Crabbe Youth who drink are 7.5 times more likely to use other illegal drugs and fifty times more likely to use cocaine than young people who never drink. (Drug-Free World). The novel Crabbe by William Bell, involves an 18-year old named Franklin Crabbe who decides to take things into his own hands and attempts to flee the pressures of society. His parents are constantly avoiding him, which leads Franklin to be home alone a large proportion of the time. Just like home, school wasn’t a place of happiness for Franklin considering he had absolutely no friends to hang out with. The theme of the novel Crabbe is survival, which is seen through physical survival, mental survival, and societies expectations. Franklin had many difficulties in survival …show more content…
Her hunting skills demonstrates that see had what it takes to survive in the woods for a greater period of time. In the novel the author states, "...she showed me the wonderfully interesting job of gutting the fish." (75). Along with her outstanding hunting skills, she was able to cook a rather tasty meal as for what Franklin would say. She also knew her surroundings very well, which makes for a great survivalist. Franklin had what most people need to survive in the wilderness. His mind set towards surviving was incredible, this is one of the main reason why he survived what he did. In the book it explains, "If I could hide a car in the bush near the bridge, get downriver past the camp and across the lake before dawn I would simply vanish."(20). After a short period of time Franklin began to briefly know his camp area and his surroundings. Crabbe's dedication to surviving was so strong he fought his way through an extremely harsh blizzard. Coming out alive with frostbite so bad he had to get his fingers amputated shows he can do just about anything. All of this was done because he had one thing on his mind, which was to make it out alive. Mary's survival skills were outstanding, her smarts towards the outdoors was unbelievable. She always knew what to do in any situation. In the book in states, "She picked up a little stick and stirred the coals sending little showers of red ash up."(80). Mary …show more content…
His intelligence was higher than most people including his teachers. His smarts gave him the ability to get into just about any school he desired. In the novel it describes, "...your I.Q is higher than mine, which is 150..."(33). Franklin didn't only just have the smarts going for him, he also had an extremely wealthy family. Crabbe got whatever he wanted whenever he wanted. Considering Franklin is very wealthy his home is beautiful. The appearance of his home makes people think he's a young attractive male. Mary on the other hand was incredibly beautiful. With her looks she could score just about any guy she wanted. In the book it explains, " And what in hell was a beautiful woman doing way the hell and gone in the middle of nowhere?"(68). Mary is also a very significant lady. Her intelligence allowed her to become the sophisticated teacher she was. This job gave her the husband she once loved and had. Because of her smarts and her good looks she was very popular in middle school. She got all the boys and she got whatever she wanted all because of her looks and her smarts. Crabbe pushed himself to exceed new levels of survival because of the fact that he left his home to escape all of the issues he had with his parents. Franklin, knowing he had to push himself to survival in a place he wasn't very familiar with helped him stay alive. Derosier