have you read the book Johny tremain???

Question

OK well my English class has read it and we had a test on it today and i was sick and didnt go and i asked around and most people got 70% which means id get about 60% yes its still a passing grade but i want to get like and 80% so please put what you remeber about the book!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

well, the other people on here outlined the basic plot pretty well, so I'll talk about the themes instead. Johnny started out as an arrogant boy who depended on his talent to get ahead. Through his passage in the book, he became disfigured and then later involved in the events preceding the American Revolution. Even in the last chapters in the book, he is selfish and doesn't want his friend Rab to join the rebel forces. Eventually, though, he goes to join himself. After seeing Rab on his death bed, he becomes a true man. This is the only book that made me remember the last passage in the novel, but I can tell you almost verbatim what the last passage was.
"Nothing could hurt him today, not Rab's death nor the doctor's knife (he was planning to have his disfigurement fixed in order to hold a musket) Tomorrow would be different, but not today......... True, Rab had died, others would die, but not the thing they died for. 'A man can stand up.....'"
This basically means that the whole point of the Revolution, the driving force and reason behind it, was that a man has to stand up for what he believe in, he has to fight and take action for himself instead of waiting and seeing history happen.
I'm glad you asked this question. This is my favorite book.

Answer 2

I read it when I was 9 or 10 years old, just over 50 years ago, a year or so after it came out. We lived across the street from the Carnegie public library and the children's library, Miss Greenwood (a jolly English lady) knew I was a good reader and used to suggest new books that the library got, particularly in history. So that's probably how and why I got to read it.

After 50 years, my memory of the book is getting hazy, but it certainly made a memorable impact on me. The hero, Johnny Tremaine is a young boy (I thinnk around 12 or 13) in Boston, as the American revolution was breaking out. He knows some of the revolutionaries and sees (or hears) about events in the Boston area — I don't konw whether he was at the Boston Tea Party or whether he hears about it (I think it occurred a few years before the main action of th e plot). He acts as a messengers for the revolutionaries and is involved with Paul Revere. In the course of his adventures as the revolution breaks out (battle of Lexington?) he matures, and starts on the road to manhood and taking on responsibilities.

Answer 3

Johnny Tremain had a promising career as a silversmith. The family he worked for had all but put him in charge of their silversmith shop, even at Johnny’s young age. He was gifted and the clear “boss” in the shop. He even had several young men who worked for him. Tragically, while under pressure to make a special object for a valued customer, Johnny suffered a terrible loss. Johnny spilled hot silver on his hand. Not only did he suffer a terrible burn but, because he did not receive proper medical attention, his fingers set in an awkward position that made it entirely impossible for him to ever do any silversmith work again. Completely lost and frustrated, Johnny had to find a new life for himself. He became involved in politics after getting a job working for the resistance paper, The Observer. There he learned about the issues that led to the revolutionary war. Johnny finds ways to be useful to both The Observer as well as the war efforts. Johnny Tremain is an excellent historical novel to use in classes when students are learning about the events that led to the revolutionary war.

Answer 4

Well, he burns his hand while making something....something with liquid metal.....uggh!! I can't remember! Sorry, I read it when I was in 6th grade and now I'm in 9th grade....you should try sparknotes.com
Good luck on your test!

Answer 5

Check these helpful sites out:

http://www.bookrags.com/notes/jt/

http://www.answers.com/topic/johnny-tremain

http://www.webteaching.com/lit/johnny.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Tremain

Answer 6

i remember that it was boring and it sucked!!