How does about a boy end

Another thing, is the relationship between Ellie and Marcus. In the book, Marcus thinks quite a lot about the girl and there are many more situations in which she is involved.

In the film however, Ellie occurs in the second half of it and is featured all the way to the last scene. While there is just a small talk about Marcus starting to like rap music in the film, meanwhile music is a huge part of the book and has an important meaning. Music is the reason Ellie gets into trouble on the way to Cambridge, and this leads to the following events.

The difference of the ending is actually the biggest and most important one. The way the book ends, is that Marcus is on the way to Cambridge with Ellie to visit his father, but they get off the train halfway there. She misunderstands a display in a shop and chooses to break the glass, which ends her up on the police station together with Marcus.

If I would have to choose between the book and the film, I would without doubt pick the book. In my opinion, everything was much more detailed, explained and the whole plot was presented in a much more serious way. The film however was very light and fun to see, so it is a bit shortened and less detailed alternative of the book.

Will has no responsibilities — in fact he runs away at the first sign of commitment or responsibility. While his friends are marrying and having children, Will continues to live like a teenager and feels sorry for his friends because he thinks that they have lost their freedom. Hornby depicts a certain kind of immature but latently sincere man who loves Women as a less demanding alternative to loving a woman. Will's error, or perhaps it is his salvation, is that he starts dating single mothers, thinking they will be less demanding and easier to dump than single girls.

The strategy is flawed: Single mothers invariably have children, and what Will discovers is that while he would make a lousy husband, he might make a wonderful father. Of course it takes a child to teach an adult how to be a parent, and that is how Marcus Nicholas Hoult comes into Will's life.

He shamelessly claims that his wife abandoned him and their 2-year-old son, "Ned. We've already met Marcus, who is round-faced and sad-eyed and has the kind of bangs that get him teased in the school playground.

His mother suffers from depression, and this has made Marcus mature and solemn beyond his years. When Fiona tries to overdose one day, Will finds himself involved in a trip to the emergency room and other events during which Marcus decides that Will belongs in his life whether Will realizes it or not.

The heart of the movie involves the relationship between Will and Marcus--who begins by shadowing Will, finds out there is no "Ned," and ends by coming over on a regular basis to watch TV. Will has had nothing but trouble with his fictional child, and now finds that a real child is an unwieldy addition to the bachelor life. Nor is Fiona a dating possibility. Marcus tried fixing them up, but they're obviously not intended for each another--not Will with his cool bachelor aura and Fiona with her Goodwill hippie look and her "health bread," which is so inedible that little Marcus barely has the strength to tear a bite from the loaf.

There is an unfortunate incident in the park when Marcus attempts to throw the loaf into a pond to feed the ducks, and kills one. As a result of one of his liaisons, he meets Marcus, an odd year-old boy with problems at school.

Gradually, Will and Marcus become friends, and as Will teaches Marcus how to be a cool kid, Marcus helps Will to finally grow up. Sign In. Edit About a Boy Jump to: Summaries 4 Synopsis 1.

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