Character Analysis Of Miss Peregrine's 'Home For Peculiar Children'

Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children ( also called Peculiar Children, written by Ransom Riggs, is the first in the Peculiar Children Trilogy. In Peculiar Children, Riggs writes of a young boy named Jacob. All throughout Jacobs's childhood, his grandfather told him preposterous stories with impossible people.. After his grandfather was murdered, Jacob isolated himself. He then talked to a psychiatrist who told him that going could be beneficial to visit the place his grandfather told stories about. There, Jacob learns that the unfathomable stories he was told, were possible. He learns the people and places are real, and that he has a special gift, alike them. Jacob befriends them, just as his grandfather did years before.

Imagine you are a lawyer tasked with an impossible case, and everybody in your community is against you, but still there is a shred of hope you cling to. What might that be you ask? That to which you cling are your morals. In To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus Finch had been given the Tom Robinson case, where a black man was convicted of raping a white woman. As a single father of two children, he continues to reinforce his values throughout the trial and during his daunting task of raising his children. In To Kill A Mockingbird what Harper Lee suggests about the nature of morals is that you should try to stand up for what you believe in even if people oppose or reject your ideals. Even when faced with an insurmountable opposition you should stand up for your morals because in the end if your don't follow your beliefs you are just contributing to the problem. We should try to create a voice for what we believe in and impress that upon the next generation so they can continue to exercise their beliefs to make the world a better place.

Jacob met Miss Peregrine finally! He learns that she is a ymbryme, which means that she can transform herself into a bird and manipulate time to create a safe place for her and her peculiar children. I feel like this book is getting weirder by the second. I really am not into the mythical kind of things in some books, but I still feel like it has a good plot and a good storyline and theme. Ransom Riggs continues to impress me by his writing.

Things that we take for granted are the things that Jacob struggles with the most. For example, when Jacob was little, it was extremely hard for him to be in a loud room and socialize with other kids. Now that he’s fifteen he’s able to play basketball in front of large crowds at the Special Olympics games. It may not sound like a lot, but it is a huge accomplishment for Jacob.

We are introduced to an eager and naïve Jacob in the initial stages of the novel. However, Jacob is introduced to the cruelties of the world all too suddenly, when the death of his parents is abruptly thrust upon him. It states, “I snap out of my stupor. There are people on that train. It matters not a whit where it’s going because

(Jacobs, p. 18). Hearing these things would make Jacob’s despise him and become angry and upset. The only thing that would keep her going was to obey her master and to “be good, because perhaps that would bring us contentment.” (Jacobs, p. 18). Jacob’s remained a good servant to her master until certain times forbade it and she had to retaliate against him.

Throughout the novel Jacob changes a lot, he goes from the quiet one to a leader for his friends, Jacob’s actions proves that he changes, from Jacob’s change he learns he is really loyal to all his friends, he cares for each one of them.

Burton tends to twist the perception on normalcy in his films to create an exaggerated form of “perfect ” societies. Along with the societies being over exaggerated, the setting of the societies is exaggerated also. For example, in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Burton continually uses dulled colors and low key lighting when Jacob is in Florida and then once Jacob finds the home, Burton uses bold and bright colors with high key lighting. For Jacob, Florida is supposed to be his home and future, but Jacob doesn’t feel as if that is true. Burton conveys Jacob’s feelings and emotions toward “home” by using different lighting in different settings. Burton uses lighting to his advantage when highlighting the effects of a setting toward the main protagonist. In Florida, where Jacob is presumed to have PTSD and chronic depression, Burton mainly uses low key lighting to reflect how Jacob feels about the society around him. Whereas when Jacob enters the time loop, where Jacob is presumed to be the children’s saving grace and hero, the color and lighting almost automatically changes to bright colors and high key lighting. This can be explained by the fact that the lighting reflects how Jacob feels about himself and where his life is going in that particular setting. Jacob was uncomfortable and deemed by his family to be crazy in Florida and

Jacob’s roles in the book are shown through the use of symbols, posture, and facial expression. One role is that he is being protective over Emma. He has his hand in front of her, like he is trying to keep her safe. In Miss. Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Jacob say that his “grandfather had trampled her poor, pining heart, and the wound was still raw, even these many years later. [He] thought of putting [his] arm around her” (Riggs 233). He doesn’t just want to protect Emma from the monsters but he also wants to protect her feelings. In the tableau Jacob shows he is very focused. As he faces Dr. Golan he said that he

In Yellin’ article, Jacob’s wanted to share the truth of her experience as a slave through a series of events. Through Linda Brent, Jacob’s narrator, she wanted to open up about the life as a female slave. The purpose of Jacob was to bring attention to the world of female slavery and how it differs for men slaves by using her individual story of the infliction of violence as a female slavery that endured sexual abuse and/or sexual exploitation at the hand of the slave owners.

Jacob has Schizophrenia because he had a lot of Hallucinations that really tricked his mind that he was in danger and that he

Jacob was accused of being mentally ill throughout the book by his “therapist” and family. They thought his grandfather’s death was the cause of his depression. Almost 7% of the U.S. population is clinically diagnosed with depression. “Clinical depression is a serious condition that

Jacob used to think that he was normal until he found his grandfather was killed by a Hollowgast. Once he found out his grandfather was killed by something unusual, he knew that he wasn’t normal anymore.

As mentioned before, Jacob is the youngest child of the family. He is fighting for attention from his siblings and his parents almost every day. Most of his art projects are displayed around the house, along with his sibling’s art. He does fight for attention from his

Each character in the book House Rules is brought to life. Emma is the mother of both Jacob and Theo; she is the foundation of the book because she makes both her sons who they are. Although Theo is a little rebellious and gets a crumb of her attention, he has still turned out to be a reliable brother. One can notice her passion towards the happiness of Jacob. Jodi Picoult brings Jacob’s character and illness alive, revealing both greatest and poorer qualities of Jacob. The twist to the story exhibits that Jacob is much more than his ailment and cares for his family. The author glued all the pieces of the book perfectly. House Rules made my heart beat a little faster when Jacob was suffering in jail and resorted to inflicting pain on him and made my visage change expression. At the same time, it made me laugh when Jacob waved his right hand when the judge asked him if he knew what it meant to waive his rights. A lot of Jacobs’s humor is related to the behaviors that are included with Asperger syndrome. Jacob always quotes song lyrics and lines from movies because it calms and an exit to run to. It is hilarious how he literally takes situations. Once, Jacob’s attorney expresses that if he needs a sensory break, he should "pass a note". Furthermore, Jacob passes a note that says "F#"(F sharp). Moreover, another captivating aspect of Jacob is his obsession with forensics. Though it is this fixation that ultimately gets him in trouble, he provides interesting facts and eleven