The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud

Deanna Todd The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud I look at The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud, by Ben Sherwood. This have got is about Charlie St. Cloud, a normal high coach junior whose carriage comp permitely changes one night, and then takes you on the journey through the events that take situate after that horrific night. This was a really good book that has been turned into a movie, and I would super recommend reading the book. This paper is going to tell you in depth about the book and wherefore I enjoyed it so much. Charlie St. Cloud is a high school junior who along with his younger sidekick chouse the game of baseball.Living in the small harbor village of Marblehead, Massachusetts, sailing and the water were an allday variance of life, however baseball was the joy of the St Cloud boys lives. Charlies younger brother surface-to-air missile looked up to his older brother, and the two, sons of a single mother, had a very close brotherly bond. One level while Charlie and Sams mother was at work, Charlie decided to borrow the neighbors auto to drive to Boston to watch a baseball game. On the way put up their car was touch by a drunk driver and both boys were pronounced dead.However, in the ambulance, firefighter Florio Ferrente shocked Charlie back to life. As Charlie promised not to ever leave his brothers side, he was pulled back into consciousness. It was those few moments of macrocosm in between that would forever change Charlies life. subsequently a decade of feeling amenable for his brothers death, Charlie forgets about his dreams and aspirations in life. Instead he decides to become the local cemetery caretaker, and every night as the cannons signal sunset, Charlie prevails into the woods to meet his little brother for a game of catch.Because of creation in between life and death for that short moment, Charlie can now fit spirits and ask them into the next realm. Sam chooses to stay behind to be with Charlie and every ni ght no matter what Charlie is doing or where he is, when the cannons sound he is in the woods with his brother. One day as Charlie is cleaning up the cemetery, he meets a young sailor named Tess Carroll. Tess is getting prepared to leave on a race to sail around the world. After meeting her Charlie finds himself trying to choose between the past and Sam, and his possible in store(predicate) with Tess.Tess and Charlie spend a wonderful night together and the next morning, Charlie, like always has his morning drinking chocolate at a little shop on the harbor. This is where he finds out that Tess went out on a test sail and is now missing. Hearing this shocks Charlie from his new love state into a realization that Tess is dead. After Charlie finding out about Tess, he becomes very angry and then realizes his point in universe saved that faithful night. He realizes that Tess came to him, and that she isnt dead yet, that she is hurt and fighting to stay springy and Charlie require t o find her.He now has to choose between his promise to Sam, and his new love for Tess and their possible future in building a life together. Charlie rushes into town to find Tink, Tess right hand man, and explains to him that Tess is in fact alive and he intends to find her. Needless to say Tink thinks he is crazy but embarks on the explore anyways because he wants to find her just as much. As they are sailing out to ocean, the sun starts to precipitation and Charlie hears the cannons, he knows that he has broken the bond between him and Sam and he will never see Sam again.With tears in his eyes, he says goodbye to Sam and apologizes for breaking the promise he do to his little brother. Just then Charlie sees a shooting star in the night sky and it is as if the star is pointing him in the direction of an island. Its Sam leading Charlie to Tess, Charlie jumps up, thanks Sam and steers the boat toward the island. formerly they get close enough they spot Querencia, Tess boat. Once they rescued Tess and got her to the hospital, Charlie never leaves her side. However at graduation Tess doesnt recognize Charlie and it really upsets him.He gave up his brother for her and now she doesnt remember the night they had together. Charlie solace never left the hospital, and then Tess finally asked fro him, she wanted to know how they met, so Charlie told her the entire story. Charlie had finally let go of the past, and forgave himself for that night that changed his life. Now he was starting over with a brand new anticipation on life and he and Tess were going to start over together. This book was very touching and heartwarming. It also reminded me a lot of Mitch Alboms books, especially One More Day. They made a movie about this book simply titled Charlie St. Cloud even though the movie was pretty good, it doesnt compare to the book.I love to read books and watch the movies however I am usually disappointed in the movies. I assumet like how they take so much out of the movies to fit it in a certain time frame and this movie was no different. However it is still interesting to see the characters coming to life outside of your mind. I would recommend this book and the movie, although I would suggest to watch the movie then read the book, then you wont become upset like I did.