Phoning a Dead Man

How would you feel if your parents burned everything in your room while you were away somewhere? In the book Phoning a Dead Man by Gillian Cross Hayley's older brother John, went away to Siberia to do a demolition job, but the mystery was unknown when only his ashes came back. John's fiancé Annie Glasgow had spectacular information about the death that didn’t add up, Annie also said how she wanted to go to the place where he died for herself, but the only problem with that was she was in a wheelchair so someone had to go with her and that was Hayley. When Hayley flied to Siberia with Annie they discover something very interesting in the Siberian Forest they meet this strange man that was covered in ticks, and looked a little dangerous. They had found out that the man was there working on the same thing as John. Later on in the book they find out that he had something to do to it but that would be stated once the cops arrived. When the cops arrived the answers all came out, he was the murderer, and he was after john because in their college they happened to be roommates that never got along at the point Annie was silent not one word. That is why love is needed in the human life.

In the book Phoning a Dead Man by Gillian Cross the purpose was to show that you can have the expensive toys and such, but you really only need love. When Annie was about to get married that was the only thing she dreamed about. When they finally got engaged in the book they agreed to go everywhere together, and do everything as a team. Well before they got engaged John had a job he was going to do the whole time, but when he went to do his job there was no coming back. Annie was crushed, but that’s what life is all about, life is like a roller coaster everybody has their ups and downs that’s what love brings you. Sometimes it may be that it destroys you and crushes you, but you need to have it for a healthy life.

Just like having the purpose and meaning of the story, you also have to have the plot-line to really enjoy the book. The plot-line to Phoning a Dead man was a Comedy, not because it was funny, but because of the relations between the characters, the story became a Comedy style of writing. It had to be a Comedy and no other because even though when they were about to get married, that was Annie's first true love so when John died that had her experience what she had coming into life. The story was also a Comedy because the book was realistic, the tragedy plot-line is also realistic, but it was a Comedy because Annie hadn't seen her grandma ever, not once. So when John died an unexpected happiness had soon arose, her grandma a day later came to spend the rest of her life with Annie so she can once see her and to feel a part of a wonderful life, which made the book fall right into Comedy.  

The book Phoning a Dead Man is a great love story, that would encourage everybody to see what wonders head on in life. The book also showed how easy it is to lose something no matter how close it was to coming true, so the book was also trying to say live life to the full because you never know when it can end or just begin.