Gary Crew writes the novel Angel’s Gate. It is written in first person and viewed through the eyes of Kimmy. The main character, Kimmy, and his family the Harriots live in a town called Jericho (named after a biblical city).
His mother and father run a doctors surgery and help the injured or people in need. They work from their own house. This is called the Laurels.
The town of Jericho is quite normal; gossip travels swiftly and not everyone is extra special, but then the mysterious death of Paddy Flanagan sends the small town into suspicion. Lena and Mickey are Paddy Flannagan’s feral children. He keeps them in the back of his ute when he drives around town. After his death Lena then Mickey are caught and taken in to Dr Harriots cellar. This is when Kimmy becomes friends with them both. The story builds up to an interesting climax demonstrating Gary Crew’s excellent style of writing.
In the novel Angel’s gate the background and setting contributes often to many different scenes, making the book an enjoyable read. For example: when Kimmy talks about his favourite place, the eyrie. The detailed description creates a picture to fit in with Kimmy is saying and doing. Without a good setting any book would seem dull and unexciting. The setting captures the feel and effect of what the author is trying to get through to the reader.
The theme in this novel appears to be that angels do exist. By this I mean; somebody might look normal on the outside but on the inside they are very different. For example Mickey and Lena were scared at first of Kimmy but when they got to know him Kimmy turned out to be very kind. Various other situations point towards Kimmy being an angel as well. The laurel trees are a good example. One of the trees grew up fast and threatened to knock down the wall and was cut down early. But the other laurel tree was in a way smarter. It grew upwards and then branched out. These trees refer back to Kimmy and Julia (his sister).
Our Town An Essay On Theme Of The Play
In act one when the stage manager pulls Mr. Webb out of the play to talk with him on page 528, the lady in the box asks 'Oh Mr. Webb? Mr. Webb is there any culture or love of beauty in Grover's Corners?'. Mr. Webb her, there isn't much culture the way she might think, but '...we've got a lot of pleasures of a kind here: We like the sun comin' up over the mountain in the morning, and we all notice ...
Kimmy being the smart one and learning from the others mistakes.
Gary Crew is very descriptive. His sentences flow beautifully and one thing links to the next in an easy to read manner. I have found Gary Crew’s style of writing a pleasure to read and would give it an overall rating of 8 out of 10.
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers:
for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
