Analyse af David Nicholls' novelle 'Every Good Boy'

To be good at something is what we all want, right? It’s important to be good at something, especially when you’re growing up. The society expects it. You are encouraged to find a hobby or an activity you can do well. In the short story “Every good boy” by David Nicholls, the main character has not yet found his so-called skills. He has only had failures and more is to come in the story. He is met with lack of support from every ankle of his life, including his own parents.

The narrator of the short story is the main character as well. The story is about his experiences while trying to find his something to be good at. It takes place in his childhood, when he was 9 years old. He was living with his parents, brother and sister. Both of his siblings had found their ability to do things well, but he was just being reminded all the time that he was the boy who could do nothing. The only thing that made him remarkable as a boy was that he was the “non-ability-boy”. He couldn’t even be the traditional nerdy kid, because he didn’t have the intelligence which is needed to be. He didn’t have any physically or socially skills.