Mrs. Mossop In The Running Man By Michael Gerard Bauer
Everyone carries baggage
In the novel ‘The Running Man’ by Michael Gerard Bauer, Tom Leyton, a great character in the process of changing carries a huge amount of baggage with him. Mrs. Mossop would always judge Tom Leyton and tell Joseph why she thinks Tom is a weird, silly boy. The dangers of stereotyping and putting ‘people in boxes’ is totally wrong as it gives the wrong information about a particular person which is not true. Mrs. Mossop is totally wrong when stereotyping as it gives a bad impression of herself as to judging others. Coming from a war and seeing your friends die in the midst of a battleground are disturbing images of the past and only if you were in the same footsteps of Tom Leyton, a character such as ourselves would
understand. Getting both your parents lives from a car accident would be just as exasperating, as it just puts weight on the baggage we all hold. Silkworms are common in Tom’s life as they are a metaphor of his personal life, carrying the baggage, and now trying to release that pressure of his back. He lives in his own room, this is why Mrs. Mossop thinks he is weird, and this is how the silkworms relate to him as he is in his room and as if his life had no life purpose.
In the novel ‘The Running Man’ by Michael Gerard Bauer, Tom Leyton, a great character in the process of changing carries a huge amount of baggage with him. Mrs. Mossop would always judge Tom Leyton and tell Joseph why she thinks Tom is a weird, silly boy. The dangers of stereotyping and putting ‘people in boxes’ is totally wrong as it gives the wrong information about a particular person which is not true. Mrs. Mossop is totally wrong when stereotyping as it gives a bad impression of herself as to judging others. Coming from a war and seeing your friends die in the midst of a battleground are disturbing images of the past and only if you were in the same footsteps of Tom Leyton, a character such as ourselves would
understand. Getting both your parents lives from a car accident would be just as exasperating, as it just puts weight on the baggage we all hold. Silkworms are common in Tom’s life as they are a metaphor of his personal life, carrying the baggage, and now trying to release that pressure of his back. He lives in his own room, this is why Mrs. Mossop thinks he is weird, and this is how the silkworms relate to him as he is in his room and as if his life had no life purpose.