When first beginning to read this novel the reader may think that Grandpa Portman is an absolute lunatic but in actuality he is just trying to protect his family from horrors that they cannot see. In the beginning of the novel Jacob explains that his grandpa told him stories when he was at school. The children tell him he is making it up. Later that day when his grandpa picks him up from school he tells his grandfather that he doesn’t believe in the stories and his grandpa nods his head.
The story goes back to where the main character Jacob is at work and is fifteen years old, his grandpa calls him frantically and questions if Jacob knows where the key to where he keeps his guns. Jacob says no but in actuality he knows that his father took …show more content…
Peregrine he then makes it his mission to go to the island Mrs. Peregrine talks about. He ends up convincing his parents to let him go, the mainly go because his father is writing a book about birds and there are a lot of birds there. They get there and he tries to go to the house that his grandpa once lived in, however his father does not want him to go by himself. He finds someone to go with him but they quickly bail. He goes to the house himself and finds nothing but ruins. He comes back to the village and learns that the house was bombed in the second world …show more content…
Jacob stays hidden but thinks he might learn something from the stranger and follows her. He follows her through the bog and end up in what looks like the village except it looks newer he quickly gets taken to the house by Emma where Mrs. Peregrine is waiting on him. Mrs. Peregrine asks him what he was doing at the house and he replied that he was looking for her, he also explains that he thought she was dead. She is surprised to hear that his grandfather did not tell him anything about her and the particular children, he then learns about the “loop” that Mrs. Peregrine has put the children into to protect them from the bombing that occurred during World War two. It is also explained that it is known as “the third of September
The story goes back to where the main character Jacob is at work and is fifteen years old, his grandpa calls him frantically and questions if Jacob knows where the key to where he keeps his guns. Jacob says no but in actuality he knows that his father took …show more content…
Peregrine he then makes it his mission to go to the island Mrs. Peregrine talks about. He ends up convincing his parents to let him go, the mainly go because his father is writing a book about birds and there are a lot of birds there. They get there and he tries to go to the house that his grandpa once lived in, however his father does not want him to go by himself. He finds someone to go with him but they quickly bail. He goes to the house himself and finds nothing but ruins. He comes back to the village and learns that the house was bombed in the second world …show more content…
Jacob stays hidden but thinks he might learn something from the stranger and follows her. He follows her through the bog and end up in what looks like the village except it looks newer he quickly gets taken to the house by Emma where Mrs. Peregrine is waiting on him. Mrs. Peregrine asks him what he was doing at the house and he replied that he was looking for her, he also explains that he thought she was dead. She is surprised to hear that his grandfather did not tell him anything about her and the particular children, he then learns about the “loop” that Mrs. Peregrine has put the children into to protect them from the bombing that occurred during World War two. It is also explained that it is known as “the third of September