Time Enough For Drum By Ann Rinaldi Analysis

In the story Time Enough For Drums written by Ann Rinaldi there is a girl named Jemima Emerson. Jemima is a girl who helps her family out and is not afraid to get her hands dirty. She takes care of her family when they need help and she jumps right in at any given moment and ready for any challenge. When the men in Jemima’s family join the war for independence; she is faced with many struggles that define her as fearless, active and above all giving.

Jemima Emerson is a girl of fearlessness. Initially, Jemima was not a fearless individual, but came to be this way because she had to learn how to shoot a musket.
Jemima was fearless when she wanted to shoot the musket as to show her family what she was capable of doing. “I...can’t...get...it...all...the...way...back”, (Rinaldi 4). Jemima was not one of those ordinary girls who wanted to stay inside at home. She was the type of girl who wanted to go outside and get her hands dirty and her brother Dan knew she could handle being taught her how to shoot a musket. …show more content…
For example, after Jemima’s dad passed away she took over her father’s shop. “The supplies you brought me came from heaven” (Rinaldi 209). What this means is that Canoe brought Jemima supplies for the store that worked perfectly. Jemima was not told she had to work at the store, she wanted to so she could help her family out. Jemima was not the only one working there, Lucy, their former house slave had also wanted to help run her father's shop. Running the shop took many long hours and it was hard work that Jemima enjoyed