Theodore Boone - first post

I have read to page 70 in the book"Theodore Boone" by John Grisham. The main character in this novel is Theodore Boone. He is a thirteen year old boy who lives in the small city of Strattenburg together with his dog Judge and his parents. He is in the eighth grade and is expected to have straight A's in school, which he has, but Theo is not interested in being in school. He rather skips lesions so he can be in court and watch trials. Theo wants to be a lawyer and he think he is headed for the courtroom. Both of Theodore´s parents are busy lawyers, that is mentioned early in the book and that was the first thing that made me think of them as a rich family. Their lifestyle is described in a way that makes me see that the author wants to create that kind of impression. Theodore´s parents are the owners of a company called Boone & Boone. They have big offices, and even Theo has an own office in the same building as his parents where he can do his homework before he is heading to a restaurant where his family usually eat dinner.
Even though the family members have this kind of lifestyle I don´t believe they´re that different compared to the other people in the book. The whole neighborhood is probably having a similar lifestyle because success seems to be an important thing for everyone where they live. The students have high pressure from their homes, and many parents want their kids to have straight A's. There are also many other lawyers in the neighborhood where Theo lives, and I know that it´s often considered as a well paid career. Theodore and his parents are organized people who live organized lives, they have curtain routines for their everyday. For example, Theo always stops by his parents' office after school, he has to complete his homework before dinner and the family is always eating at seven o'clock. There are almost no exceptions. I believe it´s Theo´s mother who made those rules. It seems to me that his mother wants her life to be perfect, and that includes her family. She is more organized than Mr. Boone. A concrete example is their desks at their office, she has her papers in nice piles while Mr. Boone´s office is more messy. She also tells Theodore every day to smile all the time and she often makes sure that he follows the routines. Another thing that shows that she struggles with being perfect is that she wants to lose ten pounds and she spends much time with her look.
Elsa Miller is the receptionist, secretary and office manager in the company Boone & Boone. She is an important person in for their company, but Theo considers her as a friend. I think her behavior is a little bit like a second mum. For example she comments his clothing and makes sure that he has not the same clothes too often, and she is always sweet and bubbly when she sees Theodore. Maybe she is acting like that because his actual mom is working so much. How old she is haven´t been mentioned, but I know that she has gray hair which says a little bit about her age. She is, like the other women where they live, paying much attention to how she looks. She always matches her outfit with the color of her glasses.
I think the author is describing the characters' enough which helps him convey feelings better to the reader. Sometimes when I read books the descriptions can be too detailed, but in this book they are well balanced. At the same time as he describes people he lets things happen, that´s good for me because I like when much things happens trough the whole book and not only in the end. With this eventful beginning John Grisham has already caught my attention. /Anonymous