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A 3 page essay that addresses aspects of this novel. Esther Forbes' classic coming-of-age novel set in the Revolutionary era has as its protagonist a talented, intelligent, but somewhat arrogant fourteen-year-old boy, Johnny Tremain. The writer describes Johnny's maturation process, the novel's themes and other aspects. No additional sources cited.
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an elderly silversmith, to whom Johnny is apprenticed. The apparent heir to his masters shop, Johnny bosses the other apprentices. "Dove...hated the way the younger apprentice (Johnny) lorded it over
him, telling him when to go to bed, when to get up, criticizing his work in the silversmiths shop as though he were already a master smith" (Forbes 3).
As this suggests, Johnny allows self pride and arrogance to rule his behavior. He is impetuous and rash. In short, a typical immature adolescent. However, over the course of
the narrative, he is, first of all, taken down a peg or two by an accident that disfigures his hand and ends any possibility of a career as a silversmith.
He is brought into contact with Rab Silsbee, a sixteen year old who possesses all of the mature qualities that Johnny lacks. He becomes Johnnys role model. He also learns
from the prominent political leaders of Boston and he absorbs new ideas from reading. This factors combine to change Johnny from immature and self-centered adolescent into a selfless, idealistic and
patriotic man. As this suggests, the main theme of the novel is the psychological development over a pivotal two year period in Johnnys life. Johnnys maturation process parallels the
maturation of the American colonies as they journey toward war and independence. The thematic context demonstrates how it is experience that propels adolescents toward mature adulthood and that war naturally
speeds up this process. Rab, for example, is remarkably mature for a sixteen-year-old, and his maturity is reasonable and logical when the reader realizes that he has been involved in
revolutionary politics for several years when Johnny meets him. At one point in a clandestine political meeting, James Otis says, "We give all we have, lives, property, safety, skills...we
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