"Woods Runner" Point of View

What would you do if your son, who you have raised his whole life, was separated from you? Would you think that he would be frighten or come looking for you and try to save you? Even though you may not think he’s brave enough or mature enough you still should have confidence in him. You would like the best for him and hope he brings some self-defense weapon to defend himself. This is exactly what happens in the book called Woods Runner, told through the point of view of Samuel.

The story is set in the American Revolution time period, when the British was taking the Americans and trapping them. One day Samuel the main character returns to his house in the American Wilderness and finds it on fire, he searching the make sure that his parents are still hear and not dead, but he can’t find them. Then he decides to go out “mission” to find his parents and hopefully capture them back to safety. Samuel is aware of the dangers of being captured, shot, or even getting killed by the British. Because the readers see through Samuel’s eyes, we feel that he is urgent and confused.  Afterwards after he finds out that they aren’t there, he is trying to figure out where they would have taken them, and then starts heading north to New York and thinking that they are being kept captive there.  At this point, we as readers we see that he has the courage and bravery to unite his family back together.

Although the first challenge is that he spots a British Soldier, good thing he has a powerful weapon called a gun, the gun was called a Flintlock. He waited till he had a shot and killed the solider. Then an Indian Solider came and he killed him too. Once he got past the two biggest threats of the way, he finally makes it to New York alive. Once he gets there he discovers his parents, and he is going to get them back from the gruesome, horrific, and British. He doesn’t just capture his parents he gets a younger girl out of that misery. When he gets all of them and they get out the site of the British the settle in Philadelphia and there are safe there for now. 

Now you see the point of view of Samuel and how he gets his parents back and safe and happy with his family. As a reader, I was relieved when Samuel killed the two threats, just as I’m sure Samuel felt. I could also feel how tragic his situation was and how restless he was during his journey. Overall the author did a good job of describing in detail how the events affected  Samuel so that readers could relate to him.