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Trouble
The most important main character in Gary D. Schmidt's novel Trouble is the protagonist, Henry Smith. Henry is the protagonist because he is the central character who changes as a result of...
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Trouble
Gary D. Schmidt's novel Trouble is an extremely complex story with multiple interweaving conflicts. However, the primary conflict is character vs. self since Henry Smith, the protagonist,...
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To write a summary, we focus on the most important details. In Chapter 11 of Gary D. Schmidt's Trouble, the most important details concern the fact that Henry faced conflict from his family for his...
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Early in Gary D. Schmidt's story Trouble, while Franklin is still in the hospital prior to his death, Henry learns that his Whittier Academy crew team will be competing in the Cape Ann Coastal...
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Before Henry is told that his sister, Louisa, is responsible for killing his brother, Franklin, he comes to the conclusion himself at the end of chapter 20. And suddenly, Henry knew everything...
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One of the most obvious places where a character shows grief in Trouble is when Henry is forced to come to terms with the fact that his older brother, Franklin, has been put in a medically-induced...
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The novel's main character is Henry Smith. He is part of a wealthy Massachusetts family. Sounds good so far, except that Henry's father has tried to keep his family as far away from trouble as...
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Henry changes in Gary D. Schmidt's Trouble by realizing his father's philosophy about trouble is all wrong. While growing up, Mr. Smith taught his family the principle, "If you build your house far...
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In the novel Trouble, Gary D. Schmidt's writing style feels very casual and conversational, just like the thoughts of a teenage boy. Schmidt especially creates the conversational style through...
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When analyzing a character, you are analyzing how the author presents that character as a real person. You want to examine how the character speaks, thinks, and acts. You'll also want to gain an...
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Trouble
Trouble is a novel written by Gary Schmidt. It is about a boy who is called Henry. Following his brother’s tragic death in an accident, Henry decides to climb Mount Katahdin, as this is what he had...
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Darkness is a recurring motif as well as a symbol found in Chapter 12 of Gary D. Schmidt's novel Trouble. Darkness fills the chapter from the start, as hitchhikers Henry, Sanborn, and Black Dog are...
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Some examples of personification can be found in Chapter 4 of the novel Trouble, during a fierce storm that sets in as Franklin remains in the hospital in an induced coma, soon before his death....
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In the novel Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt, the protagonist, Henry Smith, rescues a black dog and brings the dog home around the time Henry's brother Franklin gets injured in a car accident. The dog,...
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Trouble is a story written by Gary Schmidt. The story is full of valuable life lessons, some of which involve irony. One example in the story leaves a particularly memorable impression on readers....
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Stating the main conflict of this book is a bit difficult. Schmidt intricately weaves a few major conflicts throughout Trouble, and I believe different readers will see a different main conflict....
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Gary D. Schmidt's novel Trouble opens with the narrator reflecting on Henry's father frequently reminding his family to stay away from trouble. However, the only time the reader witnesses Mr. Smith...
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The loss of innocence in Trouble is primarily depicted through Henry, who undergoes several significant changes that help him see the world in a different way. The loss of his brother, Franklin, is...
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Multiple chapters of Gary D. Schmidt's novel Trouble end with paragraphs written in italics. The speaker in those italicized portions is still the same third-person-limited narrator relaying the...
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In Gary D. Schmidt's Trouble, we aren't told anything directly about Sanborn's size, but we are given clues to indicate his build is much bigger than Henry's, whom we know is on the small side...
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During a flashback in Chapter 3 of Gary D. Schmidt's Trouble, we learn that, when Henry had asked Franklin why he wanted to climb Katahdin, Franklin had said doing so shows "you have guts" and can...
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Trouble, by Gary D. Schmidt, was first published in 2008. The novel’s protagonist, Henry, comes from a rich background and is going to a prep school. He and his brother Franklin had planned to...
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In Chapter 11, the nature of the ship and why it was burned remain a mystery. One might assume it was a merchant ship, but far too much weaponry was found on the ship for it to have been a merchant...
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In the novel Trouble, Franklin Smith is hit by a pickup truck while out jogging. From a newspaper that his brother, Henry, reads, the reader finds out that the driver is a young Cambodian immigrant...
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Mount Katahdin is a real mountainl located in Baxter State Park, Piscataquis County, Maine. It is the tallest mountain in the state. The main character in Trouble, Henry, once had a climbing...
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In Gary D. Schmidt's novel Trouble, not only is Sanborn courageous for wanting to travel with Henry to climb dangerous Katahdin, he is also brave enough to defend Chay.In Chapter 22, while camping...
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Verbal irony plays out in Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt starting with its title and recurs throughout the book in the phrase that Henry’s father repeats, “If you build your house far away from...