Tuesday, December 23, 2008
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Pt. 2
Recently I started reading the Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and it has turned out to be a good book. Hopefully I can finish it before the movie comes out, around New Year's... I think. So as the story continues Benjamin Button learns to fit in with his family. His father, who is a prominent figure in South Carolina, is ashamed to say that his son is different from everyone else. Benjamin and Roger Button (Roger=father of Benjamin) do not get along well, instead Benjamin spends time with his grandfather and is accustomed to his company. The story progresses quickly, as years of Benjamin's life are described in every chapter. Benjamin goes to school, not fitting in at all. He applies to college at Harvard, but is ridiculed when he tells them that he is only 16 years old, although he appears to be near seventy. Out of frustration he attends Yale. And that is all that is known about that. Several years later, when Benjamin is in his twenties, but appears fifty, he starts going to "fashionable dances" along with his dad. He meets a lady, in her twenties named Hildergarde. Hildergarde and Benjamin go out on several dates, and soon get married. Benjamin soon takes over his father's hardware business and continues to get younger and younger. Benjamin eventually is not attracted to Hildergarde, and decides to enlist into the army. He quickly advances to the ranks and when he returns, he finds that his wife has moved to Italy and decides to be taken care of by his own step-son, Roscoe. That's all I've read so far, and I'm almost finished with the book, so I don't really know where the story is going anymore. I'm gonna be looking forward to snowboarding tomorrow!!!!!!! Have a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!
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I think that movie came out on Xmas
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