As twelve year old Sophia left her temporary home to venture back into the city with her mother, she had already witnessed a brutal scene; the hanging of a beloved Patriot, Nathan Hale. Just as the novel states, this was only the “beginning of her extraordinary adventures.” Throughout the course of the book, “Sophia’s War,” Sophia Calderwood develops from a shy and scared child to a brave young lady who overcomes many obstacles, faces fatal situations, and discovers countless secrets. First of all, a British soldier by the name of Lieutenant John Andre is forced to stay at the Calderwood home, due to a lack of sleeping arrangements. As strong Patriots, this is difficult for Sophia and her family, due to the fact that they could no longer speak
Part 1 Summary: The novel “Sophia’s War” written by Avi is about a girl name Sophia Calderwood and the Revolutionary War that is happening between the American and the British. When the British take over New York, the Americans aren’t treated so well. The British burned the most beautiful parts of the city and now those parts had become less beautiful. People become poor and were now keeping distance from one another. In New York misery and despair was everywhere. With this in mind, taken prisoner by the British was William but it wasn’t just William but other Americans that were with him too. No one was able to visit the prisoners, being that, since Sophia and her father had a job, they had enough money to bribe the soldiers to let them see
Throughout the story “Sophia’s War,” the main character Sophia took part in many major life changing and life threatening events. It all started at the beginning of the book when Sophia witnessed Nathan Hale being hung from an apple tree by“loyalists. ”The event did have a huge effect, giving the fact that Sophia began to cry and yell “have mercy. ”Sophia said to herself “His neck must have broken for he died in an instant,”I believe the reaction and future events could have been changed if Nathan Hale would have been strangled to death.
In the book “Sophia’s War” by Avi, a character named Sophia Calderwood who was experienced unfortunate events and many extraordinary adventures. The following plot introduced Manhattan during the American Revolutionary War in the year 1776-1780. At the time, New York was being held under British invasions as well as strict circumstances/punishments. Sophia’s family began having a lifestyle in New York until an event Sophia’s former 12 year-old self witnessed along with her mother, that changed both their lives forever. For instance, Sophia’s emotions such as being horrified soon fled by the hanging of Nathan Hale for being a spy.
The Fifth of March is a work of historical fiction which takes place in the city of Boston from the year 1768 to the year 1772. Rachel Marsh, the main character is a 13 year old girl who is an indentured servant to John and Abigail Adams. Among the interesting and diverse cast of characters is Uncle Eb, Rachel’s abusive and greedy uncle, and Matthew Kilroy, who is the British soldier whom Rachel loves. In the story, Rachel wants to find herself a place in the world as the growing thirst for revolution spreads among the American people, eventually leading to the Boston Massacre. Rachel finds herself caught in the middle of the revolution, with her patriot friends and Matthew, who kills a man during the massacre. Through her many struggles, in the end, Rachel becomes “A plain American, a true American.” She then leaves for Philadelphia,leaving her dowry behind, showing that she is independent and free of the malicious Uncle Eb.
The book, Sophia’s War, is filled with life changing events that helped shape the complicated life of the main character, Sophia. The first event that helped shape the life and character of Sophia in this book is the hanging of Nathan Hale. This was a life changing event because it proved to the 12-year-old girl the brutality and cruelty of the British government and officers. This event also helped recruit Mr. Townsend as a spy for George Washington and the Patriots. Sophia’s War proves this when Avi says, “Later, we learned that the young man’s name was Nathan Hale. Over time, his death proved of greater consequence than his life. Without any doubt, it altered the history of my country as it altered mine...When Hale died, General Washington
Sarah J. Maas’ first book in a series, Throne of Glass, is about bravery, intelligence, and resilience and reveals the truth about the king and his kingdom. Eighteen-year old Celaena Sardothien is a ruthless, notorious assassin. She served a year of labor in Endovier, the salt mines, for her crimes. Then one day she is offered a deal by the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her freedom if she will act as his champion in the competition to find a royal assassin to carry out the deeds of the King of Ardalan, the king who banished all uses of magic.
When Jeannette begins school in Welch, an African American girl Dinitia Hewitt and her friends harassed and beat up Jeannette for being scrawny and filthy. She is constantly made fun of because it is apparent that she lives in poverty. The other children do not accept other that aren’t like them and Jeannette is no exception. Her worn clothes and grimy hair are like a neon sign shouting about her life in poverty which makes Jeannette an easy target to bullies. Jeannette tries very hard to stand up for herself, however, the bullying only stops once other realize that living in poverty and being different was not Jeannette’s
The American Revolution was a time of great victory and great sacrifice for all of those who called the United States of America their home. And while for many this emergence of freedom was a reason to celebrate, the fight continued for others as they were still not free.
In America, they were several wars between the France and Britain. The first two wars named King William’s War and Queen Anne’s War were characterized by primitive guerilla warfare than an army. Both European countries recruited whatever Indian allies to fight in the combat in order to success. Another important confrontation was called King George’s War in which France allied with the Spanish. However, the British captured the French Fortress of Louisbourg and finally commanded the St. Lawrence River. A peace treaty was passed in which the fortress was gave back to the French allowing them to clung to the vasts holdings in North America.
King Philip’s War caused major social and economic repercussions to both the colonists and Native Americans of the New England region. The male population of the colonists in New England drastically fell. The war also created a fear of the frontier among the colonists, which slowed down territorial expansion. The Native Americans also suffered major loss of life and lost their land, which was their main source of food and money. The economic impact that the war led to were that colonists had to pay crushing taxes for the colonies, causing a decrease in per-capita income. The natives’ entire way of life was destroyed as they lost trade goods from England. The English victory in King Philip's war came at a great cost to both the English
How would you deal with living in a community in isolation, feeling lost with those around you, and having your whole life changed with one drop of blood? FOUR by Veronica Roth displays all this with a story of a young man named Tobias Eaton. This book demonstrates the drama and strategy which keeps readers involved. From being placed in one environment from birth and choosing something precisely different, readers can see what Tobias had to go through. The main elements of this book are conflict, style, and mood.
rience of how it it to live in public school gym that was transformed into a barracks. She tells how they lived and were treated.In the next chapter the character tells how shes in her room but her room feels like a prison cell. She also tells how the six people who lived in the house were the commander, Serena Joy, Rita, Cora, Nick, and Offered. The commander's wife is not allowed to perform any sexual activities. The author's name is then discovered to be offered and she was the handmaid of the household. The handmaids are basically sex servants and they are the ones who perform the sexualy activities and have the children but the wives are still given all the credit. Rita would give her tokens and she would go out to buy food such as eggs, meat, and fruit. In one of those trips Offered mentions the town of Republic of Gilead.
War is a dangerous game, many people would likely agree to this, however, very few have ever seen a battlefront. The truth is that war, no matter how awful we can imagine it, is always exponentially worse. In Timothy Findley’s The Wars, Robert Ross, the protagonist, faces a situation that he finds difficult to come to terms with, and when faced with a similar situation later on in the novel, he must take drastic measures to reconcile the uncertainties of the past situation. Timothy Findley suggests, through the life of Robert Ross, that one’s need to reconcile the uncertainties of past experiences dominate our actions when such situations come up again in our lives. In the words of Hiram Johnson, a US Senator during the First World War,
In comparison to, Mrs. Freeman who is the complete opposite of Mrs. Hopewell whom she has worked for, for four years. O’connor does not show her point of view in this short story only what Mrs. Hopewell and Hulga describe her to be. She is described as very outspoken on whatever he thoughts are. She is very familiar and used to the unexpected due to her daughter Carramaes early marriage and pregnancy at the age of fifteen.
Lucy Honeychurch is a dynamic protagonist in A Room with a View and her voyage to Italy drastically changes her perspective about conforming to society. Lucy is from the English middle class, and her family sends her to Italy with her cousin Charlotte for a cultured experience to become more sophisticated and educated. This vacation is irregular; Lucy develops a romantic relationship with George, and she challenges her past judgements of English society. This vacation signifies the beginning of Lucy’s growth as an individual. The title A Room with a View states the progression of Lucy Honeychurch’s accidental journey of introspection and her desire to find independence and escape from English social norms.