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Elijah's 'Nonfiction': Historical Fiction

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The genre of this novel is historical fiction. I would consider this novel historical fiction because it happened in the past but is not nonfiction. The novel describes real life situations that could very possibly happened in that time period. If this story would have been nonfiction it most likely been a biography about Elijah. Another reason on why I think this is historical fiction is because when I picked this novel we could only pick a historical fiction novel. Evidence from the text that supports this is that there is no slaves in the world now so this would have had to happen in the past. Another possible genre of this novel is growing up. I think that this is a possible genre because it shows how Elijah becomes more of a man. Before …show more content…

He's best known in his hometown as the boy who made a remarkable impression on Frederick Douglas. He did this when the great orator came to visit buxton. An a orator is a public speaker. Elijah has never really experienced what being a slave was really like. This is because he was “freeborn” which means that he was born and not to be a slave. Elijah lives a peaceful life like going to church and doing very casual everyday things. Elijah’s family considers him “fragile”. He continuously struggles to understand …show more content…

The story starts out with Elijah, the first child who has been free born in Buxton, being tricked by the Preacher out of the fish he caught by throwing stones at them.This part of the story is the exposition and the rising action. This creates suspicion and doubt towards the Preacher. Elijah then goes to the "Carnival of Oddities" with the Preacher in an attempt to use his throwing talent to benefit the Buxton community. It turns out that the carnival owner wants to buy Elijah from the Preacher, so they are not able to help the settlement.This part of the novel is the main conflict. Next, Mr. Leroy, who works for Mrs. Holton, chopping down trees to buy his family out of slavery, has enough to buy his family. Mr. Leroy is in a hurry, so he entrusts the Preacher and Elijah's neighbor, Mr. Highgate, with all of the money to go to his family. shockingly the Preacher shoots Mr. Highgate, and steals Mr. Leroy's money. Elijah and Mr. Leroy then embark on a journey to the United States to retrieve the money that has been stolen. Mr. Leroy sadly dies while trying to retrieve his money, and Elijah decides to carry on.This is the falling action even though it may be sad . Eventually, Elijah finds out that the Preacher has been killed by slave hunters, and that the money is all gone. He then makes a choice, and helps a captured slave family by taking their baby daughter back to Buxton with him. This is the end of the

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