Kes essay

This story is about a boy who wanted to train a kestrel. The main theme in this book, for me is abandon. Firstly, how Billy’s family interact Jud the oldest brother is a bully, the mother still lives as she was not a mother at all and Billy has to look for his own education, quality of life and needs.

The story begins with the two brothers sleeping in the same bed in a house in bad conditions. After Jud goes to work, Billy gets up and realized that Jud has taken his bicycle, so he will have to deliver the newspaper on foot.

After he returns to his home, he goes to a shop looking for a book about training kestrel because he found a nest during one of his walks. As he was not a member of the public library and he did not have enough money to buy the book, he stole one from a shop. Then, at night he went to the place where he met the kestrel and also stole the bird. In this part the flashback ends.

Later on in the same day, Billy is at school. He said something while one of his teachers was taking register, and what he said provoked that the teachers said a name wrong. In the break Billy goes home and practice with his birth; he is very happy with the idea of finally having someone to share experiences.

To conclude, until this part of the story what has happened with Billy and all the situations that he has had to face with his brother, mother and at school, can be interpreted as the search for some changes in his life; his life is everything but happy. Therefore Billy, as any human being who is not happy with their life, want to feel that his life is worthy, the best way to accomplish this is by raising or training another person or in this case a bird.