Essay Out Hunting
Gavin is a 12 year old little boy. Gavin is also a very special boy. In his spare time he hunts Lizards along with his two friends. Gavin is described as a thin boy with bushy eyebrows. His bushy eyebrows make him look older than he is. Gavin loves to get attention and when he does not get it he becomes angry. He has some fantasies that help him get his aggression away. Gavin has a big sister named Amanda.
Gavin often get some dreams and fantasies about his sister. He feels that he hates her. When Amanda gets attention becomes Gavin Jealous and fantasize that she is dead. Gavin gets it well when he fantasizes about his sister's death. He is so obsessed after getting the care and love of his mother that he is willing to get rid of his sister. Sometimes he dreams also about his father dies. Gavin need to get the care and love he deserves. Gavin wishes that his mother would love him as much as she loves his sister. He wants everyone to like him.
One of the themes of the story is clear lack of care and love. Gavin needs to get attention from his parents. He feels abandoned and alone. He is therefore trying to get as much attention as possible. But he also tries to keep the family together. He does not feel that there are some who understand him and he does not understand them.
The title is “Out hunting”. According to the story is Gavin and his friends out to find lizards but maybe the author wants us to interpret the story in a different way. While Gavin and his friends are out hunting lizards, he finds his father at a school where he is working. Afterwards Gavin and his friends continue to hunt. The boys are on their way to a school. Suddenly Gavin finds his mother in a car with another man. Gavin does not know what he is going to do.
Gavin's father is described as a tall, thin man, with spared black hair. He works in a laboratory at a school