The Stormchasers

There is nothing better than playing around with your father for a whole day. At least that’s how many younger kids would say. The text “The Stormchasers” (2007) is a short story written by Adam Marek. It’s about a father and his son watching the stormy weather outside, when the father thinks they should go out looking for tornadoes. Jakey (his son) is afraid of tornadoes, so it’s comforting that his father will go with him. Jakey’s mum is ill, or at least that’s what Jakey believes, so she is in bed. But during the storm chase, something goes wrong with the mum and when the father and Jakey comes back, their house have been hit by a storm, or what seems to be a storm atleast. The topic is about a father and his son having a great time together, while mum is home being ill. Storms can appear without cloudy, stormy weather. Also even in small countries like England.

During the story the father and Jakey is out chasing tornadoes and only approach mummy once. The chat about them going outside is very short, and the mum doesn’t seem to care at all. Although she asks them where they are going, but when the father asks “Can I get you anything?” she is just being direct, maybe even rude, and answers “no”. Normally when people ask you if you want something you’d answer “no thanks” or “yes please”, so maybe she is actually sick or maybe even mad in this case. Also when Jakey asks her if she’s feeling okay, she just answers with “Just go away”. This is all on page 11, line 25-31. The way she answers her son with “just go away” is also kind of rude. Perhaps she is very upset because the father and Jakey are going out to have a great time without her. But she visited to hospital the day before to “get 4 wisdom tooth pulled from her mouth”. You don’t get your wisdom tooth pulled at a hospital, you get them pulled at a normal dentist clinique. And at the