Hawkline Monster 2

"A unique thought was now in the shadow's mind and the thought was linking itself up with a plan of direct action to take place when next the monster chose to move. 'This sure is a weird place,' Greer said. 'It ain't any weirder than Hawaii,' Cameron said."

There is a lot of repetition in this book, it really adds emphasis to what is said. The characters always mention Hawaii and what a terrible experience that was for them at random times and every time the characters decide to go kill the "monster" just to get it over with, they get distracted by something and end up putting it off. Also, I find it really interesting that the "monster" in the book is the light, while the hero is the shadow. Usually that role is reversed- most people associate light with "good" and shadow with "bad," so the idea that the shadow saves them all from the light is really interesting to me. The end of the book really intrigued me too- it had no fairy tale ending. All of the the characters went on to live normal yet unhappy lives and nothing special came out of all the things that happened with the Hawkline monster. I couldn't see any kind of moral coming out of this story unless its something along the lines of things aren't always what they seem or don't judge a book by it's cover... coming from the fact that the shadow was the real hero of the story- which I for one did not see coming when I first picked up this book.

The Hawkline Monster Part 2

"The shadow wished that it could look out underneath the door to see what was happening, but, alas, its role in life was only to follow and so it detailed itself right behind the ass of the Hawkline Monster."

The shadow of the monster is my favorite character in this book. While he is associated with that which is bad, the shadow possesses a strong desire to reverse the situation, and try to improve the lives of the Hawkline sisters. He spends most of the book thinking about how much he'd like to stop the Hawlkine Monster, but not being able to do so. At the end, he sacrifices his current life to slow the monster down enough that Cameron and Greer can kill it, which, to me, makes it the hero of the novel.

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"The professor had given up chemistry and was now devoting his life to stamp collecting"

This is such a small inconsequential line, but it struck me as comical. After all this drama and interesting happenings it just rushes to an end which is unexpected and funny. It brought the story to a light and carefree place. After all this and his desire to invent he just simply gives it up for something as mindless as stamp collecting. I liked that the story wasn't predictable. Usually the creation destroys its master.

"Greer and Cameron stood there watching the Hawkline sisters hugging and calling an elephant foot umbrella stand Daddy."

I chose this quote because I think it really brings a sense of craziness to the situation in general. Although it is obvious that their father had been turned into an umbrella stand, the way it is written makes it sound like they are crazy for thinking this. I also thought that it was kind of funny how they recognized the umbrella stand as their father.

The Hawkline Monster - Part 2

"The shadow of the monster had been turned into the shadow of diamonds. It also was without memory of a previous existence, so now its soul was at rest and it had been turned into the shadow of beautiful things."

While reading this story I didn't find myself particularly attached to any of the characters, mostly because the pacing didn't allow for the reader to really spend time developing any sort of attachment. Even Cameron, who, along with Magic Child, stood out to me more than most of the characters, wasn't all that captivating. I did, however, enjoy reading about the shadow's take on the story and its role as an extension of the Hawkline Monster. I honestly didn't really care all that much about what happened to Greer or Cameron or the Hawkline sisters at the end of the story, but I was strangely pleased with the fact that the shadow got a somewhat happy ending and wasn't plagued with the memories of its past life with the monster. The shadow's fate might not have had much bearing on the ending of the story, but it was just one of those little details that made the story a little bit better for me.

The Hawkline Monster Part 2

"It was very apparent that Cameron was not going to be converted to the geniality of tea drinking. It was, as you might say, not his cup of tea."

The odd humor in this sentence is striking, and made me recognize other bits of humor in the novel a little more than I did before. It continues onto the next page- "guiding him to his eternal resting place, a whole in the ground." These little bits aren't by any means laugh out loud funny, but I feel like they have a nice, understated quality that gives the novel sarcastic, humorous undertones. It helps add to the unique style of the novel.

The Hawkline Monster Part 2

"I'm sorry that this had to happen to our father's lifework but there are things that are more important." "Yeah, our lives," Cameron interrupted.

I found this passage to be peculiar because of Cameron's statement that shows how much he values his life. I found this contrary to the passivity of most of the characters. I did not feel like I knew the characters in the story very well and felt like most of them drifted through the story without much affect on its happenings. Later sentences revealed that Cameron was impatient after a long day and that was possibly his primary motivation for disagreeing with Miss Hawkline