Goodnight Mr.Tom Review
Review of Goodnight Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian
Goodnight Mr. Tom is set in the midst of World War II and the German attacks of London. In the novel many children are sent away from England´s capital onto pacific places for protection. These children are called refugees and they are to stay in the houses of the inhabitants.
This is then, the destiny of little William Beech who is sent to Little Wierwold to Tom Oakley, the man who shelters him. The child was being abused by his mother so he is very shy. Therefore, Mr. Oakley helps him confront his problems and Willie drastically changes. He starts to make friends like Zacharias Wrench, or Zach for short. They become best friends and have marvelous moments together. Afterwards, Williams’s mother asks for him to go back to London as she is sick. Beech´s mother really is insane and when they enter the house she says she has a surprise. The surprise was that Mrs. Beech has had a baby. He actually returns to the nightmare he lived before being a refugee, so Mr. Oakley foresees that Willie is passing a terrible time and rescues him from the tiny room in which Mrs. Beech has locked him up.
Mr. Tom immediately buys train tickets for Little Wierwold and so, they returned to their home in this little town.
Months later, Mrs. Beech commits suicide as a result of her loneliness and Mr. Tom caringly adopts William. The story ends when William´s best friend Zach dies because of a bomb. Will then confronts his friend´s death having both good and bad experiences, which helps him grow physically and mentally.
The main characters of this novel are William Beech, Tom Oakley, Zacharias Wrench and Mrs. Beech. William Beech, at the beginning of the story is an apprehensive, emaciated boy who does not have any self-confidence and is very mistrusting. Although he is very different on the inside, Will founds this throughout the book.
When Willie starts his life with Mr. Tom, he changes abruptly and transforms into a talkative and
Goodnight Mr. Tom is set in the midst of World War II and the German attacks of London. In the novel many children are sent away from England´s capital onto pacific places for protection. These children are called refugees and they are to stay in the houses of the inhabitants.
This is then, the destiny of little William Beech who is sent to Little Wierwold to Tom Oakley, the man who shelters him. The child was being abused by his mother so he is very shy. Therefore, Mr. Oakley helps him confront his problems and Willie drastically changes. He starts to make friends like Zacharias Wrench, or Zach for short. They become best friends and have marvelous moments together. Afterwards, Williams’s mother asks for him to go back to London as she is sick. Beech´s mother really is insane and when they enter the house she says she has a surprise. The surprise was that Mrs. Beech has had a baby. He actually returns to the nightmare he lived before being a refugee, so Mr. Oakley foresees that Willie is passing a terrible time and rescues him from the tiny room in which Mrs. Beech has locked him up.
Mr. Tom immediately buys train tickets for Little Wierwold and so, they returned to their home in this little town.
Months later, Mrs. Beech commits suicide as a result of her loneliness and Mr. Tom caringly adopts William. The story ends when William´s best friend Zach dies because of a bomb. Will then confronts his friend´s death having both good and bad experiences, which helps him grow physically and mentally.
The main characters of this novel are William Beech, Tom Oakley, Zacharias Wrench and Mrs. Beech. William Beech, at the beginning of the story is an apprehensive, emaciated boy who does not have any self-confidence and is very mistrusting. Although he is very different on the inside, Will founds this throughout the book.
When Willie starts his life with Mr. Tom, he changes abruptly and transforms into a talkative and