Who Is Growing Up In Miss Peregrines

Growing up can be hard for some people as it is for Jacob Portman in Miss Peregrines home for peculiar children by Ransom Riggs. This story starts off with Jacob Portman listening to his grandfather talk about peculiar children, but quickly changes when his life is quickly flipped upside down. Jacob changes a lot throughout the course of the novel, whether it be traumatizing events, growing up in general, or even his relationships with friends and family, he changes a lot. But, what exactly is growing up? Anyone going through traumatizing events would change anyone, it’s just plain common sense, and the events in this novel is no exception. Jacob obviously goes through a ton in this novel, considering his grandfather died, he was very close to his grandfather. Also he was sent to a psychiatrist due to the fact that his parents think he is crazy for saying that he saw a monster when his grandfather passed away. When the individual’s friends and family say that they are crazy, and send the person to a psychiatrist for it, they start to think, “Hmm…maybe I need to change for the better.”. …show more content…
Everybody changes from child to adult, but yet Jacob doesn’t want to grow up, he wants to be the adventurous little one he was when his grandfather told him miraculous stories of “peculiar” children doing “peculiar” things. He is scared to grow up, held back by this driven fear that he is going to become “boring” and “bland”, and he doesn’t want that. Jacob is classic “rich kid” but doesn’t want to be, he wants to be free, and not have the burden of owning a giant chunk of his parent’s drug store company, he wants to do his own thing. His relationships with others throughout the book are what helps him move