|
Essay Archive - The Summer of The Falcon
The Summer of The Falcon
Every popular novel must have an interesting story, suitable conflicts,
and a theme. In the novel The Summer Of the Falcon, the author Jean Craighead
George parallels the maturation of the main character with the teaching of a
bird to fly and take commands. June becomes mature and grows form childhood to
adulthood, In the end of the story, June is not a child anymore. Neither is
the falcon. It has fully grown and has decided to live independently, without
any of June's support.
The main theme of the novel is maturity, freedom and realizing the cycle
of nature. Of these three, maturity is the most important....
|
