Evacuating Children In The Book Shaw Essay
Evacuating children was a cruel action when they were better off with their own parents.
Evacuating children to the country was seen as a kind and protective action to prevent them being killed or injured in the blitz. However, for some children, the move could be negative and frightening whilst for those such as William Beech it would prove a beneficial event.
When the evacuees first arrive in Little Weirwold it is a massive change for many “They all looked bewildered and exhausted”. For many children the countryside was quite foreign to them. Tom exclaims to Willie “‘Ent you never seen a cow?” There are many differences between the city and the country and all need to be adjusted to. The noise level and number of people around are two things that cause Tom to feel “totally dazed” on arrival in London.
All families are unique but although this can be a positive, for some it may prove negative. Despite missing his parents, Zach had a fairly happy time with Dr and Mrs Little. Robert and Christine King were, sadly, made to work too hard to the detriment of their schooling. “Robert and Christine’s mother … and took them back to London. … she felt they were being used as unpaid labour”. For Willie it was an extremely positive experience. Tom treats him as a caring parent and by the end of the novel - without even thinking - Will says …show more content…
His mother beat him only “soft beatings” and saw him as being “wicked …[ enough to be] sent to an ‘ome fer bad boys”. Willie arrives at Little Weirwold his body is covered with the evidence of his mother’s abuse. “a large multicoloured bruise on his shin and a swollen red sore beside … Willie’s arms and legs were covered in bruises, weals and sores”. Tom, on the other hand, doesn’t “know nothin’ about children” but does “know enuff not to beat ‘em and make ‘em that
Evacuating children to the country was seen as a kind and protective action to prevent them being killed or injured in the blitz. However, for some children, the move could be negative and frightening whilst for those such as William Beech it would prove a beneficial event.
When the evacuees first arrive in Little Weirwold it is a massive change for many “They all looked bewildered and exhausted”. For many children the countryside was quite foreign to them. Tom exclaims to Willie “‘Ent you never seen a cow?” There are many differences between the city and the country and all need to be adjusted to. The noise level and number of people around are two things that cause Tom to feel “totally dazed” on arrival in London.
All families are unique but although this can be a positive, for some it may prove negative. Despite missing his parents, Zach had a fairly happy time with Dr and Mrs Little. Robert and Christine King were, sadly, made to work too hard to the detriment of their schooling. “Robert and Christine’s mother … and took them back to London. … she felt they were being used as unpaid labour”. For Willie it was an extremely positive experience. Tom treats him as a caring parent and by the end of the novel - without even thinking - Will says …show more content…
His mother beat him only “soft beatings” and saw him as being “wicked …[ enough to be] sent to an ‘ome fer bad boys”. Willie arrives at Little Weirwold his body is covered with the evidence of his mother’s abuse. “a large multicoloured bruise on his shin and a swollen red sore beside … Willie’s arms and legs were covered in bruises, weals and sores”. Tom, on the other hand, doesn’t “know nothin’ about children” but does “know enuff not to beat ‘em and make ‘em that