Before the book has begun Alex has received his TER and has now begun the long wait for his acceptance into the course he wants to study. The TER has the potential to change Alex's life dramatically. If he isn't accepted into the course he wants, he will have to make another difficult choice and decide what else to do. This decision has the capability to dramatically change his life, for better or worse. "It's as though the future is held here. Held at bay, held at arm's length." This quote seems to best express how these few weeks ca

Alex and Fortuna do many things together throughout the summer, they go to markets together and Alex has Fortuna's family over and they have dinner with Alex and his mother. I think this is around the time Alex realizes that the he really does love Fortuna and the thing he wants most is to be with her. By developing a love for her, Alex's character matures and he learns to focus on the more important things in life.

Alex's vacation to Coloundra has been a very major turning point in his life; he met his first girlfriend, fell in love and got his acceptance into university. This vacation really showed him his path in life. The changes we saw in Alex over the duration of the vacation were, he became much more secure, confident and he was making decisions for himself for the first time.. I believe that Alex meeting Fortuna was the best thing that had ever happened to him and sh

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