Jacob's Visit To Cairnholm Island In Britain

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There are many options in this travel brochure of the variety of activities that one can do while visiting Cairnholm Island in Britain such as; visiting the loop of September 3, 1940, a magic show put on by the peculiars, a night time tour of the shipwreck, an exhibit of the eventful night of September 3, 1940, and dinner with the peculiars! The first planned activity; visiting the abandoned house in present day was chosen because when a young boy, Jacob, visits Cairnholm Island like requested by the last words of his grandfather he finds an old abandoned house when Jacob ventures into the house he finds many questionable things, one day while visiting the present day home Jacob sees a girl and follows her through a cairn tunnel also known as the loop. Jacob describes the old abandoned house as unstable,unsettling,and skin crawling;” Just looking at it made my skin crawl” (Peregrine 80). “The hall’s rain bloated floorboards gave a little beneath my shoes” (Peregrine 102).The loop is significant in this novel since it is the main setting and the plot of the story is revolved around it. …show more content…

The children are ecstatic to be witnessing the acts of the airplanes flying through the air and the trees being burnt down, when the children beg Miss Peregrine to allow them to show Jacob the display of colors before allowing him to go outside she gives him a gas mask. Jacob watches as the scene blows up in front of him, “ Bright tracer bullets scored the heavens… violent slashes of color reflected in their masks” ( Peregrine

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