Chapter 5

Content:

Grandpa becomes more and more bad and Jess thinks about to call her parents back to the cottage, but Grandpa doesn't want her to do that. By his stubbornness he wants her to take him to his bed with the wheelchair. Then, to his mind, everything will be alright. Jess doesn't think like that, nevertheless she is taken by his dolour and does that what he wants. Also when Grandpa says that she shouldn't tell mum or dad anything about this second kind of heart attack, Jess gives him a promise against her mind. As the reason for all these things he do and that nobody can appreciate of he says that he wants to finish the painting here, at his place of childhood. Only after that important aim they could do everything with him to give him a better die.
At the end of the chapter, when Grandpa seems to become better, she goes out in order to bring the tools for the painting back to the cottage. At the door she meets her parents and an unnamed man.


My thoughts while reading:

For me, during reading this chapter it comes more and more out which high importance Grandpa takes on this picture. His ambitiousness is unbelievable. How can a man take more importance on a picture than on his will not die? I asked myself what's the reason for this hardly understandable ambitiousness? I didn't find any answer. Also it impressed me a lot how strong the relationship is between Jess and Grandpa. Grandpa is really confident with her and she gives him a promise that I don't think that she'll break it. There's more, Jess wants to come closer to him, to understand Grandpa on her own.
The last question that everybody'll ask after finish reading Chapter 5 is: How's the man of the last sentence? Mr Gray? Alfred? The man who really observed Jess? Or another man?
We'll see.