Summary Of Trouble By Gary D. Schmidt

In the novel Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt, a possible theme could be that one will occur multiple conflicts and will have to overcome them to continue life. In the novel, Franklin’s father was “sitting alone in the bay window” with “no work” on his desk and his pipe was “cold and unsmoked” (Schmidt 143). In the following days after Franklin's desk, Henry's father is not overcoming his son's death and will not continue on with his normal life. This quote relates to the theme because it shows that not overcoming conflicts will result in denial and zero motivation to continue on. However, Henry handles Franklin's death more well than his father. Henry states that he will “climb Katahdin”, and that “everything would be what it used to be before