Old Movies by Ian Casocot

I really liked Old Movies by Ian Casocot which we discussed in class this week. I think of myself as a very avid movie-watcher as such that the movies I have watched are a lot in quantity and diverse in genres. Yet I know that I still have a lot too discover. I even bought a big-ass book called "1000 movies you should see before you die". I've only ticked off about 10% of the list but at least I started already. So, seeing as that the characters in story referenced a lot of movie and movie characters, I made it to a point to research (or at least google) something when it is unfamiliar to me. Needless to say, I know that I still have a lot to learn and discover. 

Back to the story, at first I was fascinated by how Casocot narrated by the character of Jaguar. His mother is wary of him because he is sort of an unwanted child because of the circumstances of his birth. The mother, stricken with sorrow, does nothing but watch movies. I think that Jaguar or Travis is a very observant character. The shocking bit, (SPOILER ALERT) that the grandfather was actually the father of the child, was very shocking indeed since it was subtly clued in the story. But I think that the clues were very vital and shocking as well that I think that I might have clued in a little on the real deal but didn't not dwell much on it. The real issue was actually the identity of Jaguar's father. Since, I might have focused on the movie references quite a bit, I didn't notice its importance. 

I liked this story a lot. It's one of my favorites readings in our humalit class.