mr kilMER

>SYNOPSIS<

CHAPTER 1

>RICHARD GOES HUNTING WITH HIS FATHER (PA KNIGHT) AND HIS BROTHER (GUS KNIGHT).
>RICHARD PURPOSELY MISSES WHEN HE IS SHOOTING THE BUCK, BECAUSE HE DOESN’T LIKE KILLING
ANIMALS FOR FUN.
>PA TOLD RICHARD THAT HE DIDN’T NEED TO GO HUNTING ANYMORE IF HE DIDN’T FEEL LIKE IT.
>THAT NIGHT AFTER SUPPER, RICHARD HELPED HIS SISTER ANGIE WITH THE CHORES.
>HE GOES UPSTAIRS TO HIS ROOM AND WRITES A POEM.
>IT IS SEEN THAT HE KEEPS HIS COLLECTION OF POEMS A SECRET.





MESSAGES

1. STAND FIRM IN WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN
RICHARD WAS FRIENDS WITH THE SCHERMER DESPITE RECEIVING A LOT OF PRESSURE TO STAY AWAY
FROM THEM.

2. FAMILY RELATIONSHIP

THE KNIGHTS AND THE SCHERMERS CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER’S SAFETY AND WORRY ABOUT EACH OTHER’S
SAFETY.

3.THE GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP
RICHARD AND HANNAH SUPPORTED EACH OTHER WHEN THEIR CLASSMATES WERE UNKIND TO THEM.
RICHARD ALSO RECEIVED MORAL SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT FROM JOYCE KILMER.

CHAPTER 2 : HOW THE WAR
CHANGED TURTLE LAKE

SYNOPSIS

IT WAS NOW APRIL AND THE UNITED STATES ARE AT WAR WITH GERMANY.ONE MORNING,RICHARD'S
ENGLISH TEACHER,MRS. HANSEN,TOLD THE CLASS THAT A FAMOUS POET,JOYCE KILMER HAS JUST
VOLUNTEERED FOR ARMY SERVICE IN THE ONGOING WORLD WAR.SHE READ A POEM ENTITLED "TREES"
WRITTEN BY JOYCE KILMER,WHO WORKED AT THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWSPAPER.RICHARD FASCINATED BY
THE BEAUTY OF THE SIMPLE POEM.RICHARD BORROWED MRS. HANSEN POETRY BOOK.HE ALSO FOUND THE
ADDRESS OF KILMER’S WORKPLACE AND WROTE IT DOWN.AS HE WAS LEAVING SCHOOL,HE SAW A
CLASSMATE,HANNAH SCHERMER,THE PRETTY GERMAN GIRL WAS CRYING IN THE HALLWAY BECAUSE
SOMEONE HAD SCRIBBLED “DIRTY HUN” ON HER BOOK COVER.RICHARD TOLD HIS CLASSMATES WHAT HAD
HAPPENED.THEY FELT THAT THE SCHERMERS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE BECAUSE THEY WERE ORIGINALLY FROM
GERMANY.BACK HOME,RICHARD DECIDED TO CONTACT JOYCE KILMER,HE WROTE A LETTER TO
KILMER,EXPRESSING HIS ADMIRATION AND SHARING ABOUT HIS OWN POETRY WRITING.HE POSTED THE
LETTER TO JOYCE KILMER AT THE NEW YORK TIMES.

CHARACTER AND CHARACTERISTIC

·MRS. HANSEN
-SHE WAS STRICT BUT CARING.
-A GOOD ENGLISH TEACHER WHO IS INTRODUCES THE POETRY OF KILMER TO THE CLASS.

·ABNER LEWIS AND HARRY CARVER
-TROUBLEMAKERS : GROANED WHEN MRS. HANSEN ANNOUNCED TO BEGIN A CLASS WITH A POEM.

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·HANNAH SCHERMERS
-RICHARD’S CLASSMATE : BEAUTIFUL,WITH BLUE EYES AND BLONDE HAIR ‘LIKE CORN SILK’
-SHE IS UPSET AT BEING CALLED A HUN, A DEROGATORY TERM FOR GERMANS.

·BLANCHE FREEBOLD
-A DARK-HAIRED GIRL WHOSE PARENTS OWNED THE GROCERY STORE.
-IGNORANT AND PREJUDICED : THOUGHT THAT HANNAH WAS A HUN,BELIEVED THE RUMOR ABOUT
GERMANS CUTTING PEOPLE IN HALF IN BELGIUM.

MESSAGES

-WE MUST BE CREATIVE
-WE MUST BE BRAVE
-WE MUST RESPECT FOR OTHERS