Tuesday, 10 January 2017

DEAR MR KILMER CHAPTER 8



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Transcript of CHAPTER 8

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Most of the students ostracise Richard that autumn either intentionally or out of fear. He lets it be as he is getting closer to Hannah each day. The Schermer's home is an oasis of love for Richard. He is able to share his dreams and longings, his letters with Kilmer and his poems. In turn, they share with him their time of sadness and anxiety.
In January, Richard recieves a sad letter from Kilmer, who misses Christmas at home with his family. Kilmer enjoys Richard's poem about the oak tree and laments the destruction of the forest in France. To cheer Kilmer up, Hannah bakes cookies and her mother knits a scarf for him. Despite bad news from the front, Mr. Higby informs the class abaout the glimmers of hope through President Wilson's initiative-the Peace Plan to end all wars through a League of Nations. In springs, the tide of war seems to favour the Allies
Richard carves a heart and their initials R and H on the oak tree, but the brief romantic moments is broken when someone flings a stone at Hanna's foot- another remainder of the reality of war and perjudice.

DEAR MR KILMER CHAPTER 8
The school year ends with a picnic at Turtle Lake for everyone. Richard and Hannah share a picnic basket and a growing closeness. Hannah tells Richard about skyscrappers, elevators and Chinatown of New York, the gypsy phrenologists, the many migrants, the dazzling array of food and the horse-drawn carriages.
Pa asks Richard why he turned down the path in the school show. Richard explains that it was unfair of classmates to gang up against Hannah. Ike Lewis (Abner's Father) has accused Richard of siding with the Schermers ,thus supporting the Germen in the war. Pa reminds his son of Ike's kindness and support when he broke his leg three years agothen states that the Schermers 'are not our people.' Richard defends the Schermers. Pa blames Richard's poetry for filling his head with 'foolish ideas.' This makes Richard so sad he wants to cry.

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