Authors Note: This is a short piece written about the Point of View in the story, War Comes to Willy Freeman.
Nick Roberts
11/07/11
What would you do if your father had been killed in war and your mother captured by the enemy. In the book, War Comes to Willy Freeman, Willy is a young girl whose dad has been killed and mom has been captured by the British. She has decided to leave her relatives and go look for her mom in a city on the other side of the lake. Willy makes it to where supposedly the British are keeping the prisoners and is being housed by the world famous Mr. Fraunces in his tavern. Willy goes out every day in search for her mother, but there is no trace of her.
Sadly, Willy witnessed her father’s death, which affected Willy a great amount. When seeing her father’s death she was traumatized her for awhile. When Captain Ivers wanted to put her back into slavery, when she was free made her undoubtedly enraged. She did not accept the fact about going back to be a slave because she was freed when her father fought in the war. Another event that Willy thought was unfair was that women were bossed around and treated were just plain immoral and selfish. She thinks that they should get more respect for the things they do. To the husband in the house it seemed fair because they are the toughest and make the money to run the house. Also the man of the house is the person who would deal with the money and figure out what to do with it.
This book might have been different if written in the eyes of Captain Ivers. He thought that Willy was a way to make money so he wanted to sell her to the West Indies, even though he knew that she was free. Like most white people, Captain Ivers thought that all black people should be a slave. He believed that black people were dirt and there only purpose for them was to make white peoples’ lives easier. Also another way that this book would have changed if it was written in the eyes of Captain Ivers is the book would be mean and nasty, like Captain Ivers. Willy is an outgoing, loving person who respects everyone. Captain Ivers on the other hand is the exact opposite, so that would have changed the book tremendously.
As you can see, this story would be a lot different in the perspective of Captain Ivers. In War Comes to Willy Freeman, it only showed you how peoples’ decisions affected Willy Freeman, not the other people around her, like Captain Ivers. This story would have been so different in Captain Ivers perspective in so many different ways. Captain Ivers changed Willy’s life for the worse and his decisions leaves you thinking, “Why would he make that decision.” You will never know because the book is only written in Willy’s point of view.
Nick Roberts
11/07/11
What would you do if your father had been killed in war and your mother captured by the enemy. In the book, War Comes to Willy Freeman, Willy is a young girl whose dad has been killed and mom has been captured by the British. She has decided to leave her relatives and go look for her mom in a city on the other side of the lake. Willy makes it to where supposedly the British are keeping the prisoners and is being housed by the world famous Mr. Fraunces in his tavern. Willy goes out every day in search for her mother, but there is no trace of her.
Sadly, Willy witnessed her father’s death, which affected Willy a great amount. When seeing her father’s death she was traumatized her for awhile. When Captain Ivers wanted to put her back into slavery, when she was free made her undoubtedly enraged. She did not accept the fact about going back to be a slave because she was freed when her father fought in the war. Another event that Willy thought was unfair was that women were bossed around and treated were just plain immoral and selfish. She thinks that they should get more respect for the things they do. To the husband in the house it seemed fair because they are the toughest and make the money to run the house. Also the man of the house is the person who would deal with the money and figure out what to do with it.
This book might have been different if written in the eyes of Captain Ivers. He thought that Willy was a way to make money so he wanted to sell her to the West Indies, even though he knew that she was free. Like most white people, Captain Ivers thought that all black people should be a slave. He believed that black people were dirt and there only purpose for them was to make white peoples’ lives easier. Also another way that this book would have changed if it was written in the eyes of Captain Ivers is the book would be mean and nasty, like Captain Ivers. Willy is an outgoing, loving person who respects everyone. Captain Ivers on the other hand is the exact opposite, so that would have changed the book tremendously.
As you can see, this story would be a lot different in the perspective of Captain Ivers. In War Comes to Willy Freeman, it only showed you how peoples’ decisions affected Willy Freeman, not the other people around her, like Captain Ivers. This story would have been so different in Captain Ivers perspective in so many different ways. Captain Ivers changed Willy’s life for the worse and his decisions leaves you thinking, “Why would he make that decision.” You will never know because the book is only written in Willy’s point of view.
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