Devany Valdez
No Shame, No Fear
Ann Turnbull
Main Characters:
William Heywood- William was a wealthy merchant who fell in love with a Quaker girl. He wanted to spend every minute of life with her and disobey the law.
Susanna Thorn- She is a teenage Quaker girl that fell in love with a rich and wealthy young man. She stood up for her rights and did not care about the consequences whether she was scared or not.
Main Conflict:
The main conflict about this book is that there was a quaker girl, Susanna Thorn. She went to go work in the big city where all the wealthy merchants were. The Merchants did not like Quakers because they only believe in the word of God and in only the truth. The passed a law and they started to arrest all the Quakers in the town. They could not arrest children, only adults. Once all the adults were arrested, Susanna still kept attending the meetings no matter what the consequence was. She was scared but she stood up for what she believed in and she did not let that stop her. Her loved one, William Heywood, stood up to his father about the act that had passed and about them arresting the Quakers for no reason. His father wanted to take him away.
Quotes:
-“ The authorities are sure to come back. They are breaking up meetings all around.” This is relevant to the historical time period because it talks about the authorities taking Quakers to jail for no reason just because of their beliefs. I chose this quote because it is an important part of the book.
-“ They meet at the Seven Stars in Cross Street and other places around. But Parliament is to bring out a new law against them in the next session.” This quote is relevant to the historical time period because it talks about the Parliament passing a new law that works against the quaker because of their religion and their own beliefs. Most importantly, because of their social economic status. I chose this quote because it talks about the Parliament and we just finished talking about Parliament in my class not to long ago.
-“ Find out her name. I'll bring a complaint against her, she get sent back to her village.” This quote is relevant to the historical time period because the king is just able to complain about something and he basically gets what he wants and orders for. This quote is important because in this point in time in the book, Susanna was the only person left to run the meetings besides the children that were present. I chose this quote because it is not fair how the king gets what he wants even if it is wrong to do so.
Historical Perspective:
This book took place in 1662, in the real world during this time, there was the Act of Uniformity,and the Corporation Act. The Act of uniformity was an act passed by Parliament in 1662 in England. It prescribed the form of public prayers, administration of sacraments, and other rites of the Established Church of England, according to the rites and ceremonies prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer. Adherence to this was required in order to hold any office in government or the church, although the 1662 edition of the Book of Common Prayer prescribed by the Act was so new that most people had never even seen a copy. The Corporation Act was the first of the four statutes which made up the Clarendon Code required all municipal officials to take Anglican communion, and formally reject the Solemn League and Covenant of 1643. The effect of this act was to exclude nonconformists from public office. This legislation was rescinded in 1828.
Success of the Book:
The overall success of the book was that is speaks across the countries, telling of love and the fight to stay true to what is most important, in spite of parents, society, and even the law.
Author’s facts
Ann Turnbull was a British writer of fiction for children and young adults. Her work includes picture books, set in a Shropshire mining town during the Great Depression of the 1930s, which is about a young girl named Mary Dyer, and No Shame, No Fear, a novel for young adults that depicts the persecution of Quakers during the 1660s, and is set in both Shropshire and London. Pigeon Summer was nominated for the Nestle Smarties Book Prize and No Shame, No Fear was nominated for both the Guardian Book Award and the Whitbread Book Award. Ann Turnbull was born on 1943 in Hertford, United Kingdom.
Both of the novels that we read were centered around the lives of a teenager trying to make a life for them-self. The difference is that the novel that I read was set in 1890 Japan.
ReplyDeleteOur books are alike in some ways. For example, your book was set in England. My book was set in Scotland. So both of our books were set in the United Kingdom.
ReplyDeleteOur books our similar because it has to do with teenagers facing things they believed in even when other though it to be wrong. Also i think they are set near the same time period.
ReplyDeleteOur books are similar because both of our main characters are strong willed and would never give up. The difference between our books your book is based off of religion and mine is based off of adventures of a spy.
ReplyDeleteOur books are similar because they both deal with teenagers going through society having to deal with various adversities against what all others say but in the end accomplish their goal. I think it's interesting how this story uses a event that actually occurred and puts a story turn to it.
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