Theodore Boone Character Analysis

Theodore Boone Everything is on the line and it is all up to Theodore Boone to catch the bad guy and bring justice to the city. In the novel Theodore Boone The Fugitive by John Grisham Theo must use all of his skills to bring down a most wanted fugitive. Theo is a teenager who has grown up as a kid lawyer and he will do anything to catch a criminal and help out his hometown of Strattenburg. In the novel, Pete could not be caught and put behind bars without the help of Theo’s intelligence, braveness, and persuasiveness. Theo proves to be very intelligent by providing intel to where the criminal is at and by putting him behind bars. When Pete Duffy and Theo are on the same train Pete is in a disguise but Theo automatically notices because of how smart he is. The reader notices that Theo is intelligent when he says, “ Pete Duffy? the most wanted man in the history of Strattenburg and Stratten county hiding in D.C. in a disguise” (14). This shows how even When the criminal hides Theo is smart enough to notice that it’s Pete. It also shows that Theo is very intelligent when the narrator says, “ As he watches Duffy hoof it

For example the main witness Bobby Escobar has ran away, but Theo persuades him to come back by texting Bobby and telling him that he will be fine and shows care for Bobby (177). Theo persuades Bobby to tell him where he’s at and then Theo persuades the court to go and try to get Bobby. Theo even is able to persuade the police he says, “Bobby the main witness has ran away judge. He is hiding in an apple orchard somewhere around, Weeksburg. Send a police officer to go get him” (206). Theo persuades the police to go get Bobby, and Bobby testifies and ultimately Bobby’s statement ends up putting Pete Duffy in jail for his whole life. This shows how Theo persuading Bobby to come back and getting the police to go get him helps Theo end up busting the