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The experience of moving into the world can challenge individual’s attitudes and beliefs. The novel ‘The story of Tom Brennan’ by J.C Bruke both explore different ways that individuals can Grow when they are taken away from their comfort zones and are made to go into new experiences. The author of ‘The story of Tom Brennan’ does a great job at showing these themes throughout the novel also however this is not the only novel this concept is shown in. as it is also shown within the film “Charlie St. Cloud’ which Is directed by Burr Steers.

The story of Tom Brennan, follow the lives of the Brennan family after a unfortunate turning point for the family after a devastating car accident which following a member of the family to get a serious spinal cord damage this shows a massive challenge as his entire life was just turned around due to the injury that was sustained in the accident, this is also similar to the movie since in ‘Charlie St. Cloud’ the main character lost a family member “His little brother” in a car accident.

Fear is also a big theme through ‘the story of Tom Brennan’ because fear becomes an obstacle for Tom to move into the world, he feels unsure and paranoid about what his class mates have heard about him and his family proof of this is in the text ‘the old man told me that night that Harvey knew about the accident and Daniel. I didn’t feel comfortable about it” this conveys the message that Tom is afraid and uncertain of where his new life is leading him.