Essay/Term paper: Standing in the light

Essay, term paper, research paper:  Cliff Notes

1. The theme of this book was in search of ones self. I chose this theme

because Catharine was in search of her self throughout the whole story. Her

and her brother were taken captive by the Lenape Indian tribe and she had to

search to find her self throughout her time in captivity. In the beginning

when she was captured, it was awkward and confusing. This was because she

was a Quaker and she didn"t know if she was now an Indian or still a Quaker,

because the Lenape weren"t going to return her to her family. She had to

search her own self, and eventually she became used to the way of Indian

life. She never forgot her family, but she had come to love her new family.

She had also become accustomed to her new way of life. After about a year of

living with the Lenape, white men came and took Catharine and her brother

away. This really made her confused because she had just found herself with

the Lenape and now she has to find herself with her own family again. She

never quite found herself with her people, but she would always know where

she truly belonged.

2 The main character of this book was Catharine. She was strong-willed and

adjusting. She was strong-willed when she had the strength to adjust to her

new ways of life. She was pulled from her old life, to her new life, back to

her old life. It was very difficult for her because both the Quakers and the

Lenape were two very different cultures. She found herself having mixed

feelings and a lot of confusion, but she had the will to deal with it.

Catharine was also adjusting. She was adjusting when she had to adjust

to life with the Lenape. She had to learn new ways of life; she had to learn

how to survive off the land. She also made her own clothes and gathered

food. She also had to adjust to new customs. The Lenape religion and the

Quaker religion are very distinct from eachother. Catharine adjusted to the

Lenape religion very well.

3. The Author wrote this book for a couple of reasons. First, she wrote it

for entertainment. A lot of people like to read books about the past. Also,

I have never read a book about Indians capturing a girl and her brother.

They captured them because two members of the tribe lost their children

because the white men had killed them. It was a different book and people

like to read books like it.

The author also wrote this book because she wanted to inform the readers

about how the white men treated the Indians. They killed their people and

broke many treaties. Also, it was a back and forth battle. The white men

killed their people and so did the Indians. In this case the Lenape took two

white children and raised them in place of their own murdered ones. The

author told the story through the perspective of Catharine. People like to

read books like this.

4. I absolutely enjoyed this book. I really liked the fact that it was

historical fiction, because that is my favorite. I also liked that Catharine

told the story through her own perspective. I could better understand her

situation. I learned a lot from this book. I learned a great deal about the

situation with the Indians and the white man. The fact that a girl my age

was telling the story gave me a unique gaze into the past. I actually saw

the story through Catharine"s eyes. I will defiantly read more books by this

author. She did the finest job interpreting the history in the story and I

look forward to reading more books by this author.