Peculiar Children Themes

Themes of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children In the novel, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, several themes are presented to the reader. A theme is a recurring idea or message found throughout a story. Two of the many themes found in the novel are admiration and courage. The examination of the themes of admiration and courage leads one to conclude that the two themes are important to the story, were most definitely chosen for a reason, and are possibly related. Two themes, admiration and courage, are prominent in the story. Granted, the only information here is coming from the prologue through chapter six, but the two themes still get time in the sun. Admiration is seen most obviously on page 12 of the book, in the prologue, when Jacob is talking about his grandfather and comes right out and says, “Growing up, Grandpa Portman was the most fascinating person I knew.” He then goes on explaining why, and it’s a very long list. A few of the items on the list include Grandpa speaking multiple languages, fighting in wars, crossing oceans, knowing a lot about weaponry and survival, and living in an orphanage. Jacob looks up to his grandfather for these things and aspires to be like him, hence him wanting to be an explorer. Another prominent theme is courage. From the prologue, we see that Grandpa Portman was a courageous man, and that
Jacob’s admiration of Grandpa Portman, a courageous person, from a young age causes him to be more courageous in his own life. We see examples of this when Jacob is on the island of Cairnholm. When he visits the