the character’s actions. These characteristics are present in the texts Montana 1948 by Larry Watson 1993‚ The Returning by Daniel De Paola 1964 and Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby 2004. I personally have been influenced to assess my own values towards family ties‚ justice and the balance between right and wrong. When faced with a moral dilemma‚ avoidance and denial often result in greater consequences. In Montana 1948 the sheriff Wes has conflicting values of family loyalty and justice leading
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The novel “Montana 1948” written by Larry Watson portrays a series of tragic events‚ which were to have a permanent and decisive impact on David and his parents. The author has specifically adopted the persona of a young child‚ in order to portray the universal theme of innocence. By using first person point of view he is able to recall on such significant events in his life‚ through the eyes of a child. As the story unfolds‚ David’s young life is turned upside down forever‚ which angrily leads him
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Justice and Betrayal Montana 1948 by Larry Watson is a story about a boy who is unsuspectingly thrown into adulthood due to tragedy. This novel is a bildungsroman because of the changes that the main character‚ David experiences. In the conclusion of Montana 1948 David changes in significant ways like wanting his old life back and changing the way he views his family. David is board with his everyday life and yearns for more excitement. The changes that happen are not exactly what he was looking
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The novel Montana 1948 is a series of tragic events that have a major impact on the narrator‚ David Hyden and his family. David’s shocking revelations lead to his painful gaining of wisdom. When David’s story begins‚ his life is a stable and happy one‚ and his family are close and loving. It is this stability and respect though‚ in which the much loved and admired Frank is held by both the townspeople and David‚ that make the events which occur so shocking‚ particularly for David. He must pretend
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Montana 1948 is a 1993 novel by Larry Watson. The novel focuses on the life of young Montanan David Hayden‚ his family and the fictional town of Bentrock‚ Montana. The book was awarded the Milkweed National Fiction Prize. The book focuses on family cohesion and also getting away from your family name. In 1995‚ Larry Watson wrote the novel Justice. This novel is based on the characters Frank‚ Wes and Julian. The novel is based in the year 1899‚ 49 years before the events of Montana 1948. The story
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In Montana 1948 by Larry Watson David and his family find out that his uncle has been raping and sexually assaulting women from a local Native American reservation. Gail‚ David’s mother Gail is used by author to give a feminist perspective of the situation. Although not all feminist or people who believe in the social‚ political‚ and economic equality of the sexes are women the author chose Gail so that people could understand he is a feminist. Gail has to help her family make decisions about what
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do not support these decisions‚ it will affect their intellectual emotional and social development for life and not feel accepted in the family. An example in Montana could be that Frank turned against his whole family without even meaning to‚ and they are left expected to carry on as before. Nothing will ever be the same again in the Hayden family. Family has to obey family. From the choices that are made‚ to their individuality‚ they are all aspects that make up their personality and who they are
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To what extent is David making a realistic judgment with this statement ? When young David‚ witnesses his licentious uncle commit suicide‚ he unrealistically decides that his death was the answer to all of the hardships faced by the family. ‘Montana 1948’ by Larry Watson‚ depicts the tale‚ of deterioration and destruction of one family through heinous crimes committed by certain characters in the novel. The offences carried out by Frank‚ destroys David family forever. When the emotional twelve
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Montana 1948 Text response essay Essay Question: ‘Montana 1948’ is about the choices people make.’ Discuss. Larry Watson’s novel ‘Montana 1948’ is told from the perspective of narrator David Hayden‚ recalling the experiences of his 12 year old self. The observations he witnesses and describes reflects the choices that are made by the adult characters of the novel. Not only changing himself but also changing the situations and environment around the small town of Bentrock. David’s uncle Frank
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Montana 1948 essay Statement: “Each character in Montana 1948 is a victim of power” (how does the use and abuse of power shape the lives of each character). All the main characters in Montana 1948‚ to some extent‚ were victims of power. Marie‚ David and Gail are genuine victims of power. Julian‚ Frank and Wes are victims of their own inability to wield power and use it correctly. Many lives were destroyed by the events in the summer of Montana 1948. Marie would be a victim of power because she
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