Susan Smith from the War That Saved My Life is my favorite literary protagonist because she worked hard to provide a good life for the children and she saved the kids from a life of danger, risked her own life for the kids, and wasn't the cookie cutter mold for an ideal person because her flaws were shown and how much she needed the kids just as much they needed her.
Susan Smith is my favorite literary protagonist because she worked hard to provide a good life for the kids. Susan made a conscious effort to raise the children, even though she had no experience and had originally been forced into doing it. She used her money to buy the kids food and clothes and worked extremely hard to educate the kids, especially Ada because they refused to let her into school. She made secret plans to investigate why Jamie was trying to skip school and why he had come home with bloody gashes on his wrist. If Susan had not interrupted the class she wouldn't have discovered Jamie was being tied up in an effort to get him to stop using his left hand. …show more content…
After caring for the kids she realized how brutal their life was. After witnessing the effects of Ada being shunned from the world and the kids being badly malnourished and having to live in a filthy, dangerous, and abusive household, she realized how important it was that they would stay together and stay with her so they didn’t go back to the bad place they were in before. Susan cared and loved the kids so much she followed them to London to get them back and put herself in danger whilst saving herself from a certain
Susan Smith is my favorite literary protagonist because she worked hard to provide a good life for the kids. Susan made a conscious effort to raise the children, even though she had no experience and had originally been forced into doing it. She used her money to buy the kids food and clothes and worked extremely hard to educate the kids, especially Ada because they refused to let her into school. She made secret plans to investigate why Jamie was trying to skip school and why he had come home with bloody gashes on his wrist. If Susan had not interrupted the class she wouldn't have discovered Jamie was being tied up in an effort to get him to stop using his left hand. …show more content…
After caring for the kids she realized how brutal their life was. After witnessing the effects of Ada being shunned from the world and the kids being badly malnourished and having to live in a filthy, dangerous, and abusive household, she realized how important it was that they would stay together and stay with her so they didn’t go back to the bad place they were in before. Susan cared and loved the kids so much she followed them to London to get them back and put herself in danger whilst saving herself from a certain