Lizzie Griffin And The Buckminster Boy Essay

The book Lizzie Griffin and the Buckminster Boy is a novel about a African girl and a Caucasian boy. They connect with each other the moment they speak to one another. They both have their similarities as where lizzie has her granddaddy where as turner has his real father.
The caring of the both father figures is different as where Griffin has such a nurturing personality when turner came on to the island lizzies granddaddy and all the towns people don't have much but he still gave turner a bowl of clam chowder. As where if lizzie did the opposite and she went to turner's house, turners dad would not given her any food and he would have treated her like dirt.
Even though both father figures are ministers Mr.Griffin has more of real connection …show more content…
Unlike where turner's dad is not letting him have a childhood and turner has to be a grown up now and be a spitting image of his father. Turner's dad is a little more strict and he makes turner grow up way too fast. He has the perfect child making a good impression on the new town they moved to. Turner has to grow up and be the spitting image of his father. The the father is getting embarrassed by turner because the minister's son is supposed to be all proper and perfect. Turner wants to be a boy and live life and not going to church and worshipping 24/7. LIzzies relationship with her real dad, I feel is strained. It seems like he died before Lizzie really got to know him, but then her grandfather stepped in and took Lizzie in and has raised her. Her granddaddy has taken care of her and had risen her to be a normal child. He lets her do what she pleases, like climbing the tree. Unlike turner's dad where he is making him grow up right away! even though that both father figures are ministers lizzie's dad seems more in touch with God, where turner's dad seems half hearted and seems like he is reading from a