The final blog post is a choice of activities (please just chose one).:
1. Write a prediction as to what will happen to the character(s) in the next book of the trilogy.
2. Write a letter to the character . Include any questions that you may want to ask the character, provide specific evidence from the novel.
3. Write a letter to the author. Information that could be included.. Where did the author get their ideas? What inspired them to write the novel? Questions that you may have?
4. Finally, chose one of the 3 main characters and write how this character has changed during the course of the novel.
Minimum requirements - 3 well structured paragraphs.
Enjoy Mrs.N
For 'The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle' I wrote a letter to Captain Jaggery for my final blog post, this time I will be writing about how Henry's character changed throughout the novel. Both of my literature circle books have shown dramatic change in the characters. For my Charlotte Doyle book I had a chance to write about it but this time since I didn't, I'll do it now, as my final blog post for the White Mountains.
Although Will is the main 'main' character, I chose Henry as the character I would describe because he had had quite some change over the 10 chapters. First of all, in the introduction, Will had described him as taller and heavier, and he said that he and Henry hated each other (p5). So obviously I thought that Henry was mean even if it was only Will's point of view, and I also thought he wasn't the really nice type of guy when Will was going to see Jack and Henry was bullying Will. However things changed when Henry had heard Will sneak out and had followed him out. Despite the fact that Henry did pin Will down, he showed his softer side by saying that there was nothing left for him in Wherton, and he also ASKED Will if he could escape along with him. Although Henry didn't actually turn nice yet, it was the start of the change.
The fact that Henry's attitude toward Will changed showed clearly when Will had tripped and sprained his ankle. Henry had thought he had heard footsteps (they were actually sheep) and they were running when Will got injured. It was obvious that Will still didn't like Henry because he blamed Henry for mistaking sheep to human, and he accused him of abandoning him when Henry was actually getting food for them. This part showed that Henry could actually be nice to Will because after Will got injured, Henry took care of him. He stole the food for the both of them, and Henry waited patiently for Will's ankle to heal even if it would slow them down. In the result of Henry's act of kindness here, Will finally comes to the conclusion that he could trust Henry and Will tells Henry the rest of the story about the White Mountains, and he also shows him the map.
After Will and Henry arrived at France and met Beanpole, Henry's manners towards Will changed quite often. Now that there was a third member to the party, the boys started to take sides. It was pretty normal, because mostly when three people are friends or are together, two of them tend to stick together and usually one gets left out, and our group also discussed this. At first Henry was excluded from conversations Will and Beanpole, and when the situation changed, Henry began to be mean to Will once again because he wanted Beanpole all to himself. He often tried to go against Will, for example in page 91 Henry had chosen a bridge different from Will and Beanpole had agreed with Henry. But Henry's cruelty toward Will showed more when Henry suggested that they should leave Will behind at the castle of the red towers and that Henry and Beanpole should go ahead. Although Will was fond of the castle and was considering staying behind, Henry's suggestion disturbed him. Even after the three boys reunited, Henry was unfair to Will by saying that they should leave Will behind for sacrifice when they found out about the tracking device the Tripod had put in Will when it picked up Will. Both times Beanpole had declined the idea of leaving Will behind, but it plainly appeared that Henry wasn't fond of Will.
I don't exactly know what this concludes to, but I know that Henry's mind is pretty straight forward, and that he is also very sneaky. When he had followed Will out of the house he had been slightly nicer toward him. Also when Will wasn't able to travel for a few days he had looked after him but I'm guessing that he wasn't really showing what he really felt yet. He knew that he would have to gain Will's trust, so he didn't show that he still didn't like Will. But after they met Beanpole, Henry made it obvious that he disliked Will, well actually jealous. He did not hesitate to show it and some examples are when he kept on disagreeing with Will and thought about leaving Will behind. Well, I hope that analyzed pretty clearly how Henry's attitude changed throughout the book!
