Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children
We all believed the stories about monsters and ghosts that people told us when we were little. But what if those stories turned out to be true? When Jacob was a little, his grandfather told him many stories about his life as a child living with the peculiar children and their headmistress Miss Peregrine; however, as he grew older, and after his grandfather passed away, Jacob began to search for the truth behind those rather ludicrous tales his grandfather once told him about. Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children is a book that teaches a valuable lesson that is true even for a modern teen: be careful whom you trust because people can often be misleading. Though Jacobs’ grandfather did not lie about his life a child, he left out a lot
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For example, Jacob had trusted his psychologist to be there if he ever needed help. If he was dealing with something challenging, he could be given words of advice on how to cope. When Jacob’s grandfather passed away, his last words had a major impact on Jacob making him question a lot of things and searching for answers. Jacob turned to his psychologist for help; however, he was looking for answers of his own which were detrimental to Jacob. Another example is when Jacob set out to find answers with his dad who had no clue why Jacob actually wanted to go on this trip in the first place. Jacob spoke with everyone in the small village about the house that the peculiar children lived in, hoping to find anything he could about what life was like living there. He went to whats left of the house looking for answers and came across the children that once lived there. The children led him to Miss Peregrine and Jacob began to asked an abundant amount of questions to which Miss Peregrine would be untruthful about. Jacob and the children trusted Miss Peregrine which was a mistake because she keep crucial information from them that caused a lot of trauma and pain to them later on in the book. Clearly, the theme of being careful whom you trust is developed through
For example, Jacob had trusted his psychologist to be there if he ever needed help. If he was dealing with something challenging, he could be given words of advice on how to cope. When Jacob’s grandfather passed away, his last words had a major impact on Jacob making him question a lot of things and searching for answers. Jacob turned to his psychologist for help; however, he was looking for answers of his own which were detrimental to Jacob. Another example is when Jacob set out to find answers with his dad who had no clue why Jacob actually wanted to go on this trip in the first place. Jacob spoke with everyone in the small village about the house that the peculiar children lived in, hoping to find anything he could about what life was like living there. He went to whats left of the house looking for answers and came across the children that once lived there. The children led him to Miss Peregrine and Jacob began to asked an abundant amount of questions to which Miss Peregrine would be untruthful about. Jacob and the children trusted Miss Peregrine which was a mistake because she keep crucial information from them that caused a lot of trauma and pain to them later on in the book. Clearly, the theme of being careful whom you trust is developed through