Bridge Terabithia

Bridge to Terabithia
The title of the book that I will be reviewing is called Bridge to Terabithia. The book was written by Katherine Paterson in 1977. The genre of the book is realistic fiction and children’s literature. The book is set in the small town of Lark Creek and the magical land of Terabithia in 1970.
One of the main characters is a ten year old boy named Jesse Aarons. Jess had long straw coloured hair and was quite tall for his age, he was white and thin. Some character traits I noticed in Jess were determination, respect, responsibility and creativity. He showed determination because when he wanted to be the fastest kid in his school he ran everyday all summer for him to become faster. He showed respect because when talking to his teacher he would call them ma’am/sir. He showed responsibility because every day he would wake up and do his chores without being
Man, Man vs. self and Man vs. Society. The story showed Man vs. Man because Jess was getting bullied by two kids in his class and when the girls were being rude to Leslie because she didn’t have a T.V and finally when they wanted to get revenge on Janice for taking May Belle’s Twinkies. The story showed Man vs. self because Jess felt that his parent didn’t feel good about that the fact that he loved to draw so he hid his drawings from his family. The story showed Man vs. Society because in the story Leslie was not allowed to race with the boys because she was a girl. The Man vs. Man conflict was solved by Jess punching one of the boys in the face. The second Man vs. Man conflict was solved by the girls getting bored of teasing Leslie. The final Man vs. Man conflict was solved when Leslie kind of became friends with Janice. The Man vs. Self conflict was not really solved in the story it was just not mentioned any more. The Man vs. Society conflict was solved when Leslie and Jess became friend and stopped racing with all the other