![]() ![]() ![]() His alcoholic and abusive father had abandoned the. Lucius Reeve is an antagonist when he challenges Theo’s business practices and accuses him of stealing the painting. Naaman Silver is an antagonist who threatens Theo’s father. When Theo loses his mother in the explosion, his world falls apart. Boris, an alcoholic, addict, and thief, steals the painting from Theo, his best friend, putting him in the role of antagonist as well. If you’re longing for another epic to get lost in, try one of these three books: 1. The Goldfinch follows Theo through fourteen years after his mothers death. However, these three books include similar aspects to the famed novel, such as generational stories, explorations into the value of art, beautiful descriptions of settings, and haunting mysteries. Heavy with themes of love, loss, obsession, fate, and beauty, Tartt’s work is ultimately unique. Considered an odyssey through present-day America, Theo’s tale of survival and self-invention enthralls all who read it. ![]() Though he finds work selling antiques to the wealthy, the goldfinch painting continues to haunt him, increasingly so as he enters into the underworld of illegal art. The story follows Theo into adulthood, bouncing from home to home, from tragedies and misadventures. When his mother dies in a tragic accident that he himself miraculously survives, Theo finds himself set adrift in New York with only the stolen Dutch painting of a goldfinch to remind him of his past. The Goldfinch follows Theo Decker, the thirteen-year-old son of a devoted mother and absent father. ![]()
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