Katherine,
Paterson. (1977). Bridge to Terabithia.
United
States. Thomas
Y. Crowell Co..
Jess
Aarons living in a rural area of the South who loves to run. He is an eleven year old. He dreams of being the
fastest boy in the fifth grade when school starts up in the fall, feeling that
this will for once give him a chance to stand in the spotlight among his five
sisters, and might win him the attention of his preoccupied father. Jess is
quite insecure in his identity.
He
loves to paint and draw, but he knows very well that this labels him a
"sissy" in the eyes of most of the world, particularly his father. In
addition, his family is stretched so tight by poverty that he has little chance
to really explore his own identity during this crucial period of adolescence.
He has therefore built up the importance of winning in his mind, feeling that
here, at least, is something that he is good at which won't win him an
undesired label of "sissy" or "girl" in the eyes of his
father or schoolmates, and which will allow him to shine in his own right.
He
practices each morning, always dreaming of his upcoming victory. However, when
the races come around at recess, a new girl, Leslie Burke, who just moved next
door to Jess, boldly crosses to the boys' side of the playground and beats
everyone. -RahmaTalifta-
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