The character Kidd makes me particularly admire was Lily. The traits she showed throughout the story showed how strong mentally and emotionally she is. Being a child and going through many hardships such as her mother dying and her father verbally abusing her shows the emotional toughness she has. “ I knew that the explosion I'd heard that day had killed her. The sound still sneaked into my head once in a while and surprised me.…
Johnny Tremain In the book Johnny Tremain there is a lot of technology and culture that takes play in the story. It is also very accurate for it's time period and that is one of the reasons i think it won a John Newbery Medal. The book is about a 14 year old boy named Johnny Tremain .…
In the novel Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes, Johnny is a fourteen year old boy who is an apprentice to Mr. Lapham,a silversmith that lives on Hancock's Wharf with Dove, Dusty, Mrs.Lapham, and her four daughters. Johnny thought that he was the greatest of the three boys until Dove gave Johnny a cracked piece of crucible and it cracked in the oven, and Johnny slipped on melted beeswax and he accidentally burnt his hand, which means that Johnny can not be a silversmith anymore. When Mr. Lapham declares “ I can not teach a cripple-handed boy to be a silversmith,” Johnny has to find a new apprenticeship. Since Johnny could not be a silversmith anymore, he was walking down Hancock's wharf, and he met a boy named Rab . Rab proceeded to offer Johnny a job at the Boston Observer, after they ate and they bonded and talked for a while.…
John Reid was a very interesting character in Time Enough For Drums by Ann Rinaldi. It took place in Trenton, New Jersey 1775 John Reid one of many main characters in this book was a spy. John Reid was secretive,brave, and clever he helps General George Washington and the continental army get information on the british. The character John Reid is a very secretive character.…
John Grant; a mild mannered teacher who works in a small town called Tiboonda, has only 140 pounds for his six week leave. During his first night in an overnight train stop in Bundanyabba or the ‘yabba’ he wanders into a local pub because he was thirsty, and the water in the Yabba was ‘so heavily chlorinated and so hard with natural chemicals’ (page 16). After entering the pub, John buys a drink and heads to a quiet place for a cigarette this is when John meets the local policeman Jock Crawford. This encounter is the beginning of John’s downfall into debt, sorrow and alcoholism.…
Richard Frethorne has undergone a complicated situation that causes him to become lonely. The starvation he went through as an indentured servant has left him bared for the world to see his pain. During the 1600s, in Chesapeake Bay plantations, Frethorne was working without receiving any pay and proper nutrients. In the past, servants do not have the luxury of eating good food because food is scarce. In the reading, Frethorne exclaimed, “Worke hard both earelie, and late for a messe of water gruell, and a mouthful of bread” (15).…
"It's time to grow up. "- The First Part Last pg.14. This Is a very important quote that leads to the answer to, did Bobby come of age? Who is Bobby?…
Courage Essay Courage is brought through when someone’s confronted with a fear and proceeds to take on that fear. Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey is a mystery book, with examples of courage throughout its entirety. When Jasper Jones appears at Charlie’s window, they head out and come upon a shocking discovery. Throughout their journey, both Charlie and Jasper will face their fears, and put trust within each other. Within the first 3 pages of the book, Charlie has courage to sneak out his window with Jasper.…
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore” (Andre Gide). This quote describes the main character, Paul, in Edward Bloor’s novel. He has trouble not only with what he sees and how to cope, but what he doesn’t see. Erik is Paul’s older brother and he finds great joy in agonizing him. Erik is one of the characters that contrasts to Paul and his eyesight.…
What does it mean to be a woman? A wife? A daughter? A mother? Being a woman you are expected to take on a lot of responsibilities.…
Craig Silvey’s 2009 novel Jasper Jones presents the story of “a foal being born”; that is, it is the coming-of-age story of thirteen-year-old boy Charlie Bucktin. Set in 1965 in the fictional, rural mining town of Corrigan, Western Australia, it tells the story of Charlie’s development of morals and his recognition of the injustices of the world. It explores knowledge and its burdensome characteristics during his loss of innocence, and, additionally, delves into the idea of proving one’s self in the world; learning to stand up both for one’s self, and for what is right. In Jasper Jones, literary techniques, namely metaphors, personification and intertextuality, enable Silvey to illustrate the roles morality, knowledge and proving one’s self…
Despite incredible loss, and sadness, characters like Doc Gibbs, George, and the boy have found a way to make the best of their lives. In Sounder,by William H. Armstrong, characters suffered the loss of the dog and the father. Alongside the loss of many minor characters, the people from Our Town were faced with the deaths of Wally, Emily, Mrs. Gibbs, Simon, and Mrs. Soames. “Do human beings ever realize life while they live it,” pondered Emily. This quote from Our Town represents remorse of the dead, and how no one really appreciates life when they are alive.…
Have you ever lived in a society in where everyone is equal (but NOT in a way the people like it)? Harrison Bergeron did. He is a 14-year-old boy who lived in a dystopian world went to jail because the government considered him as a threat. Nothing stood in his way (not even 5000 pounds of metal handicaps attached onto him.) Harrison is a genius and an athlete who escaped from jail.…
Throughout Indian Killer, John is searching for the "right" white man to kill. As narrated in the third chapter " John knew he could kill a white man, but he was not sure which white man was responsible for everything that had gone wrong... Which white man had done the most harm to the world?" (27).…
“He had been arrested, he got drunk, he rode in rodeos, lied, cheated, rolled drunks, jumped small kids- he did everything”. My title of my book is the Outsiders By S.E Hinton. Dallas Winston is a violent character in the Outsiders. He lives rough live because he acts so violent.…