Finding David Watson Essay

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The work of Brad Watson, finding David is an intriguing book with themes and questions running through it. The main plot of the book is David having to find who he is after moving to a new town. Which brings us to a questions those who have not read the book will ask, in what ways did David find himself throughout the novel. That is exactly what shall be explored and answered in this report. David finds himself in many ways a main way being through love for family, especially after everything they have been through together. David's lives with his his dad and sister Jessica. His mother is in hospital with depression and his other sister JJ died at birth. His family is a bit crazy but they all love each other. He show his love for his dad when …show more content…

That is exactly what he got. Towards the start of the book David met Sai and James. They started of at a rough start but became close. On page 171 James' mum commented "you boys act like you've been friends for years." On page 14 Sai says "You should come out with us..." This is where David's friendship with Sai began. The boys get into trouble together a bit but they help each other out. Along the way David meets Tony and becomes friends with him to. It was James who brought him to riskMEN and he enjoyed it. David's friends or even David himself may not have noticed it, but they were a giant help in David finding himself and they pointed each other in the correct …show more content…

David had two major loves. They where surfing and bike riding. These activities where like and escape for him. On page 49 at 6:37 and David considered going for a surf before he remembered he no longer lived walking distance from the beach. This shows David loved to surf in his old town and go for early morning surfs. He them decided to go for a hour long bike ride. On page 81 he was showing of his bike to his friends when they went out for a bike ride together. David clearly loved these things and had so for a while since his bike and surf boards where the best things he had even owned. He enjoyed surfing before and after the accident, it was like his escape and now he enjoys it with

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