Bridge Terabithia Themes

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The Novel Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson, is an outstanding Novel about two children Jess and Leslie. Jess feels out of place within his family because he enjoys painting and drawing and the only person he really gets along with is his little sister May Belle. He dreams of being the fastest runner to show to his dad that he isn’t girly. This dream is shattered on the first day of school though, when a new girl named Leslie shows up and runs faster than anyone. Despite what happened Jess and leslie start becoming good friends because they are both outcasts at school. They spend a lot of time together and end up building a secret fantasyland across the river in the woods, called Terabithia, where they play all the time. There they …show more content…

Friendship is such an important part of life, friends are the family that you get to choose for yourself. In life we need someone who understands and support us, but also helps us grow. Jess and Leslie have this friendship, they share an amazing bond. ”For the first time in his life he got up every morning with something to look forward to. Leslie was more than his friend. She was his other, more exciting self” Jess and Leslie encourage each other, and they believe in each other. Jess discovers that his friendship with Leslie is constantly bringing him new things and discoveries. She brings joy and excitement and gets excited about experiencing life. Jess and Leslie friendship be themselves and to discover who they really are without worrying about fitting into society's idea of what we should be, they are allowed to be themselves and express who they truly are. We all need a person like this in our life, someone we can come to constantly and we love endlessly and can trust with anything. Your friends help you through all the hard times, make you laugh and cheer you up when you are …show more content…

”He would like to show his drawings to his dad, but he didn't dare. When he was in first grade, he had told his dad that he wanted to be an artist when he grew up. He'd thought his dad would be pleased. He wasn't.” ever since Jess was little his dad didn't approve of his dreams and aspirations. This would be quite had on a kid to handle. In Jess’s dad's eyes he was supposed be this masculine guy that works hard and is strong, But Jess didn’t fit into these stereotypes. Its frustrates me because we are all trying to be perfect and fit into these molds that society has created for us that we don’t even bother to actually discover who we are and what we like. Jess enjoyed painting and no one should’ve put him down and told him not to do it, because we should do things we enjoy and are fun. We shouldn’t be only do things just because someone else is doing it or if we do it we become “popular”. Popularity has started to overcome our lives. It's your life and you should be trying to make yourself happy and not trying to fit in. we should all be ourselves, and not let anyone stop us from doing things that we enjoy. Leslie shows him that he does not need to fit into that particular mold that his dad wants him to be and that he is should just be who he wants to be and express what

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