Then Again Maybe I Wont Age Suggestion
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| Author | Judy Blume |
|---|---|
| Land | U.s.a. |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Young developed fiction |
| Publisher | Bradbury Press |
| Publication date | 1971 |
| Media blazon | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 176 pp |
| ISBN | 0-87888-035-6 |
| OCLC | 211889 |
| LC Class | PZ7.B6265 Th |
And so Over again, Maybe I Won't is a immature adult novel written by Judy Blume. Intended for pre-teens and teenagers, the novel deals with puberty from a 1970s male perspective too as the other trials of growing up. Judy Blume claimed that she was inspired to write the story following the success of her preceding novel Are Yous There God? It's Me, Margaret. Given her earlier novel was nigh a girl inbound puberty making the transition to womanhood, she decided to write one about a boy going through puberty and making a transition to manhood.
Plot summary [edit]
Twelve-year-old Tony Miglione lives with his hardworking extended family in a working-class neighborhood in Jersey City. After Tony's family unit experiences a major increase in wealth due to his begetter's successful sale of his electronics invention, the family relocates to an upper-class community in (fictional) Rosemont, New York. His mother becomes absorbed with climbing the social ladder in her new, wealthier neighborhood, while his maternal grandmother becomes angry and withdrawn when she is no longer allowed to cook for the family equally she loves to do. Tony's older brother, Ralph, a new father who was previously a well-respected junior high schoolhouse instructor, gives up education to make more money working for Tony'south father, causing Tony to feel that his brother is 'selling out'.
Tony meets a neighbor, Joel Hoober, a male child his ain age. While Joel's manners print Mr. and Mrs. Miglione, Tony sees Joel's true colors in private: he secretly engages in misbehaviors such as prank calls, underage drinking, hiding bug of Playboy magazine under his bed, and shoplifting, and encourages Tony to participate as well.
Joel also has an older sister, Lisa, who is sixteen years old. Her bedroom window faces Tony'south, and Tony soon notices that she does not bother to close her blinds when changing clothes; this leads Tony to ask his parents for a pair of binoculars for Christmas – "for birdwatching", he tells them. (Notation: publishers seemed to feel this was an important plot point, as a number of variations of the cover art for this novel feature Tony belongings a pair of binoculars.)
Tony begins experiencing anxiety-related fainting spells; he is eventually admitted to the hospital subsequently collapsing in grade, and is afterward sent to therapy after doctors determine the malady is not medical (although he is diagnosed with "nervous tum", at present called IBS). The therapy helps Tony larn new ways to deal with his problems.
Joel is eventually caught stealing golf balls from a sporting goods store, and Tony refuses to stand upward for him when they are stopped by security. Surprisingly, Joel is not angry at him and the two boys agree amicably to end their friendship when Joel is sent to a military academy; he explains to Tony that he acted out only to run across if he could get away with it. Tony'southward mother (who tries to emulate everything the Hoobers do) considers sending Tony there too, until Tony'south begetter intervenes and says this is a primal decision that only Tony should brand. Tony also overcomes his infatuation with Lisa and curtails watching her window subsequently learning of her relationship with his youth group leader.
In the last chapter, Tony is bicycling and talking to himself well-nigh his parents edifice a pond puddle and he is approaching his 14th birthday. Tony is too now more at ease with himself and the family changes, and had the courage to tell the therapist he spied on Lisa. Tony thinks it would be all-time if he ceases his voyeuristic behavior for good, only finally says to himself 'Then once again, maybe I won't.'
Major characters [edit]
- Anthony (Tony) Miglione – Protagonist of the book who is 12 years old, the youngest of three boys.
- Victor (Vic) Miglione – Tony'southward father, who is a freelance electrician and an inventor whose invention changes their lives.
- Carmella Miglione – Tony's mother, who eventually goes past the proper noun Ballad, much to Tony's dismay. She becomes self-captivated with her social condition once the family moves to Rosemont.
- Ralph Miglione – Tony's older brother who is a teacher at his middle school in Jersey City, but goes into the family business with his father, which angers Tony to no end. Back in Bailiwick of jersey Metropolis, Ralph was respected amid Tony'due south peers, known equally "The Sorcerer of Seventh Grade Social Studies".
- Grandma – Carmella's mom, who cannot speak later on having her larynx removed due to cancer. She loves to cook, but was no longer permitted to exercise then afterwards hiring their housekeeper, so she spends every day in her bedroom watching Idiot box, depressed.
- Vincent (Vinnie) Miglione – Tony's deceased older brother. He died in Vietnam a few years earlier the story takes place.
- Angie Miglione – Tony'due south sister-in-law, and Ralph's wife.
- Vincenza (Vickie) Miglione – Tony's niece, and Angie and Ralph'south daughter. She was named subsequently Vinnie.
- Joel Hoober – Tony's new friend in Rosemont. He is a practical joker and a shoplifter.
- Marty Endo – One of Tony'south new friends who is besides i of his basketball teammates and a member of the church building youth group.
- Scott Gilt – Another new friend of Tony's, who is in all of Tony's classes at school. He is often seen with Tony, Marty Endo, and Joel Hoober as a grouping.
- Lisa Hoober – Joel's attractive 16-year-erstwhile sister, who Tony develops a shell on, and spies on with binoculars via his window
- Kathryn (Corky) Thomas – A daughter Tony'south historic period who likes him, simply he pays her piddling attending.
- J.West. Fullerbach – Vic's new boss and partner.
- Frankie Bollino – Tony's all-time friend from Bailiwick of jersey City who comes to visit.
- Dr. Fogel – Tony'south psychiatrist.
- Maxine – Housekeeper to the Migliones who directs the house her manner and volition not let Tony's grandmother cook anymore. She eventfully softens as the volume progresses.
- Millicent – Housekeeper to the Hoobers who seems to be the just i who is aware of Joel's antics considering i night when Tony is at Joel's house she catches them in Lisa's room.
Theme [edit]
While this novel is similar to aspects of Are You There God? It'southward Me, Margaret., it differs mainly in the secondary themes. While Margaret struggles with her bug of religion and being raised in an interfaith family unit, Tony Miglione struggles with the issues of his family unit's social status and to a lesser extent, American order. A similarity of both stories, aside from the physical maturity of both characters, is that Tony develops a beat out on the eldest daughter of his next door neighbors, just as Margaret has feelings for her neighbor's friend. However, Tony also has to deal with the fact that she is three years older than he is, and, that if such a shell developed farther, the age difference would be uncommon amidst boys he knows. Both stories besides deal with moving from an urban area to the suburbs, merely the reason behind the move for Tony's family is his begetter's success with his invention and want to move to a wealthier community.
Themes dealt with include the effects on Tony of losing the working-class life he had been used to in his Italian-American neighborhood in Jersey City, and beingness ill at ease in his new upper-form community. In addition, Tony's grandmother has been marginalized, as she loved to cook for the family in Bailiwick of jersey City but is told that this would be inappropriate in their new home. She confines herself to her room after the Migliones hire Maxine, a maid who takes advantage of the family's inexperience with their new lifestyle and substantially directs the household to her tastes instead of taking orders from the family.
Another slight theme touched upon is Tony regaining slight respect for the working grade life his parents left behind. Tony and his friends are drinking milkshakes at a malt shop when Joel thinks it is beautiful to hide the tip within a partially unconsumed milkshake drinking glass, causing the waitress to make a scene and remark how Joel and his ilk know nothing of working for a living and that "your crummy coins buys me a loaf of staff of life; ever stop and remember of that". Tony afterwards remarks to himself he idea for a long time how his spending money goes from his pocket to a supermarket in some low-income neighborhood.
The penultimate chapter in the book deals with the consequences of Joel's immoral actions. Tony and Joel are at a sporting goods shop where the employees catch Joel shoplifting golf balls and Tony refuses to help Joel in lying. Tony anticipates that his parents will learn for themselves of Joel's true nature when they read tomorrow's newspaper and meet Joel will be remanded to the juvenile facility, simply is surprised when he learns the owner of the sporting goods store declines to press charges against Joel for shoplifting. Joel's father then decides to enroll Joel in a armed services academy, which he believes will cure Joel of his "I will exercise what I want, when I desire" attitude and deprive him of his pampered lifestyle at the Hoober home.
Setting [edit]
The time frame of this story is evidently the late 1960s or early on 1970s, as Tony'south eldest brother, Vinnie, has been killed in action in the Vietnam War. Initially set in Jersey Urban center, New Jersey, the family somewhen moves to Rosemont, New York on Long Island. Other themes touched upon are how Tony's family seems to be knowingly and willingly distancing themselves from their Italian heritage as not many Italian-Americans live in Rosemont (evidence of this is shown when Tony's mother allows herself to be called "Carol" by Mrs. Hoober instead of Carmella, her true name). Another theme is how Tony's family unit is keeping up with the Joneses by emulating their adjacent door neighbors, the Hoobers (although Tony'southward mother is conspicuously more concerned with social image than his father). Mr. Hoober is vice president of a pharmaceutical company and is apparently extremely well compensated, which gives his wife the adventure to spend her days playing golf and socializing. The Hoobers are representative of the "loftier-powered American family unit" and seem to believe the "American way" is nigh money, affluent living, social status and not much else. As a event, they practice non seem to give much attention to the trouble-making son Joel, who has the thought he can get away with anything because nobody is watching over him or enforcing discipline.
Editions [edit]
- ISBN 0-87888-035-6
- ISBN 0-8161-4417-6
External links [edit]
- Judy Blume's website
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Then_Again,_Maybe_I_Won%27t
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