I'm writing about one of my favorite books. It's called The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. I'm sure some of you have read it. It tells the story of a boy named nobody, and in my opinion, he is a great character. Somehow I'm able to identify with him, even though we're practically polar opposites. He makes sense as a person, even if he really isn't a human at all, seeing as how he was raised by ghosts. His parents were mr. And mrs. Owens, and he is nobody owens, bod, for short. His name was given to him because when the ghosts found the child, they began to think of names, naturally, and after much fighting about who he looked like, they decided he looked like nobody but himself. So his name was nobody. Sometimes I feel like a nobody too. A lot, actually. Bod's mentor is Silas, a sullen, but wise occupant of the graveyard. He's almost like a father figure for nobody. Throughout the course of the book, it became evident to me that nobody looked up to Silas.
I have found a metaphor hidden within the book as well. The lady in gray, a woman often mentioned, almost as a leader, implies death. The dance with the lady in gray represents nobody's line between the living and the dead, and how thin it actually is. Her decision about nobody, letting a living child among the dead, shows the authors feelings on death itself. To me, it shows that the author doesn't think of death as a bad thing, almost a good one. It shows that good things come after a tragedy, the murder of a toddlers parents. I love this book, and I hope you love it too.


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