English, 07.11.2019 07:31 danitamontecalvo
How does malik relate with his mother in " the next adventure"? how do their interaction change over the course of the story?
malik had only a weekās notice when his motherās transfer to the kadena air base in okinawa, japan, came through. he wasnāt sure if she had been given only a weekās notice, or if sheād just waited so long to tell him because she suspected that he would not take it well. as it happened, he didnāt take it well. he reminded her heatedly about his best friend jamieās sixteenth birthday party that was still a month away, and his own upcoming eligibility to acquire his driverās license that summer. she had promised to take him for the test if he completed the driving safety course, which he had paid for just last week. but it didnāt matter what he said, because the professional movers were already there, and his mother wore the expression that told malik he didnāt have the slightest chance, and that she was very busy with other matters.
the first week in japan was predictably atrocious. malikās mother came home every night with infuriating new suggestions for how he could spend his timeāor, as he preferred to think of it, how he could pass his sentence. they wouldnāt be there forever. she encouraged him to visit the skate park and the jogging trails like he used to do at home, or that he meet the other kids his age at the pool before the weather closed it down. he didnāt want to know the others any more than he wanted to settle down in okinawa, two million miles from where he belonged. he preferred to spend his time browsing social media and trading complaints with jamie. he and jamie had been friends for their entire lives, which was a foreign concept to most of the base kids malik talked to when his mother did manage to get him to interact. whenever he brought it up, they all launched into a game where they named the place theyād stayed the longest, and he felt like the outsider he knew he was.
it was a whole month before malik ever left the base. when he did, it was because his mother finally grew frustrated enough with his sullen behavior to force him out. she sent him with a colleague who volunteered to drive his son and some friends to a local museum. malik didnāt even know the son, or any of the other guys. he only went because he knew he was pushing it with his mom lately, and she was the only person he regularly spoke to offline. that made it fairly uncomfortable when they werenāt speaking at all.
the museum was actually kind of cool, even if malik had no intention of telling his mother he had a good time. he purchased several souvenirs he knew jamie would like. they had always enjoyed studying history together, so he knew the gifts would be better received than anything he could have picked out in the states. the guys in the carpool werenāt so bad either. they werenāt his friends from home, but they still had good senses of humor, and excellent stories, and malik found himself laughing along on the way home.
from there it all kind of unraveled as far as resistance went. malik met up with the guys whenever he could do so without admitting to his mom he actually liked it. and then even that game grew old, so he just hung out whenever he wanted and paid no mind to her knowing smiles. together, malik and his new friends explored the whole island of okinawa. they rode the monorail to all fifteen stations and found something compelling to do at each one, whether it was just walking around or seeing a film or eating somewhereāor somethingāinteresting. over the months, members of the group dropped off, transferred out with their parents. others joined them, too. gradually, malikās social media feed shifted from hometown news to an expansive collection of photos and stories from three or four continents at a time.
one afternoon, eight months in, malik found his mother sitting quietly in the kitchen. at first, he thought she was just relaxing from a long day, but eventually he realized it was something more. she looked tired, but she also looked troubled. she didnāt meet his eyes, even when he nudged the letter laying in front of her with his knuckle. āwhere are we going next? ā he asked. she looked up at him, and he knew right away that heād guessed right. he reached for the letter. āi hope itās germany,ā he said. ājake is there now, and heās always posting about it.ā malik watched the tension leave his motherās face. honestly, he didnāt see what she was so worried about. he was more than ready for the next adventure.
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