Dec 4, 2008

Ace Hits the Big Time | Themes and Characters

The protagonist, Horace "Ace" Hobart, a mischievous sixteen-year-and-four-month old boy, talks to and confides with readers. Readers experience Ace's ability to look at himself and his life in a light-hearted manner. Throughout the novel, he humorously relates his reactions and feelings. He has the capacity to look at his shortcomings and shares them with readers in a good-natured and witty way.

For instance, his perceptive sister Nora knew a year before him that his Uncle Jake spent time in jail before he started his wholesale rice business. Nora told Ace that Uncle Jake evaded his...