Sunday, March 1, 2009

Character

Trond Sander is the main character in the novel Out Stealing Horses. Trond seems lead a very content, eventless adult life for the most part. Trond also follows a routine each day. He gets up early, even before the sun does, and goes on a walk with his dog down a certain trail with his "torch" aka flashlight. He then goes home and eats breakfast, fixes up the house, and does whatever chores that need to be attended to around the house. Trond is also a very observant person and likes to, as I interpreted it, talk to himself about little things like the titmice. One morning he begins to talk about the titmice when they are rattling on his window. He asks himself,"I dont know what they want that I have. I look out the window at the forest. It is starting to blow. I can see the shape of the wind on the water." (pg.1) This opening paragraph in the book really establishes Trond's descriptive depictions of things and is one of the reasons I am really enjoying this book. Now to go back in time. Trond seemed to be a "follower" not a "leader" as a kid. Jon was the leader of the two and whatever he wanted to do was usually what they ended up doing. Overall Trond lives a very simple life but is a unique character none the less. It will be interesting to see if his character changes throughout the book.

6 comments:

  1. Alex,
    I like how you described Trond as content and an eventless adult. I also like how you noticed his routine that he does each day because I view Trond as a very organized person and his routine each day shows that he is organized.

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  2. I think it's interesting that you identified Trond as a follower. I agree that when Jon was around, Trond did whatever Jon told him to, but I think that the only reason Trond followed Jons orders was because Jon didn't give him another choice. Trond lives on his own and makes his own decisions now and I believe that he isn't a follower.

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  3. Alex,
    I agree with you coment on how Trond is not so much of a leader but a follower. It does always seem that Jons ideas are followed by Trond. Maybe this has a part in why Trond lives alone and lives such a simple life, nothing to follow or be motivated by?

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  4. Alex I like how you included many details about the small things he does, including his morning routine and when he talks to himself, these are small details that I could have missed. Also I like how you said Trond was a follower when he was younger because now that he is older I believe he makes his own decisions.

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  5. Schwab I like how you went on a limb and talked about the descriptive side of Trond, that was also very good textual support. I know I forgot about Trond being an old man just flashing back to his childhood. He seems to be a very good story teller by the way he is describing it to his neighbor.

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  6. Yes, Trond is definitely a follower [specifically of Jon] as a kid, and it's interesting that he enjoys describing things to himself like you talked about. After such an exciting life of horse-stealing and whatnot, he probably has a very creative/imaginative mind, and I can't wait to see more of how it got that way.

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