Willy's Day in the Fort

Alyssa Czerwinski

12/9/11

Ms.Hanson 4^th hour

Willy’s Day in the Fort

Authors note: three paragraph essay explaining how Willy’s Father’s death affected her life and explaining the climax of the story.

Wilhelmina was really affected by her dad’s death. Not only because it was at a time at war but also because she saw it happen. This scene takes place in the book, War Comes to Willy Freeman, by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier, on page 31. Being there in the fort during a war affected her life in many ways and also affected the climax of the story which is when she finally finds her mother.

If she would have stayed with her mother the day the British attacked her fort instead of going with her father she could stopped them from taking her mom. Finding her mom couldn’t be the climax of the story is she wasn’t taken away. Therefore the cause of this story is her day in the fort.

Imagine being Granny Hyde who has to tell Willy that her mom has been taken by the British. There was many effects because her pa dying such as, meeting her aunt and uncle, almost being captured by the British, and finally reuniting with her mom. But by far, the last of the effects, reuniting with her mom, was the climax of the story. This was the climax because when I read it made me feel happy. Just knowing that she is still alive amazed me.