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How Does Samuel Smith's Character Change Throughout The Book

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The book I chose to read this quarter is “Woods Runner” by Gary Paulsen. I will be analyzing the thoughts and actions of Samuel Smith, a 13 year old boy whose parents were taken by the British and Iroquois. Samuel Smith’s actions, reactions, and reasoning for his actions and thoughts throughout the story are fueled by fear of loss. Samuel is with either just himself, or Annie and Coop throughout most of the book. This is because his parents were taken by the British and the Iroquois indians. Throughout the whole book, he is attempting to save his parents. I believe the feeling of loneliness and the feeling of anger guides him to save his parents. The feeling of anger comes from the British imprisoning his parents. Even though Samuel goes through something that I will probably never have to go through, I can still relate to how he deals with conflicts. I believe the motivational aspect that carried Samuel throughout his challenges was the fear of living without his parents for the rest of his life. He faced everything from traveling up and down the east coast of North America, to killing a couple British Soldiers. He did all of …show more content…

He attacked the camp alongside the Continental army because they had the same enemies and they would be stronger together. Unfortunately he was knocked out in the fighting. The tide of the battle was in the Britishes favor and they escaped with his family. This caused the story to continue and made Samuel stay on the track to find his parents. Samuel stumbles upon a farm while traveling. He steals a chicken from a farmer because he was hungry. The appropriate thing Samuel should have done was ask for food and left but instead he stayed. This caused the farmer and his wife (Annie’s parents) to get killed by Hessians. If Samuel Was not part of the story there wouldn’t be a story at

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