The Tiger Rising

In my book The Tiger Rising I have just gotten to the 9th chapter and it's starting to get interesting.

" Rob had a way of not thinking about things. He imagined himself as a suitcase that was too full, like the one he had had packed when they moved from jacksonville after the funeral. He made all his feelings go inside the suitcase; he stuffed them in tight and sat on top of it. That was the way he not thought about things. Sometimes it was hard to keep the suitcase shut. But now he had something to put on top of it. The Tiger"

Which means he's trying to keep his feelings inside.

" Rob sat there and took it. If he fought back, It lasted longer. If he didn't fight back, Sometimes they got bored and left him alone."

Robs not very popular and gets picked on a lot because he doesn't care and because of his rash on his legs.

Rob doesn't have much of a personality until he meets Sistine. He's quiet and crying in the insides.

The Tiger Rising Journey

The Journey to this book is him letting loose. Ever since his mother died he kept all his feelings locked in a suit-case, and on top of the suit-case is the tiger cage. He meets Sistine Bailey and begins to trust her and together they figure out that they cant lock up memories and tigers and heartache in a suit-case forever.

"To Rob, it seemed as if the tiger was some magic trick, rising out of the mist. He was so astounded at his discovery so amazed, that he stood and stared. But only for a minute; he was afraid to look at the tiger for too long, afraid that the tiger would disappear. He stared, and then he turned and ran back into the woods, towards the Kentucky Star. And the whole way home, while his brain doubted what he had seen, his heart beat out the truth to him. Ti-ger. Ti-ger. Ti-ger."

pg.8 chapter 1.

My passage describes the journey of the book quite well I think, Because it's telling that he doesn't believe he found the tiger. He didn't want to look at it too long because he thought it would go away. But he knew it was real. It says, "as if the tiger was some magic trick, rising out of the mist." I think that secretly means that the tiger was rising out of his grief and pain from his mothers loss and this tiger is to help him get through it.