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English B - Bookj ournal - Ham on rye - P. 51- 65
It was in 4th grade Henry Jr finds out that babies comes from having sexual intercourse, and not from God. A kid explained that his mother got a hole and his father a dong, and that dong shoots juice that makes babies. Henry Jr felt like puking after he found out that he started off as his father's juice.
One day Henry Jr got hit by a car and woke later on up in a hospital.
He felt great pain and his knees and elbows burned.
Henry Jr meets Red who is a disabled kid with only one arm but who lives a few houses away from their house. Both become very happy because they don't have any friends.
They practiced some catching and throwing with a football. Henry Jr got impressed when he saw how good Red was even though he only had one arm.
Later on when they passed and kicked the football in Reds lawn they saw trouble heading their way. There were five guys in their age who wanted their ball but Red said no. Henry Jr probably felt a bit scared and nervous because they were five against two and Red only had one arm and one fake arm.
Then I thought about doing it with Lila Jane and it didn't seem so dumb.
The next day in class I thought about it all day. I looked at the little girls and imagined myself doing it with them. I would do it with all of them and make babies, I'd fill the world with guys like me, great baseball players, home-run hitters. (Page 52)
Henry Jr can't get his mind off how babies are made ever since that boy told him about it.
It seems like the only thing he thinks about is sex except when he thinks about sports and is in a fight.
When you read this quotation you can't believe that it is a 4th grader saying this. It sounds more like a 40 year old alcoholic at a sports bar or something.
It feels like you already can see some tendency to how Henry Jr's going to be like when hes a grown up.
//Skriven 06-03-26 kl 23:50
Skrivet av DanielOlofsson, 2006-03-26 23:50
Daniel!
Q: I agree that it seems to be a bad omen thinking this much and this way about sex when you are 10 years old. So we will see what happens later on...?
/Martin
Skrivet av martinjohansson, 2006-04-04 11:10