The Giant’s House is a fiction novel written by Elizabeth McCracken and published in 1996.
1. Characters
- James Sweatt: A 11-year-old boy who suffers from gigantism which makes him the world’s tallest man.
- The Narrator, Peggy Cort, who is a spinster librarian
2. Plot
The novel is about a librarian, Peggy Cort who falls in love with a young boy, James Sweatt. James went to the library to look for books about people like him (giants) and Peggy tries to help him find the type of books he is looking for.
3. Conflict
The emotional state of James presents a conflict to Peggy, the narrator, so, she is very cautious about when answering him. Peggy is also upset about telling James to look for books under the category “giant”.
4. Setting
The setting of the novel is in a small-town library in the year 1955.
5. Point of view
The narrator is careful of what she says to James due to his emotional state.
6. Theme
There are many themes portrayed in the novel. One of them is the difficulties of being an outcast with disabilities. Another theme is the transforming power of love. A third theme is forgiveness when somebody has been unfairly treated.
C or a i don’t remember which it was on my test
Answer:
Chinese parents controls their kids whereas western parents can't.
Explanation:
There is a great difference between Chinese and western parental mind-sets because Chinese parents controls their kids whereas western parents gives freedom to their kids. Chinese parents control their kids through shaming, love, or giving punishments which has a good effect on them while on the other hand, western parents do not give punishment to their kids which disobey their parents when they grown up so controlling method is the difference between Chinese and western parents.
Answer:
Haven't I?
Explanation:
The statement has Have as auxillary verb and the statement is positive. So, while making the tag question negative form is used.