Beziehung zwischen Marcus und Fiona schreiben...Hab mich hier schon im Forum umgeschaut aber eure Links haben entweder nicht funktioniert oder mir nicht weiter helfen können.
Ob der Text auf deutsch oder Englisch geschrieben ist, wäre ersteinmal egal Augenzwinkern

Danke schonmal im Vorraus! Tanzen

PS: meine E-mail-Adresse: gelöscht - siehe zwei Posts drüber. Gruß MI

gast · Gast

der steht da oben schon

Gast · Gast

Hey

In Chapter 11 , what is marcus' main concern, and how is this expressed? Contrast this with Wills' problems, and explain how Marcus and Will's relationship strats- and develops-despite their obvious difference.

kann mir da jemand weiterhelfen?
schon mal danke im vorraus

löckchen · Gast

hi,
ich muss schon morgen ein referat darüber halten wie der charackter von marcus am anfang des buches und am ende des buches ist.
und wie sich der charackter verändert.
leider finde ich dazu nichts.

es wäre suuper wenn mir jemand helfen könnte! Thumbs up!

vielen dank im vorraus.

Gast_eyeslikeice · Gast

Jasmin · Gast

Hilfe!!
Brauche dringend eine übersicht zwischen der Beziehung von Elli und Marcus... schreibe morgen eine klausur

BITTE BITTE HELFEN

tippi · Gast

warum liest eigentlich niemand das buch und macht die hausaufgaben selbst (anstatt 2 Stunden vorher die 10. seite mit einem "HILFEEEE!" voll zuschreiben).

tippi · Gast

hi
hat jemand das buch mit den 307 seien von penguin?? bräuche zu diesem ein reading log, zusammenfassung charakterisierung..wäre alles nützlich und für alles dankbar!!!
lg johnny

tippi · Gast

loool noch ein tippi über mir^^
cool...mein hund heißt so xD

crazy.lowraa · Gast

Kann mir jemand sagen um was es in dem Buch geht?
Ist wichtig!
Und was euch an dem Buch gut gefallen hat und was nicht?
Lg

Gast · Gast

ich hab mal ne frage...
was hat diese tote ente mit dem buch zu tun???
kann mir das jmd erklären? XD ich weiß schon dass im buch von dem geschrieben wurde... aber ich bin erst bei kapitel 6^^
bitte könnte mir jemand auf die frage antworten? Hilfe

bye

Gast · Gast

loool jetzt weiß ich es auch ohne hilfe naja....^^

hab aber ne neue frage was für eine erzählperspektive hat denn das buch? natürlich die englische fassung...
ich dachte mir entweder first person narrator oder figural narrative situation? stimmt das????????????????????????????????? Hilfe

MOC · Gast

Könnt ihr net selbst lesen und eure Aufgaben alleine erledigen, da kommt man sich ja wie im Kindergarten vor.

UnPocoLoca · Gast

Danke, ich kanns bestimmt auch gebrauchen smile

obwohl ich auch ne Tabelle aus dem i-net hab...

SVENIIII · Gast

Hallo leute (: großes Problem ich brauche kapitelzusammfassung von kapitel 13/14/15 das ist total dringend :S .... ihr würdet mir echt nen großen egfallen tuen wenn ihr was findet (:

Tim · Gast

Moin Moin,
als ich mal bisschen nach dem Buch "about a boy" gegoogelt habe, bin ich hierher gekommen und habe mal oberflächlich hier gestöbert. Ich habe gesehen das viele eine Kapitelübersicht suchen. Nach längerer Suche hab ich dann auch was im Internet gefunden...
(das Englisch ist meiner Meinung nicht so 100%ig aber das meiste kann man sich schon erschließen^^)

Chapter 1
Summary: Fiona, Marcus´mother, splits with Roger, her boyfriend. Marcus is interested about
the reasons they split up and so they have a conversation about them. After thta they watch
TV. Marcus worries about her mental state and only cgooses troubleless films and they order
pizza and have a quite normal evening.

Chapter 2
Summary:Will joins an afternoon alone in his flat to definite how cool he is. Later that
day he visits John and Christine, both are friends of him. A few weeks ago they get a new
baby calles Imogen, so that Barney, their two-year old haves a sister. They want Will to
be her godfather but Will does not really like children. John and Christine also know
Jessica, Will´s exgirlfriend, thats why Will starts to think about her.

Chapter 3
Summary: Marcus can not sleep because he is afraid of school. Marcus is weird and he knows
that the other kids bully him because they know he does not want to defend himself. But in
the first period after break they reas a book and then they discuss how to get to know if
somebody is mad. One girl make a bad joke about Marcus´ singing in class and the young
teacher does not helps him.

Chapter 4
Summary: Will meets Angie, a young mother in a record shop. He likes her so he pretends
he loke children, only to get the chance for a date with her. First their relationship
seems to work but then Angie splits up because she thinks Will wants not waiste his time
with a single parent mother and so she quit their relationship.

Chapter 5
Summary: Fiona starts to cry in the morning. Marcus knows that is a bad sign. Later in
scholl, at break time, Nicky and Mark, Marcus thinks their are nice, send him away becase
they are afraid of the older guys because they always harass him and they do not want to
get their victims, too. Marcus does not have a great time at school in general because
they always mistreat him because he is different.

Chapter 6
Summary: Will pretends to be a single father baecause he wants to join the SPAT group to
mett more women like Angie, who really impressed him. At the single parent group he meets
Suzie who seems really nice to him. To join the group he invents Ned, his imaginary two
year old son.

Chapter 7
Summary: Marcus goes shopping because he wants to spent the weekend at his father´s home
in Cambridge. But at the shop are some bad guys from school who following Marcus and
put some sweets and other thigs in his pocket so Mr. Patel is forced to think Marcus want
to steel them. But Mr. Patel has seen the boys and so Marcus can go home without punishment.
At home Fiona tells Marcus that Suzie has invite him to the yearly SPAT picnic but Marcus
does not really want because he does not like SPAT.

Chapter 8
Summary: Will meets Suzie and Marcus an Regent´s Park to the picnic. Will does not know
Marcus because Suzie has not tell him anything but Will thinks that Marcus is really weird.
Will is not nice to him, his behaviour towards Marcus is quite unfriendly but Marcus does
not act better than Will. Later that day Will forgets Ned, his son, in conversation with
Suzie. Marcus wants to feed a duck, but the piece of bread is to big and so he kills the
duck.

Chapter 9
Summary: Marcus is shocked about the dead duck. A parkkeeper appears to punish Marcus for
his "murderer" but Will defends Marcus in front of him. The parkkeeper goes away. Then
they go to get Marcus home. When they arrive at the flat they find Fiona lying on the
sofa, looking really ill. She had have a suicide attempt. Will calls the ambulance. Suzie
is really angry about Fiona because she haves a child but she is also afraid of the
possible dying of Fiona.

Chapter 10
Summary: Will goes with Suzie and Marcus to the hzospital. He tries to make Marcus happy
and is friendly to him because he feels pity for him. Will now invents Paula, his ex-wife
because Suzie wants to know the name of her.

Chapter 11
Summary: Fiona has written an farewell and Marcus finds it when he gets home from hospital.
Later that day Suzie comes to bring Fiona home frome hospital. Marcus feels really strange.
Marcus is afraid of his mother state and so he decides not to trouble her. So they spent a
normal evening with no trouble.

Chapter 12
Summary: Suzie calls Will and asks him if he could take a little bit care about Marcus
because she thinks he is lonely. Will agrees. Will buys a magazine to find out what he
can do with Marcus when he takes him out. In the afternoon Marcus calls Will. He uses
the chance to invite Marcus do do anytging with him, but Marcus only wants to if he can
take his mum with them. Will agrees again. Later that day Will visits the Mothercare
shop to buy a car seat to convince to Marcus and Fiona that Ned exists.

Chapter 13
Summary: Marcus wants to go to Planet Hollywood because he has heard sometimes you can
meet celebrities there. But they have to wait a really long time and so Fiona and Will
decides to go to an other resturant. At the resturant which Will has recommended Fiona
and Marcus tells Will that they are vegetarians. Will can not understand this. He also
can not find anything good at Fiona and so they all spend a terrible afternoon.

Chapter 14
Summary: Will first times visit Marcus and Fiona. But now he really knows that Fiona
absolutely is not his type. At home marcus and Fiona sing "Killing me softly" at the
piano with eyes closed what makes Will sick. Later that week Marcus visits Will first
time and they spent an afternoon together. Thats why marcus now knows that Will does
not have a child but he does not really care about it.

Chapter 15
Summary: Marcus visits Will again. Will does not know why but they spent the afternoon
gain and talk about many things like music and television.

Chapter 16
Summary: ill almost like Marcus´ visits. One day Marcus ran away from some bad guys from
school and comes to Will´s flat to find security. That day Will recognizes that Marcus is
a real poor kid with no friends and no luck. Thats why they go out. Will wants to buy
Marcus cool, but expensive shoes. Marcus does not want but at least Will can convince him.
The day after Marcus visits Will again after school, but without the cool boots because
the kids in school had stolen them.

Chapter 17
Summary: Fiona is really mad about Marcus because she does not know about his visits at
Will´s flat. But she is also mad about Will becaus she thinks he is only so nice to Marcus
because he wants to abuse Marcus. Thats why they start a real big argue. But Fiona and
Marcus have an argue, too. Fiona does not like that Marcus makes decisions without asking
her before.

Chapter 18
Summary: Will listens to his father´s song first time this year. He hates this song
although he earns his money with it. Fiona calls him in the afternoon ecause she thinks
Will already had take part in Marcus´ life because he chooses him as his personal mal
figure. So they decide to meet to talk about the whole situation about Marcus and Will.
Will really do not like Fiona, she seems too weird to him. But Fiona does not want marcus
at Will´s place because she does not really like him, too.

Chapter 19
Summary: Fiona forbids Marcus to visit Will but he will not obey her. At school Marcus
haves to talk with the headmistress Mrs. Morrisson about his schoes. At the headmistresses
office he meets Ellie McCrae, a really rebellious girl at his school. They had a real weird
conversation and Ellie makes jokes about Marcus because he does not know who Kurt Cobain is.
Mrs. Morrisson does not really help marcus, she only gives him fonger tips to get out of the
way of the shoe thieves. That makes Marcus reallly angry and so goes away from school,
now he is a truant.

Chapter 20
Summary: Will sees Marcus walking down Upper Street although he should be in school.
In the afternoon Marcus comes to Will´s flat again. At first Will wants not answer the
door but then he open it. Marcus tells Will about the story with Elli and askes him who
Kirk O´Bane is and Will explains him everything. Will now see that he should teach Marcus
how to be a real kid

Chapter 21
Summary: At school marcus talks to Ellie again and he sees that she is nice to him.
Elli and her friend Zoe think that Marcus is really funny. Thats why Ellie takes marcus
to the older pupils form room. On the way to get there a teacher stops them because he
thinks maybe Ellie wants to hurt Marcus but she tells him that she has adopted Marcus.

Chapter 22
Summary: Marcus invites Will to spent Christmas with them, at first Will does not want
because he thinks Suzie is mad about him but then he says yes. He thiks that they have
a strange kind of Christmas and Will wonders about why Fiona and Clive can be nice to
each other although they have nothing in common anymore than Marcus. Will gives Marcus
the "Nevermind" LP by Nirvana, which nakes Marcus really happy.

Chapter 23
Summary: Fiona and Clive have a serious argue about Clive´s joint and that he always
takes drugs in front of their son. Then Suzie and Megan arrive for a drink and a chat.
Marcus is angry about the others behaviour towards Will because they are not really nice
to him. Suzie is angry about him because she always thinks that he really is an single
father. But Marcus tells them taht they have to be nice to Will because Will is his friend.

Chapter 24
Summary: Will meets Rachel firts time at the New Year´s Eve Party. He really thinks she
is nice. Later that evening they kiss each other and find out that "both" have a twelve
year old son, because Will does not tell her that Marcus is not his son but she thinks so.
Alistair, Rachel´s son is also Nirvana fan. rachel and Will wants to meet each other
again tigether with their "boys". Will also tells Rachel that Fiona is his ex, so Rachel
thinks she has meet the perfect single father to fit.

Chapter 25
Summary: Marcus is at Suzie´s New Year´s Party and Ellie is there too. marcus now sees
that 1993 is not the best year he ever had. Marcus worries also a little bit about Fiona,
bacuase people like her, that means such unhappy people, often kill themselves at such days.
Because of that Marcus and Ellie have an interesting conversation about parents, suicide
attemps and their roles in society. Marcus wants to dance with Elli but for her there is
nothing more embarassing than dancing. Ellie and Marcus catch Ellie´s mum snogging with
Tim Porter in the garden.

Chapter 26
Summary: Will tries to explain Marcus why rachel thinks he is his son but Marcus can not
really understand. Will wants Rachel to be his girlfriend although he only meet her once.
Will wins the discussion, their go to Rachel and want to do like father and son. Marcus tries
to teach Will peieces of information he should know if he is his father. Will is a little bit
embarassed about Marcus because Alistair is much cooler than Marcus with his cool clothes and
such stuff.

Chapter 27
Summary: Alistair is really mean to Marcus an he says he is going to kill him if his father
goes out with rachel. Marcus runs away from Rachel´s place because he is fed up with Alistair
and his speech impressed him really much. Will finds him at a bus station near Rachel´s place,
he can convince him to come back and tells him that Ali is crying like a little baby
because Marcus left. Rachel tell them that her last boyfriend has not been so nice to Alistair
as he has to be and so Ali is also afraid of a new relationship of her. Later Marcus and oe
go shopping, while the girls buy chocolate bars some guys appear and buly Marcus. Bacause of
that Elli hit one of them.

Chapter 28
Summary: Marcus is fascinated about that Ellie hit this guy. But Will tells him that their
relationship seems more like an owner-pet relationship to him than a normal one. Later that
day Will meets Rachel for supper and he tries to explain her the whole thing with Marcus
but she can not really understand why he do that. Because of their conversation Will
reconizes that Marcus means anything to him, that he had become vulnerable.

Chapter 29
Summary: Marcus haves some good weeks without realizing it but then Fiona starts the
morning crying again. Marcus tells Will that his mum is depressed again and wants hin
to help her. But Will explains Marcus that they only are frerinds althuogh if he is an
adult and so it is not his duty to care about his mum. At school Ellie is sad because
Kurt Cobain had an suicide attemp but Marcus can not understand her because he thinks
that his mum is more real than him and so his problem is uch more important than hers.

Chapter 30
Summary: Will haves a really strange mood, so he decides to visit Rachel. He can not
understand why they have had no sex yet. Few time later she wants him to her bedroom
and then tey have sex. Later rachel explains Will why Fiona is such depressed and she
agreed to talk to her.

Chapter 31
Summary: Marcus´dad break his collar bone and so Fiona wants him to visit him but Marcus
does not feel pity for his dad. But he haves to go. Ellie wants to come with him,
what makes marcus happy. At the day they want to leave, Kurt Cobain committs suicide.
Marcus wants to hide this news from Ellie but she already knows it.

Chapter 32
Summary: Will,Rachel and Fina will meet for supper but rachel does not appear, so Will is
alone with Fiona and now he is forced to talk to her. Fiona cries a lot but he can help a
little bit because he listens to her. Later that evening they leave the bar and go to
Pizza Express and order some pizza. Will now knows Fiona better than before. Fiona is
worries about Marcus because she knowas that Kurt Cobain killed himself.

Chapter 33
Summary: Ellie gets drunk at the train to Cambridge and they have a great conversation
about their lives and the general sense of life. Suddenly, at the next station,
Ellie leaves the train and Marcus follows her. Ellie destroys a window of a record shop
becaus there hang a picture of Kurt Cobain. So Marcus and Ellie have to go to the police
station because of the broke window. Later Clive and Lindsey arrive and Marcus and Ellie
have a interrestin discussion about about Clive and his care about his son and Fiona´s
suicide attempt.

Chapter 34
Summary: Katrina, Ellie´s mum informs Fiona about everything and so they call Will to
drive them to Royston. When they arrive there really bad vibes at the police station.
The owner of the record shop, Ruth, arrives and first Elliue hates her because she thinks
Ruth only wants to make money with Kurt Cobain but then she realizes taht both are huge
fans of him. Later they all can go and so they go to eat some burger. Marcus haves an
argue with his father because he wants him to come with him but Fiona wants him back to
London.

Chapter 35
Summary: Marcus stays with his father. Clive thinks alot about his live since his accident,
now he knows that he has been a bad father and wantsn to change his behaviour towards Marcus.
Marcus make some jokes about Clive´s broken collar bone. They also talk about Lindsey
because she wants a baby with Clive.

Chapter 36
Summary: Will now knows that he loves Rachel. He goes out with Ali and Marcus to give
their mothers a break. Ali askes Will if he wants to marry Rachel and now Will have to
think about it. Fiona is worries because Marcus seems much older now but Will tries to
explain her that this is good for him. He makes a test: Will wants Marcus to sing a
Joni Mitchell song but Marcus does not want to. Now Will knows that he haves help Marcus
to change himself.

Sally · Gast

Hey! ihr braucht ja alle eine kaptelübersicht ode`r?
dann gebt entweder mal "reding log about a boy" bei google ein und geht da dann auf die erste seite oder geht gleich auf diesen link:
"//home.arcor.de/uptempo-ftp02/About_a_Boy-Tabelle.pdf"davor noch
h t t p : das darf ich nur nicht als gast davorschreiben Klo

oder ich versuche es euch hier rein zu kopieren:

Nick Hornby: About a Boy – Reading Log (Zusammenfassung)
Chapter/
Pages
Who? Where? When? What? comment
1_5-8 Marcus, 12
Mum (Fiona), 38
Roger
London, Holloway Few weeks after
they moved to L.
- Roger & M. Mum split up
- Marcus thinks about his past
- they eat Pizza
- boy thinks
- few feelings/ is rational
2_9-13 Will Freeman, 36
John & Christine
Wills Home Week after the
2nd child of John
& Christine
- Points for Will (questionaire)
- Description of Will
- Description of John & Christine + Baby
- Description of Imogen, Barney
3_14-18 Marcus
M. Mother
Bed, Breakfast
Table, School
night, morning - Boy wakes up
- has breakfast
- has to go to school
- Likes Makauly Culcin
- hates school
- is shy
4_19-26 Will
woman
Angie
Maisy, 5
Joe, 3
Champinship
Vinyl
Café
2 Days later,
evening
next few weeks
(6)
- she searches Pinky and Perky
- they drink Capuccino & get a date
- he „plays father“
- He goes with Angie then they split up
- women = stupid
5_27-32 Marcus
M. Mother
Nicky & Mark (school
friends)
at home,
way to school,
school
Monday
Morning
- Mum cries
- Friends play Tetris
- They are mobbed by some freaks
- Nicky & Mark don't want him to hang around with
'em
- school (bad) + home(bad) =
fuckin' life
6_33-38 Will
(Ned, 2)
SPAT (Frances, Sally,
Moira, Lizzie, Helen,
Susannah, Saskia, Suzie...)
adult education
cetre (SPAT)
first Thursday of
the Month
- Will invents a son (Ned, 2)
- Wants to get a singe mother
- goes to SPAT (Single Parents Alone Together)
- There are only women
- Talks with Suzie
7_39-43 Marcus
(His Dad & Lindsey)
Mr. Patel
Nasty Boys
His Mum
Suzie
Shop
At home
- He reads a Computer Magazine
- nasty boys mob him again
- his Mother cries
- He tells her the opinion
8_44-52 Will
Suzie
Marcus
Megan
Regent's Park
car
- They meet in the Park to have a Picknick
- Will thinks about his situation
- His father had written a song -> doesn't have to work
- Marcus kills a Duck

das sind nur das 1-8 kapitel ich würde vorschlagen ihr eht auf die seite, denn da ist es in einer tabelle und hier.. na ja.. leserlich.. aber nicht mehr. Schläfer

ich hoffe ich konnte euch helfen!
liebe grüße Big Laugh

eure Sally

Gast · Gast

Hi Leute
hat jmd zufällig ein paar infos über die Mutter-Sohn Beziehung?wäre cool...finde so nichts im internet dazu