Book: Baboon Author: David Jones By Yael Ella As chapters average 12 pages in length, the novel is approachable, both in theme and format, even for reluctant readers. The novel consists of 169 page. I believe that the Annick Press, who published the book in 2007 Had made a good job in selecting this book for publication due to the riveting plot , and very interesting idea. The book provides us with detail from a perspective of one person (being Gerry) but interacts with both his human feelings, his monkey feelings, and shows us the comparison with both, him as a human and him as a monkey. As interesting as the book is, I don’t think it is good enough to be put on my personal favorites. Justifying my opinion, well, I like a book with detail and an interesting plot as much as the next person, but, how ever. I do feel this book somewhere in the middle, had just kind of drifted off, well to be more precise. I had to wait a long time before I finally reached the climax in the middle of the book… until then it was Gerry rambling on about him climbing a tree, all through out this part, I would say he was sticking to describing being a monkey, he didn’t collaborate his feeling from being human and being monkey enough. Along with this, I have read many other books that made me feel connected to the characters in the novels even if they were of opposite gender, or in this case, of different species . If the novel had more to do about how the character thinks that doesn’t have to do with the situation, out side of the box or more like… being a monkey, I would feel more connection and drive while reading the novel. I would give this novel a six out of a scale of ten. I believe that this novel isn’t similar to any of the books we have read this year. If I was to compare it to a novel I would compare it to Kite Rider because both of the main characters go on their own journey and they understand how people, or baboons, think and feel and how there isn’t a difference even though they are of different races or animal group. Both the Kite rider and Baboon are Man vs Nature, and Man vs Himself. At the end of both novels they end up where they belong. The point of view being used in this book Baboon, is 3rd person, yet David Jones did an excellent job in being able to express what Gerry, the main character in this novel, is thinking by his action’s. The author had been able to collaborate Gerry’s human mind with his Monkeys. He had some How been able to do a comparison of Gerry’s human feelings and emotions to Gerry’s monkey feeling and emotions, at the same time staying in the same character Gerry had followed during a book. He shows Gerry’s adrenalin as the plane is coming down and crashing in the savannah. Then, he expresses his shock as the baboons circle around him just as he is awaking. He brings the reader to how Gerry slowly realizes the baboon he has become. Afterwards, he shows how Gerry’s good nature leads him to using his human instinct to protect the troop and to stick up for them. He shows a connection from Gerry’s human world to the baboon world with bullies and the strong and weak. Gerry proves that he is courageous and can “rough it” with the best of them and can survive through the toughest challenges. I enjoyed how easily the vocabulary came to me and how simple the wording was. With simple wording the reader is able to focus , on the subject without to much confusion, not on understanding the literal meaning, but being able to dig deeper into the words and understand what the author was really thinking while writing this novel. I think there was an excellent use of setting and explaining how he relates to his location. Over all, I say “Job well done, David Jones!”. I think this book can relate to everyday life, in one way or another, and this book provides us with a little bit more knowlage on primates.
Book: Baboon
Author: David Jones
By Yael Ella
As chapters average 12 pages in length, the novel is approachable, both in theme and format, even for reluctant readers. The novel consists of 169 page. I believe that the Annick Press, who published the book in 2007 Had made a good job in selecting this book for publication due to the riveting plot , and very interesting idea. The book provides us with detail from a perspective of one person (being Gerry) but interacts with both his human feelings, his monkey feelings, and shows us the comparison with both, him as a human and him as a monkey. As interesting as the book is, I don’t think it is good enough to be put on my personal favorites. Justifying my opinion, well, I like a book with detail and an interesting plot as much as the next person, but, how ever. I do feel this book somewhere in the middle, had just kind of drifted off, well to be more precise. I had to wait a long time before I finally reached the climax in the middle of the book… until then it was Gerry rambling on about him climbing a tree, all through out this part, I would say he was sticking to describing being a monkey, he didn’t collaborate his feeling from being human and being monkey enough. Along with this, I have read many other books that made me feel connected to the characters in the novels even if they were of opposite gender, or in this case, of different species . If the novel had more to do about how the character thinks that doesn’t have to do with the situation, out side of the box or more like… being a monkey, I would feel more connection and drive while reading the novel. I would give this novel a six out of a scale of ten.
I believe that this novel isn’t similar to any of the books we have read this year. If I was to compare it to a novel I would compare it to Kite Rider because both of the main characters go on their own journey and they understand how people, or baboons, think and feel and how there isn’t a difference even though they are of different races or animal group. Both the Kite rider and Baboon are Man vs Nature, and Man vs Himself. At the end of both novels they end up where they belong.
The point of view being used in this book Baboon, is 3rd person, yet David Jones did an excellent job in being able to express what Gerry, the main character in this novel, is thinking by his action’s. The author had been able to collaborate Gerry’s human mind with his Monkeys. He had some How been able to do a comparison of Gerry’s human feelings and emotions to Gerry’s monkey feeling and emotions, at the same time staying in the same character Gerry had followed during a book. He shows Gerry’s adrenalin as the plane is coming down and crashing in the savannah. Then, he expresses his shock as the baboons circle around him just as he is awaking. He brings the reader to how Gerry slowly realizes the baboon he has become. Afterwards, he shows how Gerry’s good nature leads him to using his human instinct to protect the troop and to stick up for them. He shows a connection from Gerry’s human world to the baboon world with bullies and the strong and weak. Gerry proves that he is courageous and can “rough it” with the best of them and can survive through the toughest challenges.
I enjoyed how easily the vocabulary came to me and how simple the wording was. With simple wording the reader is able to focus , on the subject without to much confusion, not on understanding the literal meaning, but being able to dig deeper into the words and understand what the author was really thinking while writing this novel. I think there was an excellent use of setting and explaining how he relates to his location. Over all, I say “Job well done, David Jones!”. I think this book can relate to everyday life, in one way or another, and this book provides us with a little bit more knowlage on primates.