Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window And Disappeared By Allan Karlsson
Emily Pan
11/3/17
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Free Reading Rumination
The life of Allan Karlsson is just about as wild as a fever dream. In The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window And Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson, Karlsson, or as introduced, Allan, began his life humbly in Sweden. His mother was loving and affectionate, while in contrast, his father seemed indifferent, deciding to embark on his own political campaigns instead of caring for his family. Allan’s father is killed fighting for the socialist revolution, thus leaving Allan and his mother in rural Sweden to fend for themselves. This is the beginning of Allan’s apathy for all things political. After Allan’s mother dies, Allan begins working and becomes an expert in explosives, thus kickstarting …show more content…
Allan’s fortune is a highlight of the book, and has somehow allowed him to stay alive until past 100 years old. Despite enduring possibly every imaginable way to die, Allan always comes out alive. Allan has a very specific way of thinking, where he digresses fairly often and thinks about things differently. Somehow, this strange way of thinking has allowed him to stay alive, while I, with my way of thinking, would have probably ended up dead. However, one action I would have taken that Allan also took was climbing out of the window of the nursing home. I have always thought that everybody should have at least one big event in their lifetime that changes them forever, and that by the time you get old, you should live your best life. Allan obviously does not lack any shocking incidences in his life, but being 100 seems pretty close to death, and there’s only so long he has on the world. Because there is such limited time living, I would definitely want to spend my last few years happy, doing what I want, instead of talking to the same people that I hate and living the same monotonous life daily. Running away seems like the logical decision, since the Old People’s Home is essentially Allan’s
11/3/17
C Block
Free Reading Rumination
The life of Allan Karlsson is just about as wild as a fever dream. In The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window And Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson, Karlsson, or as introduced, Allan, began his life humbly in Sweden. His mother was loving and affectionate, while in contrast, his father seemed indifferent, deciding to embark on his own political campaigns instead of caring for his family. Allan’s father is killed fighting for the socialist revolution, thus leaving Allan and his mother in rural Sweden to fend for themselves. This is the beginning of Allan’s apathy for all things political. After Allan’s mother dies, Allan begins working and becomes an expert in explosives, thus kickstarting …show more content…
Allan’s fortune is a highlight of the book, and has somehow allowed him to stay alive until past 100 years old. Despite enduring possibly every imaginable way to die, Allan always comes out alive. Allan has a very specific way of thinking, where he digresses fairly often and thinks about things differently. Somehow, this strange way of thinking has allowed him to stay alive, while I, with my way of thinking, would have probably ended up dead. However, one action I would have taken that Allan also took was climbing out of the window of the nursing home. I have always thought that everybody should have at least one big event in their lifetime that changes them forever, and that by the time you get old, you should live your best life. Allan obviously does not lack any shocking incidences in his life, but being 100 seems pretty close to death, and there’s only so long he has on the world. Because there is such limited time living, I would definitely want to spend my last few years happy, doing what I want, instead of talking to the same people that I hate and living the same monotonous life daily. Running away seems like the logical decision, since the Old People’s Home is essentially Allan’s