tThe novel “Finnie Walsh” by Steven Galloway had many pleasure and interest elements. These elements were mainly about Finnie and why he did what he did. Finnie was definitely an enjoyable character to read about in the book. He would do any mischievous things that people would not know about. Like when Finnie was the one that stole his friend’s fake arm, to teach him that he is better off without it, since it was doing more harm to him than it was doing good. He was also a very protective, understanding and patient person, these qualities that Finnie had really stood out. Finnie would do everything in his power to help people that he felt close to, be safe and feel comfortable, even if it meant doing damage to him in some way. Like when Finnie saw his best friend being beat up, he hit the guy that was hurting his friend so hard that it gave him a concussion. Even though he knew that was going to get him kicked out of his hockey team. The novel also had many different events that were pleasurable to read. Like when Mr. Woodward lost his arm, and what he did to cope with it. He didn’t many strange that that was hard to understand, but fun to read at the same time. tSome aspects of the novel that was not enjoyable to read were when Finnie was getting beaten up by his older brother. Even though it was said that it was just for fun, it did not seen that fun to read. The book also talked about relationships, and how one person could change from being in love with one and then changing to another person in the next day. That did not seen too appealing to read about. The main event that occurred that I found very hard to read was the death of Finnie Walsh. That death showed how Finnie had died like his hockey heroes, and dying in a hockey game was how he wanted to go. Evidentially the way that Finnie died was really stupid in my opinion; he died by choking on a whistle.
