I read up to the eleventh section of the book, from Tape OZK0012.
The twelfth section begins with the taped conversation between Adam and Brint. Adam continues with where he had left off as he tells Brint that he was devastated down in the basement after he heard his parent’s conversation. Adam was in grave confusion as he longed for his father to come down and talk to him. The narrative changes to a third-person as the scene changes from the conversation to the actual past. When Adam’s father finds Adam in the basement, he is extremely concerned as he constantly asks if Adam is okay. Unable to hold back his confusion of his past, Adam decides to finally ask his dad what is going on and who the gray man and Martha are. Adam’s father had always feared this day that Adam will ask about their family’s past, yet it was reality.
The scene changes back to the conversation as Adam tells Brint that his father revealed that Adam’s real name was Paul Delmonte, not Adam Farmer. His father continued on telling of Adam’s past as he told Adam that the bus trip and the running into the woods was to hide from a dangerous someone. Adam realizes that they have run away from someone deadly, but he has no clue in which that someone is. The scene changes back to the third person narrative of Adam and his dad in the basement. His father unfolded his true identity as his real name was Anthony Delmonte. He was working as a reporter for Blount Telegrapher in Blount, New York. He had a successful career as he became a political reporter, being awarded for discovering the corruption in the government in Blount. With success came his wife, Louise Nolan, and his son, Adam. The scene again suddenly changes to the conversation, as Adam becomes suspicious of Brint and why he wants to desperately know all these information. Brint, however, simply ignores his question and urges Adam to continue on about the bus trip.
Adam recalls his father telling Adam in the basement about how he had testified against the senate board after finding a document showing evidence of an arranged crime involving both state and federal government. Having testified, security was promised to him and his family. However, he had to live secretly in various hotel rooms as he was only able to visit his family a few times in their guarded house. Adam couldn’t remember any part of this because he was only an infant. Despite all the things that Anthony had already told Adam about, he decided not to tell Adam everything for the sake of Adam and his safety against betrayal just in case he would be asked about the information he already knows. Brint asks about this safety against betrayal, but Adam tells that he doesn’t really remember, bringing suspicion to Brint that Adam may be with more knowledge than what he tells of. Anthony soon returned to Blount with his job back as he was extremely happy just by the fact that he can live with his family. With him testifying against the senate board, many were quietly arrested, others resigned.
The narrative changes, telling of the day that a bomb had been planted in Adam’s dad’s car. A
policeman saw two strangers wandering around the house and Adam’s dad’s car as he suspected something tragic. He demanded for Anthony to stay in the house as he realized that there was a bomb in the car. The threats continued as Anthony was nearly killed one day when he was working late. As he was walking out the building, the guard suddenly pointed a gun at Anthony. However, Grey had just come in time to shoot the guard. According to Anthony, this was how Grey had become part of the Adam’s family’s life. Adam tells Brint that Grey was part of the U.S Department of Re-Identification and had been in charge of Anthony’s case. The narrative changes to the third person narrative as Anthony talks about the situation that the family is. Although Adam and Anthony, Adam’s father, talked much more than usual, they were often restricted by the fact that there might be hidden bugs in places. Adam described the U.S Department of Re-Identification as the organization that helped witnesses such as Anthony who testified against larger and powerful group of people. They helped the people live safely with new identities. After the two attempts to kill Anthony, Grey had offered Anthony to join this department as there will be many more attempts to kill Anthony. He was undecided, but after a phone call threatening his wife, Anthony didn’t have much option but to join. The scene changes back to the conversation as Adam explains that the department, therefore, moved the family to Monument with new identities as Farmers. Anthony and his wife didn’t like it yet, they had no choice but to live with it. Although there wasn’t much chance that the dangerous people would find Adam’s family, they still had to be careful. It is later explained from a third person narrative that there wasn’t much chance of Adam’s family being found because a newspaper issued stated their death as shown from a newspaper article revealed by Anthony.
Although the mystery seemed to be mainly about Adam’s past, this section reveals the true mystery of this story. The focus was on Adam’s past, making it appear as if the mystery is about Adam trying to figure out his past identity. However, the true mystery is not really about Adam’s past since most of it has already been revealed with much more sections left in the story. It is not the past that is the mystery, but the present, which are the bike trip and the taped conversation. I was fascinated by how concentrated I was of the past of Adam that I realized that I actually hadn’t even thought of what will happen to Adam in the bike trip and the taped conversation. As the mystery of Adam’s past was pretty much revealed, new questions speeded to my mind about how Adam will react in the present and how the bike trip will go.
The similar characteristics of Anthony and Adam is shown in this section as both are courageous against greater power as Anthony fights against the corrupt government senate committee and Adam fights against Brint. Brint is also brought to attention as Adam questions Brint why he wants to know the information. Brint, however, refuses to reveal his identity and his reasons for the urge to know Adam’s past. A sense of darkness builds around Brint since he does not reveal anything about himself as though he is one of the antagonists in the story. The part that I find mysterious is where Adam mentions Anthony not telling everything to him for his own safety against betrayal when he is asked about the information. It strikes me that the taped conversation is the exact situation that Anthony was concerned about, which is why he didn’t tell everything to Adam. If Anthony did unfold every question, then Adam probably would have told the information to Brint as Adam was trying to recover memory through the taped conversations. I felt terrorized as Adam simply told Brint much of all the knowledge he knew without holding back just in case Brint was not who Adam supposed them to be. It is not only Brint’s identity that creates a feeling of malevolence, but also the fact that he has great power over Adam and forces Adam to answer questions and obey his orders.
The twelfth section begins with the taped conversation between Adam and Brint. Adam continues with where he had left off as he tells Brint that he was devastated down in the basement after he heard his parent’s conversation. Adam was in grave confusion as he longed for his father to come down and talk to him. The narrative changes to a third-person as the scene changes from the conversation to the actual past. When Adam’s father finds Adam in the basement, he is extremely concerned as he constantly asks if Adam is okay. Unable to hold back his confusion of his past, Adam decides to finally ask his dad what is going on and who the gray man and Martha are. Adam’s father had always feared this day that Adam will ask about their family’s past, yet it was reality.
The scene changes back to the conversation as Adam tells Brint that his father revealed that Adam’s real name was Paul Delmonte, not Adam Farmer. His father continued on telling of Adam’s past as he told Adam that the bus trip and the running into the woods was to hide from a dangerous someone. Adam realizes that they have run away from someone deadly, but he has no clue in which that someone is. The scene changes back to the third person narrative of Adam and his dad in the basement. His father unfolded his true identity as his real name was Anthony Delmonte. He was working as a reporter for Blount Telegrapher in Blount, New York. He had a successful career as he became a political reporter, being awarded for discovering the corruption in the government in Blount. With success came his wife, Louise Nolan, and his son, Adam. The scene again suddenly changes to the conversation, as Adam becomes suspicious of Brint and why he wants to desperately know all these information. Brint, however, simply ignores his question and urges Adam to continue on about the bus trip.
Adam recalls his father telling Adam in the basement about how he had testified against the senate board after finding a document showing evidence of an arranged crime involving both state and federal government. Having testified, security was promised to him and his family. However, he had to live secretly in various hotel rooms as he was only able to visit his family a few times in their guarded house. Adam couldn’t remember any part of this because he was only an infant. Despite all the things that Anthony had already told Adam about, he decided not to tell Adam everything for the sake of Adam and his safety against betrayal just in case he would be asked about the information he already knows. Brint asks about this safety against betrayal, but Adam tells that he doesn’t really remember, bringing suspicion to Brint that Adam may be with more knowledge than what he tells of. Anthony soon returned to Blount with his job back as he was extremely happy just by the fact that he can live with his family. With him testifying against the senate board, many were quietly arrested, others resigned.
The narrative changes, telling of the day that a bomb had been planted in Adam’s dad’s car. A
policeman saw two strangers wandering around the house and Adam’s dad’s car as he suspected something tragic. He demanded for Anthony to stay in the house as he realized that there was a bomb in the car. The threats continued as Anthony was nearly killed one day when he was working late. As he was walking out the building, the guard suddenly pointed a gun at Anthony. However, Grey had just come in time to shoot the guard. According to Anthony, this was how Grey had become part of the Adam’s family’s life. Adam tells Brint that Grey was part of the U.S Department of Re-Identification and had been in charge of Anthony’s case. The narrative changes to the third person narrative as Anthony talks about the situation that the family is. Although Adam and Anthony, Adam’s father, talked much more than usual, they were often restricted by the fact that there might be hidden bugs in places. Adam described the U.S Department of Re-Identification as the organization that helped witnesses such as Anthony who testified against larger and powerful group of people. They helped the people live safely with new identities. After the two attempts to kill Anthony, Grey had offered Anthony to join this department as there will be many more attempts to kill Anthony. He was undecided, but after a phone call threatening his wife, Anthony didn’t have much option but to join. The scene changes back to the conversation as Adam explains that the department, therefore, moved the family to Monument with new identities as Farmers. Anthony and his wife didn’t like it yet, they had no choice but to live with it. Although there wasn’t much chance that the dangerous people would find Adam’s family, they still had to be careful. It is later explained from a third person narrative that there wasn’t much chance of Adam’s family being found because a newspaper issued stated their death as shown from a newspaper article revealed by Anthony.Although the mystery seemed to be mainly about Adam’s past, this section reveals the true mystery of this story. The focus was on Adam’s past, making it appear as if the mystery is about Adam trying to figure out his past identity. However, the true mystery is not really about Adam’s past since most of it has already been revealed with much more sections left in the story. It is not the past that is the mystery, but the present, which are the bike trip and the taped conversation. I was fascinated by how concentrated I was of the past of Adam that I realized that I actually hadn’t even thought of what will happen to Adam in the bike trip and the taped conversation. As the mystery of Adam’s past was pretty much revealed, new questions speeded to my mind about how Adam will react in the present and how the bike trip will go.
The similar characteristics of Anthony and Adam is shown in this section as both are courageous against greater power as Anthony fights against the corrupt government senate committee and Adam fights against Brint. Brint is also brought to attention as Adam questions Brint why he wants to know the information. Brint, however, refuses to reveal his identity and his reasons for the urge to know Adam’s past. A sense of darkness builds around Brint since he does not reveal anything about himself as though he is one of the antagonists in the story. The part that I find mysterious is where Adam mentions Anthony not telling everything to him for his own safety against betrayal when he is asked about the information. It strikes me that the taped conversation is the exact situation that Anthony was concerned about, which is why he didn’t tell everything to Adam. If Anthony did unfold every question, then Adam probably would have told the information to Brint as Adam was trying to recover memory through the taped conversations. I felt terrorized as Adam simply told Brint much of all the knowledge he knew without holding back just in case Brint was not who Adam supposed them to be. It is not only Brint’s identity that creates a feeling of malevolence, but also the fact that he has great power over Adam and forces Adam to answer questions and obey his orders.
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