Johnny Tremain Friendship Quotes

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.

Johnny is very arrogant at the beginning of, and he became more humble over time. Johnny is very arrogant, because he thinks that he is the best of the three boys. Even though Johnny was not the oldest, he was …show more content…
Johnny learns a lot about friendship from Rab. Just like when the novel stated “Although the boy had nodded casually as Johnny came in, he did not speak to him until after the woman was gone and he had set up the few lines of type. There was nothing rude about this seeming neglect. It was almost as if they were friends of long standing.” that was the beginning of Johnny and Rabs friendship. He learns that it is better to forgive someone and become friends with them, than it is to hate them for the rest of your life. Johnny also learned that it is super important to have friends that you can count on. You need good friends that you can count on because if you are there when they need you, then they will be there for you when they need you, then they will be there when you need them. One other thing they can teach you is the good things and the bad things in