Johnny Curtain Literary Analysis

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a boy in the American Revolution? Johnny Tremain is a novel that shows you just this. In this essay, I will analyze all of the literary elements; including the setting, main character development, conflict, rising action, climax, resolution, and the major theme of Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes. For me, the most important aspect of these elements is the relationship Johnny has with Rab. Without this relationship, the character of Johnny could not have been saved. The setting of Boston is where we begin to see who Johnny Tremain is as a person.
The setting of Boston is so significant because Boston started the American Revolution and united all of the colonies together. It is Boston in …show more content…
The cows needed to be drained, and Boston was alert.The mother's wake up their youngsters to do the day to day tasks and they woke up. There was a kid named Johnny Tremain and he lives in a slanted house and he has a storage room which the greater part of the young men rested in. The Boston Harbor was blockaded, and so everyone was fundamentally caught in light of the Boston Tea Party's reason. I think the setting is very important to the novel, because without the setting, Johnny would not be able to become a real man and stand up in the Revolution. Because of the war, Johnny is an active member of the Whig Party. Johnny delivers papers, and without this, he would not have confidence, which was key in johnny changing the way he did. If Johnny is from South Carolina, he would be a farmer, without Rab. Johnny would, however still be arrogant, because he was abandoned. Johnny would be the same Johnny, except he would not be a silversmith. It was an awful place to live in at the beginning of the book, when it is super upbeat and everyone was grinding away.In the setting, there are 3 noteworthy perspectives. One is the passionate setting and it is loaded with the feelings and state of mind of the general …show more content…
For example, he was arrogant and prideful. This made many enemies of the other boys working for the Lapham’s. He was also bossy, vulnerable and had a low self-esteem. These character traits were troublesome for Johnny. I can support this with concrete examples from the novel. Johnny was arrogant enough that he thinks that he can work on a Sunday to make a sugar basin for John Hancock, which is breaking the law. He thinks rules don’t apply to him because he is the greatest silversmith apprentice in Boston. Also, Johnny and Dove had such a tumultuous relationship because Johnny was bossy. Dove gave Johnny a broken crucible which caused the loss of Johnny’s hand and silversmith career. An example that supports Johnny being vulnerable and having low self esteem is when he is bossing around all of the boys in the attic. Johnny does this because Johnny feels he needs to be in charge of the other boys. These are concrete supports to show Johnny Tremain truly was flawed. Johnny had a difficult life, which led to his flawed character. Johnny was arrogant and prideful because he had very low self-esteem caused by the death of both of his parents and the loss of their support and love. Johnny was enemies with all of the boys because he was bossy. The reason that he was bossy, was the fact that Johnny was