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    influencers, however sometimes they do not fulfill these roles. Goodnight Mister Tom is a novel set in England in 1939 at the start of World War 2. The author, Michelle Magorian, tells a story through this world event about a young child who is evacuated to the country at the anticipation of the war. The child, William Beech, is sent away by his abusive mother in London to the small country town of Little Weirwold to live with a stranger, Tom Oakley. Magorian uses this to demonstrate the impact of the

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    Introduction William Beech is the protagonist, the main character, in the plot of Michelle Magorian’s Goodnight Mister Tom. A plot is the course of action in a literary work. He is evacuated from London during the merge of World War II to a little village, Little Weirwold, at the country side north of the city. As he arrives he is just an unloved, shy, uncared for and abused 8 year old boy. But as time goes by in Little Weirwold, William transforms into a self-confident, happy boy. As community

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    Goodnight Mister Tom Character Essay: Willie Beech Love and support is the key to change and recovery. During the Second World War the main character in Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian, William ‘Willie’ Beech is sent to live with Mister Tom Oakley in Little Weirwold, as it was not safe to stay in London. 8 year old, Willie significantly changes from being a scared, shy, abused and lonely boy, to being happy, safe and cared for as the book progresses. Through this character change, the author

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    Goodnight Mr Tom Identity

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    Goodnight Mister Tom (1981), is a novel by Michelle Magorian. It follows the story of a boy named Willie, who is evacuated from London to his new home of Little Weirworld. He lives with a misanthropic old man named Thoman Oakely, here Mr. Tom takes in the role of a supporting father figure and helps him grow and develop from the state his abusive mother left him in. Within the text, Magorian presents the key idea that changes in a person's identity, positive or negative, are complex, fluid and crucial

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    Novel Study - Luca. In this essay I will be talking about what it was like for the children who were evacuated during World War 2. During the war it was often not safe for children to stay with their families because of the danger that air raids held. Children would most likely be evacuated to the countryside to live with billets, a few hundred were even sent overseas! With the evacuations came good and bad things..for example two good things are: Sometimes the evacuees came from abusive families

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    woman to gain help from such a vehement organization: “Hamilton died in 2002, but the "Miss Mary Case," as it became known, still holds important lessons today. Dain Stewart, one of the college students at the mock trial, says they're taught to use "Mister" or "Missus," particularly when cross examining non-expert witnesses in front of juries” (Hamilton). Mary Hamilton fought long and hard for the rights of all African Americans to be called by their full name, and to gain the respect they deserve in

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    Fall of Asclepius By Harm 1 and Icrick Prologue Where should I begin? The apocalypse happened so fast. In less than a month, monsters infested every part of this world. People panicked, people died. They clawed at each other just to get out of all the infested areas around the world. There was problem about fleeing from infested areas. Everywhere was infested. There was no where anyone could go without encountering the walking plague. You know that phrase "War is Hell"? Well... it's dead

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