Reading 2

I thought it was interesting how he related stories to onions in the sense that they have many layers. I also really liked how he said to relate it to you, and to use something personal that may catch the viewer’s attention. It may not be a lot that they share but I always like when I hear that they share something a little more personal. It makes me feel like I know them a little better can relate to them which makes them more real to me. I never really thought of the three thing but it makes a lot of sense to have things in threes. It flows a lot better than something just being by itself or it there is only two.

In this story many surprises arise. One being that their name got called. After that first surprise there was them winning, them giving the money back and then the boys going to a hockey camp, a Vikings games and many events because of their honesty of doing the right thing and giving the money back.  There is also the active voice of the father in the story. He was sort of the voice of reason, by explaining why they thought it was wrong. The whole family together decided to give the money back but the dad really explained why they gave it back and why it didn’t feel right to them. Defeating the TV remote was also shown in this by the way they describe the hockey rink. They pull the reader in by describing it in such detail.

In the beginning of the story there is one big surprise that I did not see coming. They have 12 boys and have had a boy on the football team since 1989. Also the fact that they have 49 grandkids was a bit of a surprise even though it shouldn’t be. There is also an active voice in the video.  The voice of the narrator, who you can hear in the background but then, also makes appearances throughout while talking to the parents or the boys.  He talks in threes by saying “In this night, at this time, all they want is a little more time on the clock.”