Over Sea Under Stone Character Analysis

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Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper is a fiction novel. In this novel, Great Uncle Mary, Jane, and Barney all reveal that good triumphs over evil no matter what. Jane and Barney evaluate that it is better to be good and stand up. Great Uncle Mary shows good is better than evil when all three of them fight darkness, or a dark force.Over Sea, Under Stone shows that good triumphs over the faces of evil through different characters.
Barney, great uncle Mary, and Jane all show that faces of good triumph over evil. Barney shows that good triumph over evil when he travels with great uncle Mary, Simon, and Jane. Barney shows that good triumphs over evil while great uncle mary, jane simon and barney all go on an adventure and come in contact
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when the children go a trip with great uncle mary, they come face to face with the darkness. Great uncle mary takes all three children on an adventure, in the middle of the trip they encounter a dark force. Once they’re done battling the darkness, good wins. Great Uncle Mary, Jane, and Barney all show good excels over evil. When they are battling evil, Great Uncle Mary, Jane, and Barney, out-smart the dark force. Jane shows that good accomplishes more than evil by many things. Such as, when Jane battles the darkness she has different ideas of how to out-smart the evil. Also when she stands up for herself and her brother against an old fisherman. Over Sea, Under Stone is told by a narrator, and shows many perspectives of …show more content…
many times the narrator has been clear on how the character thought about a certain situation. for instance when the children were with great uncle mary on an adventure Jane felt scared to be around the dark force. the narrator also allows the reader to see when a character is excited or proud. after the three children fought against the darkness, the narrator opened up on how jane was excited that good won. since over sea under stone is a third person book readers are open to see how the darkness works. when good battles evil the reader’s can see how the dark force reacts to losing to

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