Comparing Matte's Life With 'Matty In Ernest Healer'
Matte lives with Seer, the blind man. The place matte lives in village. Matty comes from a difficult past where he had to lie to survive. Trade Mart is where people trade for things that they want. All of the kids want this thing called a gaming Machine. At Trademart no one has material things that they are willing to trade.
Matty says they are giving up part of themselves for stuff and beauty. One example is when Mattyś Teacher gives up being paution to be taller to loss his birthmark and to look handsome so ladies would like him. “Who first?” Trademaster called, and while Matty watched, Mentor raised his hand and waved it frantically, like a schoolboy hoping for a reward.” (pg 35) In this quote Matty is a Trademark for the first time. He …show more content…
was surprised to see all these people with nothing in their hand to trade, so then he figured it out his teacher mentor was trading his inner self for looks and getting his birthmark removed. I chose this scene from the beginning of the book.“But their arms, too, like Matty’s, like Mentor’s, like everyone’s, were empty. No one had brought anything to trade.”(35) In this sense at trademart no one who came brought something to trade. Maddy didn't know that people were trading their inner self for things.
At the end of this novel matty had to do something to save everyone including the forest.
The forest was trying to kill Matty, seer's daughter, Kira, and the puppy, Frolic. Maddy used his powers to heal the forest and everyone and it worked. After Matty used his powers he dies because he let out too much energy to save everyone including forest.Then, leader takes him back to the village and they make a memorial for Matty and Matty reserves his true name which was Healer. 2.Them:
The theme of the novel is that sometimes if you have to make difficult decisions and sacrifice your safety in order to help others. This quote is from the beginning of the book. “The man smiled. “From when I could see. Long before you were born.” “Were you scared of Forest?” Matty asked him. So many people were, and with good reason.”(Pg.6) This qoute describes the Theme of the book because Seer adopted Matty to live with him and be his son. Seer made a sacrifice something so he could adopt him.
This quote is from the middle of the book. “Kira, the journey’s hard and long. There won’t be time to sit and sew..”(pg. 73) this quote describes Theme because it is telling us that KIra is going to go to Village were her dad is. She is sacrificing her garden and many more
things. This quote is from the end of the book. “Matty groaned and pressed his hands harder into the ground. All of his strength and blood and breath were entering the earth now. His brain and spirit became part of the earth. He rose. He floated above, weightless, watching his human self labor and writhe. He gave himself to it willingly, traded himself for all that he loved and valued, and felt free.”(Pg. 94) This quote also describes Theme because it is telling us how Matty used his power to save everyone and the forest. That means Matty sacrificed himself to save everything else but the himself
3.Setting
The story takes place in a town called Village. In Village, the people honor differences and honesty. All members of community have a voice. Village is located near a mysterious forest. The forest can control the movement of people in and out of the village. I chose this quote from the beginning of the book. “Others from Village rarely ventured into Forest. It was dangerous for them. Sometimes Forest closed in and entangled people who had tried to travel beyond. There had been terrible deaths, with bodies brought out strangled by vines or branches that had reached out malevolently around the throats and limbs of those who decided to leave Village. Somehow Forest knew. Somehow, too, it knew that Matty’s travels were benign and necessary. The vines had never reached out for him. The trees seemed, sometimes, almost to part and usher him through.” This quote shows the setting because it’s telling us how the forest killed people who would want to leave village and yet Matty travels through it without getting hurt or any warnings.This quote describes the forest and how it is like a character in the story.
This quote is also from the beginning of the book. “Looked as if first the vines grabbed him by the neck and pulled tight. Poor Gatherer. He had grabbed at them to pull loose but then they curled around his hands as well.” This quote also shows setting because it describes how the forest kills people. The forest is the antagonist because it's the bad guy.
I chose this quote from the middle of the book. “It was dim in the clearing. Behind him, the sun was starting to set over Village, and the light that reached down through Forest was pinkish and pale. Matty made his way across the mossy ground of the clearing to a thicket of tall ferns near the base of a tree. He squatted there and listened, leaning his head toward the ferns. Softly he made a sound, one he had practiced; a brief moment later, he heard the sound he had both hoped and dreaded to hear, in response.” This quote shows the setting because It is telling us where Matty goes and spends a time and what he does their. It also tells us how the forest looks.
4.Characters
The protagonist of the story is Matty because he is the good guy. The antagonist of the story is Forest because he’s the bad guy.
The protagonist is a Static character because he does not change. I know this because Matty didn't change a lot throughout the novel, he stayed the same. The antagonist is a Dynamic character because he changes. I know this because The Forest was good in the beginning and throughout the book The Forest became evil and started killing people. These two characters are different because The Forest is a thing that got given personification and Matty is a human. They contrast one another because they both have different goals. Matties goal is to get his real name as Messenger. The forests Goal is to not let people go through to other villages so it starts killing and tangling people who try going through it.
5. Mood and Tone
The mood and tone of the novel is Peacefull unit the end of the knovel because a lot of things happen. At the ended of the novel Matty dies by saving everybody. I know this because the novel has beautiful scene and everyone is nice to each other until the end of the novel everything changes. A specific example of this is when “checking on the populace, assessing the wellbeing of each individual.”(13) I choose this quote because everything senece so peaceful and quiet.
I chose this quote from the beginning of the novel. “In the Museum’s glass cases there were shoes and canes and bicycles and a wheeled chair. But somehow the small red-painted sled had become a symbol of courage and hope. Leader was young but he represented those things. He had never tried to go back, never wanted to. This was his home now, these his people. As he did every afternoon, he stood at the window and watched. His eyes were a pale, piercing blue. He watched with gratitude as the blind man moved through the lanes. He could see beyond a porch railing to the young woman who rocked an infant and mourned her husband. Grieve gently, he thought. He could see beyond the cornfield to where two young boys named Matty and Ramon were dangling lines into the river. Good fishing, he thought. He could see beyond the marketplace to the cemetery where Gatherer’s ruined body had been buried. Rest in peace, he thought. Finally he looked toward the border of Village, to the place where the path entered Forest and became shrouded in shadows. Leader could see beyond the shadows but was not certain what he saw. It was blurred, but there was something in Forest that disturbed Leader’s consciousness and made him uneasy. He could not tell whether it was good or bad. Not yet.”(pg 13) It is significant because It's talking about how Leader has a power of seeing beyond. And in the passage above Leader is seeing something that is like shadows in the forest. It shows the author’s mood and tone by describing what leader is seeing and his thoughts.
6. Connection In this book many characters have a power or like a 6th sense. One of the main characters has power of seeing beyond. And the main Character has a power of healing. I compare this book to Giver because there is a lot of similarities. In the book Giver the main character has a power of receiving and giving memories. That is one of the similarities.
Matty says they are giving up part of themselves for stuff and beauty. One example is when Mattyś Teacher gives up being paution to be taller to loss his birthmark and to look handsome so ladies would like him. “Who first?” Trademaster called, and while Matty watched, Mentor raised his hand and waved it frantically, like a schoolboy hoping for a reward.” (pg 35) In this quote Matty is a Trademark for the first time. He …show more content…
was surprised to see all these people with nothing in their hand to trade, so then he figured it out his teacher mentor was trading his inner self for looks and getting his birthmark removed. I chose this scene from the beginning of the book.“But their arms, too, like Matty’s, like Mentor’s, like everyone’s, were empty. No one had brought anything to trade.”(35) In this sense at trademart no one who came brought something to trade. Maddy didn't know that people were trading their inner self for things.
At the end of this novel matty had to do something to save everyone including the forest.
The forest was trying to kill Matty, seer's daughter, Kira, and the puppy, Frolic. Maddy used his powers to heal the forest and everyone and it worked. After Matty used his powers he dies because he let out too much energy to save everyone including forest.Then, leader takes him back to the village and they make a memorial for Matty and Matty reserves his true name which was Healer. 2.Them:
The theme of the novel is that sometimes if you have to make difficult decisions and sacrifice your safety in order to help others. This quote is from the beginning of the book. “The man smiled. “From when I could see. Long before you were born.” “Were you scared of Forest?” Matty asked him. So many people were, and with good reason.”(Pg.6) This qoute describes the Theme of the book because Seer adopted Matty to live with him and be his son. Seer made a sacrifice something so he could adopt him.
This quote is from the middle of the book. “Kira, the journey’s hard and long. There won’t be time to sit and sew..”(pg. 73) this quote describes Theme because it is telling us that KIra is going to go to Village were her dad is. She is sacrificing her garden and many more
things. This quote is from the end of the book. “Matty groaned and pressed his hands harder into the ground. All of his strength and blood and breath were entering the earth now. His brain and spirit became part of the earth. He rose. He floated above, weightless, watching his human self labor and writhe. He gave himself to it willingly, traded himself for all that he loved and valued, and felt free.”(Pg. 94) This quote also describes Theme because it is telling us how Matty used his power to save everyone and the forest. That means Matty sacrificed himself to save everything else but the himself
3.Setting
The story takes place in a town called Village. In Village, the people honor differences and honesty. All members of community have a voice. Village is located near a mysterious forest. The forest can control the movement of people in and out of the village. I chose this quote from the beginning of the book. “Others from Village rarely ventured into Forest. It was dangerous for them. Sometimes Forest closed in and entangled people who had tried to travel beyond. There had been terrible deaths, with bodies brought out strangled by vines or branches that had reached out malevolently around the throats and limbs of those who decided to leave Village. Somehow Forest knew. Somehow, too, it knew that Matty’s travels were benign and necessary. The vines had never reached out for him. The trees seemed, sometimes, almost to part and usher him through.” This quote shows the setting because it’s telling us how the forest killed people who would want to leave village and yet Matty travels through it without getting hurt or any warnings.This quote describes the forest and how it is like a character in the story.
This quote is also from the beginning of the book. “Looked as if first the vines grabbed him by the neck and pulled tight. Poor Gatherer. He had grabbed at them to pull loose but then they curled around his hands as well.” This quote also shows setting because it describes how the forest kills people. The forest is the antagonist because it's the bad guy.
I chose this quote from the middle of the book. “It was dim in the clearing. Behind him, the sun was starting to set over Village, and the light that reached down through Forest was pinkish and pale. Matty made his way across the mossy ground of the clearing to a thicket of tall ferns near the base of a tree. He squatted there and listened, leaning his head toward the ferns. Softly he made a sound, one he had practiced; a brief moment later, he heard the sound he had both hoped and dreaded to hear, in response.” This quote shows the setting because It is telling us where Matty goes and spends a time and what he does their. It also tells us how the forest looks.
4.Characters
The protagonist of the story is Matty because he is the good guy. The antagonist of the story is Forest because he’s the bad guy.
The protagonist is a Static character because he does not change. I know this because Matty didn't change a lot throughout the novel, he stayed the same. The antagonist is a Dynamic character because he changes. I know this because The Forest was good in the beginning and throughout the book The Forest became evil and started killing people. These two characters are different because The Forest is a thing that got given personification and Matty is a human. They contrast one another because they both have different goals. Matties goal is to get his real name as Messenger. The forests Goal is to not let people go through to other villages so it starts killing and tangling people who try going through it.
5. Mood and Tone
The mood and tone of the novel is Peacefull unit the end of the knovel because a lot of things happen. At the ended of the novel Matty dies by saving everybody. I know this because the novel has beautiful scene and everyone is nice to each other until the end of the novel everything changes. A specific example of this is when “checking on the populace, assessing the wellbeing of each individual.”(13) I choose this quote because everything senece so peaceful and quiet.
I chose this quote from the beginning of the novel. “In the Museum’s glass cases there were shoes and canes and bicycles and a wheeled chair. But somehow the small red-painted sled had become a symbol of courage and hope. Leader was young but he represented those things. He had never tried to go back, never wanted to. This was his home now, these his people. As he did every afternoon, he stood at the window and watched. His eyes were a pale, piercing blue. He watched with gratitude as the blind man moved through the lanes. He could see beyond a porch railing to the young woman who rocked an infant and mourned her husband. Grieve gently, he thought. He could see beyond the cornfield to where two young boys named Matty and Ramon were dangling lines into the river. Good fishing, he thought. He could see beyond the marketplace to the cemetery where Gatherer’s ruined body had been buried. Rest in peace, he thought. Finally he looked toward the border of Village, to the place where the path entered Forest and became shrouded in shadows. Leader could see beyond the shadows but was not certain what he saw. It was blurred, but there was something in Forest that disturbed Leader’s consciousness and made him uneasy. He could not tell whether it was good or bad. Not yet.”(pg 13) It is significant because It's talking about how Leader has a power of seeing beyond. And in the passage above Leader is seeing something that is like shadows in the forest. It shows the author’s mood and tone by describing what leader is seeing and his thoughts.
6. Connection In this book many characters have a power or like a 6th sense. One of the main characters has power of seeing beyond. And the main Character has a power of healing. I compare this book to Giver because there is a lot of similarities. In the book Giver the main character has a power of receiving and giving memories. That is one of the similarities.