I felt the main conflict in this book strongly because I
could relate to it. This summer I visited Patten Maine where my
great-grandfather and great-grandmother grew up. It was a small farming and
lumber community with only 1,093 people in total. Everything looked open and
green and beautiful. I would feel depressed and angry if I returned there and
saw a Walmart and a bunch of condos instead of the green, sweeping land my
great-grandfather loved so much. My uncle told me that my great-grandfather had
to move to Worcester during the Depression to work and feed his kids. But he
rode on his scooter from Worcester every weekend for 7 or 8 hours to go back to
his farm and log cabin on Shin Pond because he loved it so much. If his
hometown was sold and developed into a commercial place, my great-grandfather
would have been heart-broken. If this happened, I would feel guilty about not
being able to protect my great-grandfather’s land kind of like Obe felt wanting
to protect Marvin because there was such a strong love there. I think Patten Maine
isn’t the only special place in the world, there are probably 1000s of other
amazing places in this world that mean something to people who lived there and
to their families. So, I can relate to Obe about losing his family’s land,
wanting to safeguard it, and wanting to shield Marvin from danger.
-Gabriel
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