The thief lord
In this book, Prosper and Boniface run away from
home, from their crazy aunt – but is she really crazy? The only perspectives
included are those of Prosper, Bo, and the friends they meet on the streets of
Venice. Often, books told from the perspective of children portray adults,
particularly step-relatives, as pure evil. The reader is so engrossed in what
Prosper and Bo have to say about their aunt that they only hear their side –
only one side to the story.
Firstly, when their aunt hires a detective to
track down the boys, once he meets them, he lets their opinion on their aunt
sway his entirely. He goes from thinking, “OK, I will try this job,” to, “NO! I
don’t want to work for these people!” He knows nothing of Prosper and Bo’s aunt
that she said herself, because she said nothing of herself to him, just what
the boys told him.
Then, again, when the aunt finally finds Bo, but
not Prosper, Bo tries to make it seem like his aunt is abusive. They stay at a
hotel while Venice police help to look for Bo’s brother. Bo throws things out
windows, screams all the time, and tries to escape from her, back to his
brother. When his aunt takes him to a fancy restaurant, for example, he yanks
the tablecloth down and runs away in the chaos.
In this essay, I question whether or not only one
perspective can tell a factual story, and what was found, when multiple are put
together, is that that is not true. While one perspective may recall what happened to them, it does not hold what took place at that time. All in all, one
perspective is a simple recollection, while many make up a great tale.
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