The Light In The Forest Character Analysis

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In The Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter, True Son who is a white boy raised by the Lenni Lenape Indians has to return home to his white family in Pennsylvania. He had been raised by the Indians since he was four. He did not like the white man, and has to change from his Indian customs to the new ways of the white man. He did not want to return to his real family, but has to anyway. True Son is rebellious, strong-willed and brave. True Son is rebellious. When he was first taken from his Indian family he resisted and refused to go, but they took him anyway. True Son’s real parents wanted him to wear normal clothes, and he refused and kept his Indian clothing on. His real parent did not like that and told him to stay in his room until

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