Importance Of Family In Tree Girl By Ben Mikaelsen

Family is the most important thing to most people. But, what if they all died and there was no on left? It would be tragic. However, some people never know how long before seeing family will be the last time. In the book Tree Girl by Ben Mikaelsen, the main character Gabriela loved climbing trees. She was a girl living during the time of the Guatemalan genocide in a Mayan canton. After the war comes, everything changes for her. Gabriela loses all her family except her youngest sibling. They go through tough events and she tries hardest to survive. After being seperated from her sister, she goes to a Mexican refugee camp. She reunites once again with her youngest sibling and she soon realizes that climbing and overcoming things, they can have …show more content…
At the end of chapter 8 Gabriela goes to a pueblo and asks a nun to help them. She looks and asks cautiously for help. She hid her sister and the baby she birthed in a bush. On page 120, it states, “I must go to my sister,” I shouted back twisting my hand free and running back down an empty alley.” This evidence means after she saw her entire family die she had to go and protect what the only thing she had left and save Alicia. The represents the theme because it’s revealing that Gabriela puts her family before her needs even if it means risking her own life. This also represents how Alicia has to rely on Gabriela so they can’t leave each other even if Alicia refused to talk. As shown in the essay, In the book “Tree Girl” uncover the theme don’t give up on your family who you love, for anything. The theme and my evidence wrap up my point. When Gabriela lost Alicia she didn’t want to stop looking for her. Even when Alicia refused to talk and even disobeyed Gabriela at one time. Instead of yelling and punishing her, Gabriela provided things for Alicia and tried speaking to her even though Alicia didn’t speak. Thus, proving and revealing that my theme that was shown in the