Paterson, K. (1972). Bridge to Terabithia. NY: Crown.
Two characters that have to face life as it come. Bridge to Terabithia provides a sensitive
subject of death. Jesse Oliver learns to cope with his friend's passing. Written
in a third-person, Jesse has to mature through life’s ordeals. The author gives
the characters a place of rest called Terabithia. The children create an imaginary land in which
their friendship grows despite society looks. Jesse’s life will forever change
because a freak accident that kills Leslie shatters the peace of Terabithia. Jess
the only male child in his family is very much aware of how his parents'
treatment of him differs from his sisters. As the only boy, he is expected to
do the hard work. In which he milks the cow and picks the beans. His older
sisters, meanwhile, are permitted to mope, complaint, and get to do nothing in
the house.
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