Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children Analysis

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children tells the tale of a boy, Jacob, who following a horrific tragedy, follows clues that take him to an abandoned orphanage on a Welsh island. The story begins in Florida, where Jacob lives. Jacob and his father travel to Wales after the apparently murder of his grandfather by a make-believe creature. Jacob learns that his grandfather had lived in a derelict orphanage for “peculiar children”. “It was an enchanted place (Grandpa Portman) said, designed to keep kids safe from the monsters, on an island where the sun shined every day and nobody ever got sick or died. Everyone lived together in a big house that was protected by a wise bird – or so the story went.” (Riggs 2011, p.9) Once Jacob reaches the island he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar
After much soul searching Jacob decides that he cannot bear to lose his new found friend Emma. He also knows that he would never want to live the life of fear like his grandfather. So, he decided that it would be in his best interest to stay at the orphanage with Miss Peregrine. Miss Peregrine and the children also decided they cannot stay in the time loop that they have been living in any longer. If the group stays in the time loop they would be at great danger because the monsters know that they live there. Miss Peregrine decides that they must find a new loop to live in. This means that the group must travel the world until they find a loop that is safe for them. Jacob writes his dad a letter telling him that he will be traveling the world. “I tried to explain everything. I wrote about the peculiar children and the hollows and how all of Grandpa Portman’s stories had turned out to be true. I told him what had happened to Miss Peregrine and Miss Avocet and tried to make him understand why I had to go. I begged him not to worry.” (Riggs