Chapter 14

Content:

At eight o'clock, Jess wakes up Grandpa in order to fed him some breakfast. Grandpa is really pessimistic at first and doesn't want to anything. He only thinks about the end of his life in the hospital. However, Jess makes him to eat and to sit up in order to paint in a way of hard stubbornness within a short time. So they quickly begin to paint outside at the same play of the river they paint last time. And it works, with the help of Jess Grandpa is able to fullfill his dream: He finishes the painting.
Nevertheless, to Jess' wonder there was no boy in it. What does that mean? Doesn't Grandpa know the River Boy? Was it quite mere chance?

My thoughts while reading:

I was really surprised about the easy way of Jess making her Grandpa to finish the picture. This strength and stubborn way, I didn't realized the whole novel before. I felt happy for Grandpa and Jess that they managed it.
However there comes a bad thought to my mind. Did Grandpa really finish his picture, or did he only say that because of his pain and weakness? Did he give up at least? I was also really surprised that Grandpa didn't paint in the River Boy. I only can explain it to myself, if I say that
Grandpa didn't finish his picture actually, but gave up. For me, there must be something with this painting, some mystery, some tension stayed in it.