Individual freedom and respect is an important thing for surviving
What does individual freedom and respect mean to you? In the teen fiction novel The knife of never letting go, written by Patrick Ness, freedom is something the main character Todd Hewitt is not aware of. This young, quite different boy and his dedicated dog lives in a town called Prentisstown with his adoptive parents. The unusual thing in this small town is that there is no women there, only men and one boy. The town is very small and all the noises everyone is hearing, is the reason why freedom and privacy is something they are not aware of. Everything changes for Todd, the only boy in this town when he is forced to escape this unfair town. That is the time when he meets …show more content…
Viola is from a very different world from Prentisstown. This short haired girl is from a place where everyone is equally and respected. When they travel together, they learn a lot about each other. Viola is kind and believe in people, she is helpful and smart. While Todd is scared, unknown of the world and aggressive. Todd is used to no privacy because of the noise while Viola did not even understand what noise was until she meet Todd. On page 70, when he for the first time meets Viola he said: And she’s still just looking at me. With no Noise at all. Even thought they are from two different worlds, the girls and the boy is quite similar. Like I said, Todd is from a world where no one is respected, but he is different and kind, respect Viola despite all the rumors he has learned about women and how men and boys should treat them. He is helping her and trusting her. They help each other survive.
To conclude, individual freedom is one of the things this novel is about. The book explains how privacy, respect for each other and individual freedom is something important in life. Without that Todd and Viola would never become friends and probably should not survive so long as they did. The book compare how it is to live like in Prentisstown and have no Idea what respecting each other is and how it is out in the world with a girl that is full of respect and individual
What does individual freedom and respect mean to you? In the teen fiction novel The knife of never letting go, written by Patrick Ness, freedom is something the main character Todd Hewitt is not aware of. This young, quite different boy and his dedicated dog lives in a town called Prentisstown with his adoptive parents. The unusual thing in this small town is that there is no women there, only men and one boy. The town is very small and all the noises everyone is hearing, is the reason why freedom and privacy is something they are not aware of. Everything changes for Todd, the only boy in this town when he is forced to escape this unfair town. That is the time when he meets …show more content…
Viola is from a very different world from Prentisstown. This short haired girl is from a place where everyone is equally and respected. When they travel together, they learn a lot about each other. Viola is kind and believe in people, she is helpful and smart. While Todd is scared, unknown of the world and aggressive. Todd is used to no privacy because of the noise while Viola did not even understand what noise was until she meet Todd. On page 70, when he for the first time meets Viola he said: And she’s still just looking at me. With no Noise at all. Even thought they are from two different worlds, the girls and the boy is quite similar. Like I said, Todd is from a world where no one is respected, but he is different and kind, respect Viola despite all the rumors he has learned about women and how men and boys should treat them. He is helping her and trusting her. They help each other survive.
To conclude, individual freedom is one of the things this novel is about. The book explains how privacy, respect for each other and individual freedom is something important in life. Without that Todd and Viola would never become friends and probably should not survive so long as they did. The book compare how it is to live like in Prentisstown and have no Idea what respecting each other is and how it is out in the world with a girl that is full of respect and individual