![]() ![]() Helen describers herself as 'a watcher' (p68): a characteristic she says has both positive and negative aspects.Does that engage you or are other parts of the narrative equally or more important to you? Helen describes training a hawk in close detail.How important is human friendship to Helen as she travels through her grief?.After living several days with her hawk in her flat, Helen observes, "I was turning into a hawk" (p85).Does this resonate with your experience of the grieving process? What material things have become important to you after the loss of a loved one? Helen finds her father's photographs help her feel that something of him remains, although he has gone.White's life story help the reader understand Helen's journey? I have to write about him because he was there." (p.38) How does T.H. But White is part of my story all the same. "It is not a biography of Terence Hanbury White. "The book you are reading is my story," Helen writes.Where did you find yourself drawn to her in sympathy or empathy? Were there times when you found her less sympathetic? If yes, when? Helen has lost her father and is grieving.When Helen was young, she remembers her father telling her that 'when you wanted to see something very badly, sometimes you had to stay still, stay in same place, remember how much you wanted to see it, and be patient.' (p8) How is being patient important to Helen throughout this book?. ![]()
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