Mib's Savvy: In The Beaumont Family

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Loyalty When You Need It During hard times, a person will always have someone else to lean on. Many novels show that having a loyal companion can help a person pass through the low points of life. In the book Savvy, the protagonist Mississippi, also known as Mibs, is going through a lot of changes though her life. Everyone in her family gets a savvy, a special talent, at the age of 13. As Mibs approaches the age of 13, she has to quit her public school and become home schooled, deal with the fact that she has only a couple of friends, and most importantly,her Poppa gets in an accident and he ends up in a coma just before her birthday. During these difficult times, Mibs realizes that the people in her life are there for her and she doesn’t …show more content…

A savvy is a gift or talent that gives a person their uniqueness and originality. For example, Mibs’s brother Rocket has the power to control electricity and her other brother, Fish, can cause hurricanes at sea. A savvy can be really dangerous or helpful. As Mibs approaches the age of 13, she has to drop out of her public school and she has to become home-schooled. This life-changing event in Mibs’s life makes her lose her friends that she had in school. Once she drops out of school, she realizes that she has no friends to socialize with and she starts to feel lonely. However, a boy name Will. Jr visits her house and tells her that he is her friend. Will is a really loyal companion and he is there for Mibs even when she doesn’t want him to be there. When Mibs expresses her distress about having no friends, Will interjects and he says “I'm your friend, Mibs," Will Junior said with earnest. I looked across the table at him and his buttoned-up shirt. Will grinned at me then; smiling, he looked different somehow, more relaxed” (Law 29). Will’s continuous loyalty to Mibs shows her that she does have a friend to lean on. This thought is really calming to Mibs especially during this crazy time of her

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