This is my first journal reflection while I am reading my novel, and I would like to choose two questions to help me on the literature. First of all, I have some puzzles about the plots in the first few chapters and characters, especially the main two characters and the relationship between them. Then, I am willing to talk about the mental images that I am forming of people, places and events in this novel, and even consider where these mental images come from. No Great Mischief is a play that have been told through the memory of Alexander MacDonald. Its structure is a story being remembered, because of this, the play shifts back and forth through the time. In the first chapter, the whole story starts in one of the main characters named Alexander’ s general journeys to visit his eldest brother Calum, a frail but fiery alcoholic, in a flat in Toronto. “ As I begin to tell this” ( Macleod 1), we can obviously find that to make the article structure varied and avoid telling a tale, the author uses flashback to enhanced the effect in this way, it also can make the article twists have been caused, resulting in suspense and to be fascinating. Speaking of the relationship of two characters, in the first chapter, according to the detailed descriptions of the environment and the details, we can find the huge difference between the two brothers, status in particular. However, they are still concerned about each other, for example, some communications between them, “Did you hurt yourself” (Macleod 8) and “ Do you want something to eat” (Macleod 9), it clearly shows that there is a powerful link between them because they have the same blood even though these two guys have a totally different lifestyle. Then, it also talks a lot about loyalty, which can be represented by the dogs, they are definitely fit part of it, as do horses as well. One quote that I need to touch upon is the horse’s loyalty “Ah, poor Christy. How she alway