Johnny Tremain Character Analysis

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__This movie begins when Mr. Light brings in a silver cup for Johnny and his grandpa to possibly fix. They eventually don’t have the materials for the job so Johnny Tremain has to take it to Revere’s place which then he gives Johnny some tips. Johnny ends up burning his hand which is a crucial thing tied in with his work at the shop. Now that he cannot get anything done he leaves the shop. Now he is searching for a job to have, but he struggles to find one with one hand at the moment. Johnny Tremain runs into Mr. Light who is a possible relative and sees Johnny’s silver cup he had gotten from his mother. Mr. Light invites him for an appointment but right as he gets in claims Johnny is a buglar of stolen silver from before. Revere comes in to save Johnny and brings a famous lawyer from Boston. …show more content…
Light. After the case Johnny ends up winning it with help from Cilla. After the case Johnny has to send messages for the Sons of Liberty which brings him a job to have. He also takes care of a horse that Rab has. Rab is apart of the Sons of Liberty and is beginning to be a close friend to Johnny. The Sons of Liberty design a plan to dump the tea off of the ships dressed as indians. There plan does work as they march off in pride. Now as Rab and others will go to Lexington Johnny and some others have to stay to watch the red coats. Now seeing that the red coats may be moving the Sons of Liberty will have a meeting to discuss a plan. Now Johnny is heading to Concord to find Rab and help out. The red coats come through and everyone is ready to take them on and to stand for their people. The red coats start to fire after a mysterious first fire. This scares everyone away as the red coats stay

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