First and foremost, the novel Hush by Jacqueline Woodson deals with a lot of issues, but if we really look closely at Toswiah/Evie’s internal journey we really understand that the book revolves around Evie/Toswiah and how she needs to about figure out who she is. Toswiah/Evie asks herself questions within the novel about her identity. So, if I were to judge: I believe the uprising theme of Hush is to never forget who you are. I say this because her character keeps reminiscing about how her life was in Denver how she had what she believes is “the perfect life” she had a roof over her head, food on the table, and a best friend who meant to world to her. In the novel Toswiah/Evie begins to question her external circumstances. For instance, being placed in the Witness Protection Program, and being …show more content…
forced to give up her possessions and friends. I’m starting to realize that all of these flashbacks that Toswiah is having about Denver and her father is almost like a wake up call to help her remember where she came from and how she could never forget it. Furthermore, On page 31, Evie had mentioned a particular fond moment in her life and how it made her feel: "In fifth grade our teacher told us to write about the most wonderful thing we'd ever seen. I sat in class tapping my pencil against my head trying to remember the color of the butterfly's' wings and how it made the deep blue-green water of Glenwood Springs made you think of something that went on forever..." by reading this it gives me a clear idea and thought about how her life back then was significant to how her life is now. Evie misses her old life and wants to get back to it, thinking about how the butterflies wings “made you think of something that went on forever.” Evie remembers how it made her feel and longs to go back to it, she longs to go back to Denver. Incidentally, identity also plays a major role within the general statement/theme I created in the novel Evie/Toswiah begins to bring the idea of starting over and trying to find herself to the forefront of her mind, she begins ponders it more consciously than many characters who have the luxury of figuring it out in familiar surroundings.
On page 10 Toswiah had said: “When the memory of Denver gets too blurred, I pinch myself and say, Your name is Toswiah. There was a time when the Rocky Mountains were just outside your window…” by reading and/or interpreting this quote I’ve come to a realization that Evie/Toswiah thinks that by constantly reminding herself that she lived in Denver, she had a happy-go-lucky life, that it would magically come back to her. Something I’ve also realized in her behavior is that as she pinches and reminds herself where she came from, it's going back to the theme I created how she is trying to remember herself and where she came from; by constantly pinching and reminding herself where she comes from is exactly what my theme is, always remember where you come from, and Evie/Toswiah is doing just that by pinching herself a numerous amount of
times. Additionally, I can connect this to a time in my life. When I was around 7 years old I remember moving from my old school to my new school. I remember as I was moving that I wouldn’t be able to see my friends, I would have to move on and make new friends. Similar to Evie/Toswiah it was difficult making new friends, I would be shy and reserved and by doing that I didn’t make a ton of friends that way. I would be melancholic all the time and shut myself out from the rest of my family, because I missed my friends so much, but just as every story has a good ending, I ended up making friends, and these friends would soon be apart of my life and future. To be brief, the uprising theme/general statement I created really ties in with the novel “Hush” in many different ways, the way Evie/Toswiah deals and comes to terms with moving from Denver, the place she grew up to creating a whole different name for herself and moving to a place she’s never been to, for Evie/Toswiah I bet it really took a toll on her. So, I believe that the uprising/upheaving theme/general statement of “Hush” by Jacqueline Woodson would be to to never forget who you are.
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