In the book Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary Schmidt the author wants his readers to realize that no matter what others think, you should always stand up for what you believe in even if others think differently. This is shown in the story when Turner Buckminster continues to go to the shore with Lizzie and when Turner’s father confronts the sheriff to stand up for his son.
To begin, the author expressed his message through Turner when he continued to go down to the shore even though the town was angry that he was friends with Lizzie Bright because he was African American. The whole town of Phippsburg disliked him for it but Turner saw the good in Lizzie and enjoyed being with her. Therefore, he continued to go down to the shore to see her. In the book Turner crosses the New Meadows in the dory with Lizzie to get to Malaga Island where Lizzie lives. When he comes back he is lectured about how African Americans should not be associated with white folk and he does not believe a single thing his …show more content…
He had confronted the sheriff about how he had put Lizzie in the insane asylum just because she was African American and he wanted her land. He started physically fighting the Sheriff because he knew the whole time that Lizzie was a nice girl who was friends with Turner and the whole time he was telling Turner not to hangout with her because it had made him look bad. He had finally realized that it should not matter what her color was so he stood up for what was right and for his son Turner. This is shown on page 183 when Reverend Buckminster says “Which way is up? By God, Sheriff, you’re getting way ahead of yourself. A man who would send a little girl off to an insane asylum just so he could grab her land, he doesn’t even know which way is
To begin, the author expressed his message through Turner when he continued to go down to the shore even though the town was angry that he was friends with Lizzie Bright because he was African American. The whole town of Phippsburg disliked him for it but Turner saw the good in Lizzie and enjoyed being with her. Therefore, he continued to go down to the shore to see her. In the book Turner crosses the New Meadows in the dory with Lizzie to get to Malaga Island where Lizzie lives. When he comes back he is lectured about how African Americans should not be associated with white folk and he does not believe a single thing his …show more content…
He had confronted the sheriff about how he had put Lizzie in the insane asylum just because she was African American and he wanted her land. He started physically fighting the Sheriff because he knew the whole time that Lizzie was a nice girl who was friends with Turner and the whole time he was telling Turner not to hangout with her because it had made him look bad. He had finally realized that it should not matter what her color was so he stood up for what was right and for his son Turner. This is shown on page 183 when Reverend Buckminster says “Which way is up? By God, Sheriff, you’re getting way ahead of yourself. A man who would send a little girl off to an insane asylum just so he could grab her land, he doesn’t even know which way is