I Am David This story is Written by Anne Holm , about a boy named David who escapes a camp that he has lived in his entire life. He is needed to get to Denmark where he is safe. Along the way David meets many people and makes some new friends. In this story you can tell that david is brave, smart, and self-confident and these character traits are placed all over in the book. One of David’s character traits is brave. David is brave because he saved a little girl, named Maria, from inside a burning shed where she was tied up. David is also brave because he steps up in front of people even though he doesn’t know if he or she is one of “them”. Finally, another reason David is brave is when he walks into a town even though he is afraid that he might be caught. Brave is just one of David’s amazing character traits. The …show more content…
second character trait of David is that he is smart. David is smart because when a boy(Carlo) fights David, he knows not to fight back because that is what happened in the camp and David doesn’t like the camp. Davis is also smart because he wants the children to know everything that is true in the world because he doesn’t want the children to end up like him. Finally, David is smart because he knows if he gets caught he will be recognized by “them” because he doesn’t look like a normal boy in the cities wondering around. David’s third and most noticeable character trait is self-confident. David is very self-confident because he realises on himself for everything.
David is self-confident because when people offer him money, he doesn’t take it because he wants to earn the money himself. Also, David is self-confident because he gets angry when people try to tell him what to do. An example is when Maria’s family tells him to go home with them to pay him for saving Maria;s life, he only goes because Maria wanted him to. Finally, David is self-confident because if he knows it is dangerous he doesn’t do it and if he knows it is not dangerous he thinks about doing it. An example is when David doesn’t want to go with the england family because they don’t look like they are normal to David. So, as you now know, David is very brave, smart, and self-confident. David escapes the camp and he never would've made it to denmark if it wasn’t for his three most noticeable character traits. The overall effect of David is brave, smart, and self-confident because these traits are placed all over in the book. The book I am David is a very good book. It can teach readers based on real stories about people who have faced the same situations as
David.
First, David’s mother gave him enough courage to keep hope his father would be all right after the Nazis arrested him. Because their own house was no longer safe from Nazi invasion, David’s family was staying with friends. However, Nazis burst into the house they were staying in on...
Throughout the novel the characters are put in these situations which force them to obtain information about the people they thought they knew. The center of finding out who everyone is was brought into play through the death of Marie. The story is told by David, only twelve years old, who sees his family an community in a different light for who they truly are under there cover. By doing his own little investigations, often times eavesdropping, David saw through the lies, secures and betrayals to find the truth.
...mily and his parents’ well being, emotionally. David exemplifies this and stands by his family when they are in need. He does not desert them or feel shameful. He stays loyal and true to those he cares for and loves. Thus, he has shown his ability to act as an adult would.
Loving God and hating his own mother kept David strong. David loved God, he prayed every night to God. He hated his mother so much he wanted to outthink her tricks, he did. He used different tactics like over exaggerating his pain when he got beat, putting a wet cloth over his mouth when his mother put cleaning products in a room with him. David kept counting time in his head in order to make the time pass faster.
the things beyond his surrounding. He also gave David the confidence he needed to accept his
The main characters are David, his mother, and father. David, the abused child, cannot escape his mother’s punishments. David’s mother is a drunken, abusive mother that refers to her child as “It”. David’s father is caring and understanding, but cannot help David escape. The mother and father drastically change after the alcohol abuse. David also changes in his attitude towards his parents.
1. In the book, the father tries to help the son in the beginning but then throughout the book he stops trying to help and listens to the mother. If I had been in this same situation, I would have helped get the child away from his mother because nobody should have to live like that. The father was tired of having to watch his son get abused so eventually he just left and didn’t do anything. David thought that his father would help him but he did not.
...s life into what it is at the end of the novel. Some of these help him change for the better, but many of them change him for the worst. So yes, David became more of his own person, escaped the society of Waknuk, and started a new life in Zealand. However, he also was betrayed by his own father, kicked out of his home, and was persecuted by people he knew and cared about simply due to telepathy. All of these factors, in the end, result in David being a more mature and resilient character, but also make him rather resentful towards the society of Waknuk or the world in general. Growing up is always an uphill struggle, but for someone such as David Strorm, the path is even harder. Yet, in the end, he finally made it to the top, despite all of the adversity he faced. This truly is the mark of a person who is willing to give up everything in order to succeed in the end.
Too much confidence can cause a sense of arrogance, much like Odysseus. Not enough confidence can make you uninspiring and weak as a leader, much like David. People who live their own monomyth everyday, and have the right amount of confidence, achieve great things.
Annemarie is one of the main characters in this book. she is a 10 year old german girl who lives in Copenhagan, Denmark with her mom, dad, and young sister Kirsti. Annemarie tells the story from her point of view. “It was only in the fairy tales that people were called upon to be so brave, to die for one another.Not in real-life denmark” annemarie struggles to find the definition of courage, but with the big journey that awaits uphead she soon finds out.
He has extremely low confidence and belief in himself which is to be expected since he is in unfamiliar territory. His father tries to teach David the ways his grandfather taught him. David’s father is a responsible hunter, he only hunts what is legal and not threatening them, “Are we going to shoot him? […] We don’t have a permit” (Quammen 420). One of the steps to adulthood is learning to be responsible when others are not around, at the age of 11, David learns young but rather unfortunately in the end. Morals and values are an important step to adulthood, like Albert Einstein once said “Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.” Having a solid set of values and good morals could be the difference in many of David’s future choices, and his father set him on the right path from an early age even though their relationship had several issues. This starts the journey to David’s mental strength shown throughout the story because it brings the right versus wrong to the center of attention. Taking care of family, taking care of the environment and the animals that inhabit the environment and not taking life for granted as he might have before tragedy struck are all part of the journey to adulthood. David’s father was extremely bothered by the moose that had been shot many times by a small caliber hand gun and the scene showed no signs of an attack; a senseless killing of an animal that was left to rot in a pond. David’s father wanted to teach him that if you were going to kill an animal, at least take the meat and use what you can from the
It was not just these influences but he also had a deep interest in science and chemicals. He was alone for the early part of his child hood because of his father’s work habits and his mother’s illnesses. This being the case, David found it easy to become engulfed in books but more specifically The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments. The Golden Book was a large factor in most of his early experiments, and even played a part in some of his experiments in the later years. This book contained many science experiments and different types of chemical reactions. He used this book as a guide to learn how different experiments work, and also showed David how he could create his own tests. Although his mother and father were not very supportive he did have one family member that was. His grandfather always backed him up and realized he had a love for science. Then, the boy scouts came along. His father saw this as a way to get David out of the house and create more of a social life. What he did not know is that David was using the perks of being a boy scout to obtain more chemical to further the needs for his
David growing up as a child lived in a house where there was no love shown or caring relationships. He grew up not knowing what good relationships looked like or felt like. David did not think too highly of his dad or aunt and always had
governs his actions and actions. As David senses, she is the part of him that controls his. identity and his relationship with his father. photograph.seemed to rule the room. It was as though her photograph proved how her spirit dominated that air and controlled us all" (18). David must come to terms with the fact that he cannot deny his true self.
The Christian hero David has stood as an inspiration for numerous artists coming from a diverse set of backgrounds, as his story influences theses individuals in wanting to honor him by using him as an idea for their works. The basic story is David was a shepherd boy who lived in Israel. God chose David to take care of the Jewish people. The Philistine army was fighting the Israelis. A giant, Goliath, was part of the Philistine army and the Israelis were terrified of him. David was a young boy – not part of the army – but who was nearby. He saw how Goliath taunted and mocked the Israeli soldiers and he got angry. David volunteered to fight the giant. Not being a soldier, David wasn’t familiar with armor or weapons, and refused both. He went with his simple tunic and slingshot. David felt that his people were in the right and God would protect him – justice would prevail in spite of the weapons that the Philistine giant had. With one shot of his sling, he got a stone to pierce Goliath’s head, the giant collapsed, and David then took Goliath’s sword and cut off the giant’s head (Italian Renaissance).