Dandelion Wine Final

In the book Dandelion wine there is the big plot of enjoying life without any kind of machine or technology. However, there are other little plots in the chapters that go along with the stories. When Doug’s Great Grandma dies he starts to think about all of the people that have passed or gone away and realizes that he will die. There is also the plot of losing something that is important to you like your best friend or the thought of something scary out there, lurking on the edge of town, waiting to kill. Tom goes through some of the dilemma with his brother Doug and some of his own. I believe that the main point that you should get from this book is to enjoy the summers and being a kid because they only come once in a lifetime and then there gone forever.

The meaning of the book is just to enjoy life with all of its simple pleasures instead of looking for something that will make it better for a moment. In the book there are machines that people make to be happier, but in the end it only ends in sadness or regret. Also Douglas and Tom find a lot of meanings in the summer like the meaning of good food and Grandmas house, death, believing in something scary, and taking the time to listen. When Douglas goes to Colonel Freeleigh’s house he doesn’t get the Time Machine idea at first, but later on he gets is and likes to go spend time hearing and learning about all of the things Colonel Freeleigh has done and where he’s been. For the theme I believe it to simply be, enjoy life the way it is without help from any machine.

My opinion of this book is that is should be read by everyone. There are many people that have missed there childhood or feel that way and think that they have missed out on a lot; however, they really had a full childhood and did bunches of things. I believe that this book will help people realize all of the good times they had and what they learned as a child. To me this book takes you back to the time when things were simple and you could go for an Ice cream or candy without worrying about how much or what will happen. Dandelion Wine takes us back to the simpler times when we could enjoy life without the cell phone, computers, I Pods, and GPS locaters. It takes us back to a time when we could smell the flowers and tend to the garden without rushing around doing other things too. Dandelion Wine is a great book and should be read.

Penelope