The Truth

   Welcome back to my final blog on signpost I found in the book, The Grimm Conclusion by Adam Gidwitz! Today's signpost blog is going to be about A-HA Moments. In case you don't know A-HA moments happen when the character(s) in your book realizes, understands, or figures something out. It's like in Scooby Doody-Doo when the gang finds out who the "ghost," is. Or in Criminal Minds, when the gang find out who the killer is. Or in Toy Story, when Buzz and Woody find out they're not that different at all, and they're equal. So, it's kind of like the end of a Disney movie, everything is solved and they all live happily ever after. Anyways, let's get onto the point. In the book, I found that the A-HA is when Jorinda and Joringel realize that the "advice" their mother gave them wasn't good adivce at all. However when I hold it I saw that they're split in two different pages. On one page it is the beginning of the realization and on the other is the actual A-HA moment. If you don't understand, then just give me a minute or two, to explain. Now let us begin.

   The first A-HA moment I found is kind of a mini A-HA moment, like I said, the start of the realization. This happens on 218, when the children talk to the man. I've talk about this man in part one of the signpost blogs (Good and Bad Words). He is the one who said the good words of the wiser to Jorinda and Joringel. But I didn't mention that it was also an A-HA moment, or at least a tiny one. He says to the children "All I'm trying to say is that it's okay to feel things sometimes. In fact, I think feeling things, even painful things, can be good." This advice shows that the children are beginning to understand that their mother's adivce isn't good adivce, a   This quote from the book is the actual A-HA moment Jorinda and Joringel had. On page 270, Jorinda and Joringel are talking to a creature and his grandmother (trying not to spoil.) The grandmother wanted the children to tell their story because she wanted to know why they were there in the first place. They tell their story, which probably took a long time, and when they finished the grandmother felt bad for them. She said their mother neglected them and the children disagree. Jorinda and Joringel blame themselves for all that happened and they had made horrible desisions. The grandmother completely disagrees with both of them, she tells them that they shouldn't blame themselves for their actions and even though some of their desisions were dumb, but they were for the better. She also said, it's their mother's fault for giving them terrible adivce. The next paragraphs after that says, "Tears slowly made their way over the children's cheeks. They shrugged. But Jorinda smiled. Joringel half laughed. 'It was kind of silly,' Joringel rough a crooked grin, sniffling. 'We were just born.' 'Yeah,' agreed Jorinda. 'That's all we did. And I wanted to marry a prince. That's not so bad.' 'Not so bad at all,' Joringel said. 'Not so bad at all.' He signed a deep, rattling sign." This clearly shows that Jorinda and Joringel realize that their crazy life isn't their fault. Also, the line "Tears slowly made their way over the children's cheeks," shows that they accept the fact that it's okay to cry/their mother's advice was horrible adivce, by letting tears roll down their cheeks.

   And that is the end of my final blog about signpost, I really hope you enjoyed reading it, and are convinced to reading the book The Grimm Conclusion. Let me know what you think it, or if you find the same or different sighpost! "See" you next blog, bye!