![]() However, this time, Craig meets a girl named Raina. However, Craig is forced to attend a church camp during the winter for a week, a trip he often hates as he cannot afford to ski or snowboard. It's for this reason that Craig desires winter break, as it gives him a reprieve from school. He let's his grades slip, he skips class and he does not see school as being of any value. He finds that drawing helps to liberate him and make his life worthwhile. Craig finds escape from this and the rest of his life through his art. This bullying continues into high school. As the boys grow older, eventually, Craig and Phil receive their own beds, and start to grow apart.Īt school, Craig is bullied for several reasons, including his skinny appearance, his family's background, and his family's poverty. These conflicts lead to Craig beginning to see himself as a failure of an older brother. This leads to conflict between the two boys as they cannot comfortably sleep in the bed together. ![]() The plot of Blankets centres around the life of Craig Thompson, with a primary focus on his teen years and his first romance.īlankets begins by establishing that Craig and his brother Phil live with their strict, poor, religious family and are forced to share a bed together. ![]()
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