A Journey To Maturity Character Analysis

A Journey to Maturity Billy is a young boy who wanted two hunting hounds but his family was too poor to afford them. Later, Billy saves up enough money and goes to town to buy two hounds from the store. The setting for this story is in a field in Idaho Far from the Ozark Mountains. Billy has three main characteristics that helped maure. Billy is generous because before he joined the coo hunting competition, he promised his youngest sister that if he won, he would give the trophy to her. After he came back home from the competition he gained the gold cup to her and he silver cup that Little Ann got for winning a beauty contest to his two older sisters(pg.188). He also gave all the money he earned from the competitions he won with Old Dan and Little Ann to his parents because he thought that the needed them more than him(pg 189). Additionally, when Billy went to town, he bought items for his family because he felt bad for leaving the house without his parents permission(pg 35). Through all these situations Billy was always generous to others even if it involved his prized trophy to a little extra cash that he could buy things with. …show more content…
This trait is the one that describes Billy the most even though he does get anxious sometimes. First, he is brave enough to hunt at night with his hounds with no guardian(pg 82). Second, he kept on trying to find his hounds even though it was dangerous and he could not see through the blizzard (pg 173). Finally, when he was in town, he was willing to fight the gang that picked on Little Ann in the beginning of the book. before the marshal came and broke them up. These three examples shows that Billy is Brave and that he would do anything to keep his dogs safe from harm by saving them from gangs and blizzards and even hunting with them in the