He cares about his family but doesn't care a great deal for anyone outside his four walls. ... He likes his family but unlike Chris, he is unaware of what goes on outside his four walls, his own family. ... Both Chris and Joe love their family and are always trying to make everyone get on. I feel that Chris and Joe take it in turns to be the protector, the person who looks after their family. ... Chris still had respect for his father but in that split second when he read the note, he was full of emotion, shock, anger and the embarrassment that he had "stuck-up" for his father for all...

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• Grade Level: High School

"Mister Pip," by Lloyd Jones, is a novel about a young girl named Matilda who lives surrounded by war on the isolated island of Bougainville. Matilda, along with all of the inhabitants of Bougainville, anxiously watch the escalating conflict between the rebels otherwise known as "rambos" and the gov...

• Word Count: 1171
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School