Hurricane Harvey In Boy's Life By Robert Mccammon

Hurricane Harvey is one of the biggest life challenges that many people in Houston and southern Louisiana have ever experienced in their lifetime. Fortunately, this experience has brought the best out of people causing many of them to come forward to risk their lives in order to save other lives severely impacted by the flash flood. Similarly, Robert McCammon’s book titled Boy’s Life reflects upon many events in a preteen’s life that highlight the growth of a positive personality. Cory Mackenson transitions from childhood to adulthood by undergoing threatening and shameful events that come together to shape him up into a courageous individual.

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When potential enemies present danger by trying to harm Cory Mackenson, he exhibits his determination by refusing to be conquered. When Mayor Swope discovers that Cory finds a green feather in his office closet, he begins to act in a way that suggests he wants to hurt Cory. Nevertheless, Cory transitions into fight or flight mode when Mayor Swope proceeds to charge at him: “I caromed off the side of the desk, a human pinball in motion” (283). Even when an adult gives a vibe of desiring to hurt Cory, he refuses to let that intimidate him and prevent him from saving his life. Another instance of where Cory shows his response to peril is when Dr. Lezander kidnaps him and malevolently hauls him into his truck. Dr. Lezander proceeds his diabolical actions when he wickedly prevents Cory from escaping as a means to keep him from his dad. Nevertheless, Cory demonstrates how he refuses to go down without a fight when he, “reach[ed] up and grabbed the bottom of the steering wheel, jerking the car to the right” (553). Cory’s response to threat teaches how there is always a possibility of dealing with and overcoming life challenges no matter how difficult or severe they are. In addition, his response should be a reminder to individuals to never allow life challenges to motivate them to give

Cory Mackenson shows the embarrassment that he has for Grandaddy Jaybird whenever his grandfather displays cowardice. When the wasps invade Cory’s church on Easter, Grandaddy Jaybird reveals the negligence that he has for his family by fleeing the church. Cory ponders, “I couldn’t help but be ashamed of him, a deep, stinging shame” (71-72). The fact that Grandaddy Jaybird runs away when his family is being attacked by wasps shows how he only cares about himself. Furthermore, he demonstrates that he will attempt to find a way of avoiding hard tasks at hand as a means of fulfilling his own best interests. During a weekend where Grandaddy Jaybird is supposed to be taking care of Cory, he shows his true colors once more by abandoning Cory in the countryside so that he can gamble with acquaintances. Cory contemplates, “I realized my grandfather was treating me like a little piece of nothing” (221). Grandaddy Jaybird’s never-ending selfish actions illustrate that sometimes adults make mistakes and struggle to make the best decisions for those related to them. Finally, the unpleasant experiences that children undergo because of the mistakes that adult relatives make can shape them up into individuals that are wiser and avoid making those same terrible