![]() ![]() And it is his grandfather that suggests that he and Nick take something of a spiritual trip, I suppose, to find gum fields and gold fields. Nick's grandparents, loving and somewhat eccentric, are much more affectionate towards Nick. Nick's grandfather comes to fetch the boy, inviting him to the grandparent's home for a bit of recovery time. At this point, you can really see how dysfunctional Nick's relationship with his own family is, and especially when compared to his relationship with others. His poet brother surmises various psychological problems with Nick, none of which are realistic, and all of which are once again, a boilerplate response. Nick's parents can't seem to figure out why Nick won't bother with anyone following the accident, but they never ask him about it, either. After the accident, Nick becomes isolated from his family and Sam's family, which treated him like a son, with much more affection than from his own family, particularly Sam's grandmother. Nick was at his side and tried to save him, and throughout is unsure as to how he felt about Sam's death, because he was never sure of the extent of their relationship. Nick and Sam were on a hunting trip one weekend when Sam fell down a crevice and died. Nick even has few friends in his small town, noting that he was never sure if the aboriginal boy, Sam, was really his friend, or just felt obligated to treat Nick as such because Nick previously saved the boy from drowning. His family never seem to look at Nick as Nick, but rather apply their respective templates of paternal guidance. ![]() He mother always seems to approach the boy with scorn, and Nick also comments that he hated how his father was always trying to be reasonable when he's in trouble whereas his grandfather would've taken the belt to him in two minutes. Nick seems quite detached from his surroundings, never really having much of a connection to family, but mostly his parents and older brother, particularly because of their boilerplate version of parenting. Based on the Maurice Shadbolt's novel, it is the story of a quiet New Zealand teenager Nick Flinders. Among the Cinders if a different sort of coming-of-age story. ![]()
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