Mr. Nobody's Eyes

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Nemo explains that before birth, children remember everything that will happen in their lives. At the moment of conception, the Angels of Oblivion erase their memory. The Angels, however, forget about Nemo, allowing him to "remember" different possible futures for himself. At age 9, at a railway station, he is forced to choose as his mother leaves on a train while his father stays on the platform. In one case, he manages to board the train while in another he stays with his father. A wonderful children's book set in World War 2 about a young boy and a chimp on the run, and their adventures along the way.

A bit cringe though, which we also have to discuss is that Morpurgo in this book is using the word gypsy for romani people. In his newer book Flamingoboy he is not using the word gypsy, which I know romani don't like. So a slight warning for that.

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Alternatively, after being rejected by Elise, Nemo resolves to marry the first girl who will dance with him at the school prom. That night, he dances with Jeanne (Linh Dan Pham). While taking her home, Nemo pledges to marry her and be successful. Despite being successful and have two children, Nemo is unhappy and bored with his life. Nemo writes over all his possessions to Jeanne and leaves his family. Now making all of his decisions randomly via coin toss, he goes to the airport, and pretends to be a passenger named Daniel Jones and is taken to a hotel by a waiting chauffeur. At Jones' hotel room, Nemo is murdered while taking a bath, and his body is dumped in the woods. This is one of the older ones, and I could tell that the language was a bit more complicated. The story however was VERY engaging. Kiddo was hiding behind a pillow sometimes. And when I asked her if it was thrilling she squealed YES, DON'T STOP READING! So, yeah... Older language, but for us it didn't matter. If we ended up with a difficult word, we just stopped and made sure she understood what it meant.

Nemo stays with his father (Rhys Ifans), who later becomes disabled. He works in a shop and spends his free time at home at the typewriter, writing a science fiction story about a journey to Mars. At a school dance, he meets Elise (Sarah Polley) and falls in love. A few days later, Nemo goes to Elise's house but sees her with her 22-year-old boyfriend. Frustrated, he speeds away on his motorcycle, has an accident and is hospitalized in a vegetative state. Though he can perceive the world through his senses, Nemo cannot move or speak. He detects his parents' reunion at his bedside. Nemo tries to remember the movement of his fingers on the typewriter keyboard and eventually manages to lift a finger as this story line comes to a close. Mr Nobody's Eyes is a children's adventure book, written by Michael Morpurgo, and published in 1989. Harry is quite the character too, an unhappy boy who just wants to feel at home somewhere. And when he feels as if his beloved mother is all busy with her new husband and new baby, he falls down in what I can only call a form of depression. Hence running away to find a new home. In a different story-line, Anna and Nemo are married with children. Nemo works at a television studio narrating educational videos. One evening, while returning home, he hits a bird, loses control of his car, plummets into a lake and drowns.In 2092, humanity has conquered mortality through the endless renewal of cells. The world watches in fascination as the 118-year-old Nemo Nobody (Jared Leto), the last mortal on Earth, edges towards death. Curious to know of life before quasi-immortality, they interview Nemo. Dr. Feldheim (Allan Corduner), a psychiatrist, uses hypnosis to help Nemo recall some of his memories, while Nemo relates other memories to a journalist (Daniel Mays). As he is prodded, Nemo makes contradictory statements. He recounts his life at three primary points: at age 9, when his parents divorced, at age 15 when he fell in love, and at age 34 as an adult. All three unfold into their many possible outcomes.