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Goodnight Mr Tom

            Goodnight Mr Tom was written by Michelle Magorian. The book is set in the Second World War, and concerns a boy called William Beech. William is an evacuee from London who is sent to the countryside to live with a man called Tom Oakley, an elderly man in his early 70's.'.
             Although Mr Tom has a dog, he is not used to having children round his house since his wife and son passed away a couple of years ago.
             He is very angry when he is told that he has to take in a refugee, but he has to because William has nowhere else to go. Gradually William makes friends with the local children and they all become very close.
             But then William has to go back to the city because his mother is ill. It seems that when William gets onto the train to take him back to London, they might never meet again.
             But when weeks go by and Tom havnt heard a word from William he decides to go to London and look for him.
             Willies mother reckons almost everything is a sin, eventho she strangely finds it alright to tie her son up and leave him to starve to death in a closet. And he would have done so unless mr tom showed up in the last second and saved him.
             He takes willie back to the countryside and adopts him as willies mother recently have comitted suicide and he has no other family except for Mr tom.
             Oon the whole I think that Goodnight Mr Tom is a really good book. It is a very enjoyable book to read with surprises page after page. In the whole I would give this book 8/10.
            


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1. Goodnight Mr Tom

Goodnight Mr Tom I have recently read a novel "Goodnight Mr Tom" by Michelle Magorian. This novel is set in the past yet deals with issues relevant to contemporise society. This novel is about a young evacuee (William Beech ... from his hometown of London because World War Two is going on. When William finally reaches Little Weirwold he is billeted to stay with Tom Oakley (Mr Tom) the villages Mr Grumpy. Many years ago Tom lost his wife and his son at a very young age. This loss has always stayed with him and he is very withdrawn from ... society and that's why he is considered to be very g...

  • Word Count: 1395
  • Approx Pages: 6
  • Grade Level: High School

2. Goodnight Mr Tom-Critical Evaluation

... she has given William a very city like accent. It is not very clear and sometimes hard to understand. But when you look at the way Tom speaks he is very well spoken man from the countryside, this shows her opinion of the two characters. She also shows another very good example with ... the doctor, who speaks with a very posh accent and this shows that he is much more upper class than, Tom and William. These are the examples of her choice of language. The author uses the plot to emphasize how people's attitudes are effected in different situations. ... is about how people cope when they ...

  • Word Count: 840
  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Grade Level: High School

3. Willie Beech-Goodnight Mr Tom.

Willie Beech is an eight-year-old maltreated child. He is evacuated to the city of London, to the small countryside village of Little Weirwold. He is billeted with Mr Tom Oakley a forty-year-old widower. Tom is disconnected from the rest of the village due to the unfortunate tragedy's he's had to face and suffer from. Slowly and gradually Willie forms a father-son relationship with Tom. This builds throughout and ends in happiness for both of them as they forget their past lives and become part of the community. Will is emotionally very sensitive and embarrassed. Every night, for sometime, he ...

  • Word Count: 700
  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Grade Level: High School

4. To Kill a mocking bird - Synopsis of entire Novel.

... the children are similar to mockingbirds - they are there to please Calpurnia and to worship. Undoubtedly this experience will give the children more compassion towards Tom's treatment from a white jury, but it is clear that the majority of the congregation are pleased to see the Finch children, not only because ... sorry for her'. This doesn't go down well in the courtroom. Under no circumstances should a black person feel sorry for a white person. Mr. Gilmer accuses Tom of lying and making up the whole story contained in his testimony. The white children watch the proceedings with di...

  • Word Count: 10075
  • Approx Pages: 40
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

5. Understanding the Minds of Serial Killers

... can't get out but I look out the attic window and watch the world go by. I feel like an outsider. I am on a different wavelength then everybody else - programmed to kill...Mr. Borelli, sir, I don't want to kill any more. No sir, no more but I must, "honor thy father." I want to make love to the world. I love people. ... I want to wish all of you a happy Easter. May God bless you in this life and in the next. And for now I say goodbye and goodnight. Police: Let me haunt you with these words: I'll be back. I'll be back. To be interpreted as - bang, bang, bang, bang - ugh. Yours in ... mur...

  • Word Count: 2060
  • Approx Pages: 8
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

6. Child Abuse

... a young person who is not yet an adult. Abuse can be defined as any physical, emotional, psychological behaviour that is damaging to a person. This was illustrated through our class novel Goodnight Mr Tom through the characters of William Beach and the Night children. This was further examined in THE "FELLS ACRE" RITUAL ABUSE CASE were Nine children who attended the Fells Acre Day ... day care building and abused them there. And further illustrated in the poem by Ashleigh Mc Gibbon entitled ABUSE. When Will first came to Little Weirwold it was obvious to Tom that Will was a victim of ch...

  • Word Count: 742
  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Grade Level: High School

7. The Great Gatsby

... with her Aunt's "campaign to teach me (Scout) to be a lady- made an exception to please her Aunt and to create some peace between them. Upon hearing the news of Tom's death she concludes "if Aunty could be a lady at a time like this, so could I."" This shows how Scout was beginning to act more ladylike for her Aunt. Another way Scout ... more that Boo Radley is a human being, just like herself. By the end of the book, Scout even finally begins to call him by his real name, Arthur Radley, or Mr. Arthur, instead of the nickname giving to him by the townspeople, Boo Radley. When Arthur sav...

  • Word Count: 850
  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Grade Level: High School

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