Just the way he described reactions from people and dealing with being in public hurt my heart. I can’t imagine always feeling like everyone sees you as a freak.

I felt his loneliness and self-consciousness profoundly throughout the story and was happy that Vanessa latched onto him. I think this was partly due to the fact that his tale was in the first person, as he was telling his story to Duncan.

I have to say I felt more of a connection to Tim than anyone else. We also get a secondary romance of Duncan and Daisy. The story slowly unfolds as flashbacks through Tim and Duncan’s recall, and through that, we get the bittersweet tale of how Tim and Vanessa formed an unlikely bond. Then we have the story of Tim and Vanessa recounted by Tim through his CD’s. First we have Duncan the senior who feels guilty about what happened to Tim and Vanessa, although, we have no idea why. This was an unusual tale, really two stories wrapped up in one. But soon the lure of finding out exactly what happened proves too hard to resist and he’s listening, riveted by the story. At first Duncan doesn’t want to listen, he just wants to get back to normal school life, and the pursuit of a girl he hopes didn’t get away. But he’s put smack into the middle of it when he discovers his “treasure” left in his dorm room are audio CD’s made by Tim, recounting the tragedy and the months leading up to it. He’s trying to forget an event from the last year, which he had a part in. I guess this is to be expected when this tale revolves around the re-telling of a tragic event involving two students, Tim an albino and social outsider and Vanessa, the popular and pretty girl.ĭuncan is entering into his senior year at The Irving, a boarding school in New York. I was affected by this story, but in a mixed way. Removed Tts_version 4.The Tragedy Paper is not my usual type of read but something about the synopsis drew me in. OL16607160W Page_number_confidence 96.30 Pages 326 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.17 Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20200803121342 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 382 Scandate 20200720143655 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780307930484 Source Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 10:24:52 Boxid IA1894205 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

The tragedy paper by elizabeth laban