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Influential Character In Dreamland Burning By Jennifer Latham

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In order for a novel to have a large impact on the reader the novel must have influential characters, Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham is one of the many books with influential characters. In the novel Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham, many of the characters in the book can connect with the reader, having characters that are influential causes a larger impact on the reader. Will is the most influential character from Dreamland Burning because he is intelligent and sympathetic. In Dreamland Burning, Will is one of the intelligent characters introduced. After following his mother's orders, Will picked up Angelina's family and brought them to his home, his mother hinted at keeping them hidden while walking into the house: “Which I understood straight off was her way of telling me we couldn’t let anyone catch sight of Angelina’s family, so we should pretend we were unloading a mattress into her quarters” (Latham 224). This shows how Will is intelligent and can put pieces together. He realized what his mom wanted him to do without her saying it out loud. He also had an idea of what would happen to all of them if they got caught sneaking the family into the home.
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