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Tex And The Wardrobe Essay

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He cares for Tex, protects him and overall showed more maturity and parent-skills than his own father. By the end of the novel, Mason decides once again to put his brother’s need before his own since he decides to stay with whereas he had to opportunity to go to college.
In Tex and the Outsiders, Hinton redefines the concept of the family. The Curtis decided to extend their family with the Greasers and the McCormick brother form a family without the presence of their parents.
2.3. The unbreakable bond of the Pevensie children in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe.
The novels chosen for this dissertation put the focus on the children, and the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Pevensie, are absent in the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe allows this focus. The reader follows the journey of four children who have to face danger and obstacles without the help and guidance of their parents. Therefore, they can only rely on each other. The fact that Edmund, Peter, Lucy and Susan are siblings strengthened the idea of unity. The action of one reflects on every one of them. If one fails, they all take the blame for it and if one succeeds, they all celebrate the accomplishment. …show more content…

From the moment, Edmund disappears (chapter 8), Peter looks for him and doesn’t want to give up on him. He asks help in order to search for him, he shows he is willing to whatever it takes to find his brother. When Mr. Beaver informs Peter and his sisters that Edmund left to meet the White Witch, it doesn’t prevent Peter from wanting to protect his younger brother. “All the same,” said Peter in a rather choking sort of voice, “we still have to go and look for him. He is our brother after all, even if he is rather a little beast. And he’s only a

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