A Detailed Summary of MOTHER 3

A/N: This took a while... I'll admit. MOTHER 3 really is a heartwarming story.

Lucas cry with Claus. Lucas miss mom he thinks.

Suddenly, guy comes and say, "Good news bad news."

Flint say, "Ok."

Guy say, "Good news is weapon bad news in wife heart."

"No." yell Flint.

Lucas cry.

Claus say, "I WILL HER FIND."

Claus not find.

Claus dead.

Porky laugh. Claus now Porky. Claus mask lighting beam on head.

Claus find by Lucas.

Claus not Claus.

Claus dead by Claus.

Porky laugh.

Lucas cry.

Flint cry.

Player cry.

World cry.

End…………????????

Earthbound Chapter Three: Franky Comes Out Swingin'

A/N: Alright, this is the point in the game where things really pick up! Ness encounters the local ruffians and discovers the first "Your Sanctuary" location!

After waking up from a much-needed rest, I said my goodbyes to my mother and sister. They both wished me good luck; we all knew I needed it. Saving the world wasn't going to be easy, I was certain of it. I placed my baseball hat on my ruffled black hair and swung my backpack over my shoulder. I stepped out the door and called out one final farewell to my family. It was time to head into town.

I must have walked for a good hour. Onett truly wasn't that large of a town but I lived on the outskirts of it, far from the other houses and the shops. Just outside of town, near the library, I took note of a large, fenced off, wilderness area. Suddenly, something clicked in your head. You had always heard rumors of this place having a giant footstep at the peak. Buzz Buzz's speech ran through your head. These Sanctuaries all have names, Giant Step, Lilliput Steps, Milky Well, Rainy Circle, Magnet Hill, Pink Cloud, Lumine Hall, and Fire Spring. Giant Step! A rush of emotion came over me. I was excited...and scared. I had found the first sanctuary, but what was I going to find there? Surely it wouldn't be as simple as walking in and absorbing the power of the place...would it?

I approached the gates of sanctuary, shaking out of excitement and fear. My hands on the rusted handle, I look up to see a large sign. It read, "KEEP OUT" in bright, bold, red letters. I pondered how I managed to miss something like that at first. I assumed the gate was locked, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to try opening it so I pulled on the cold. rusted, metal handle of the gate. It was locked, as expected. I walked away, head low and sighing. This definitely put a damper on things, but I wasn't ready to let one locked gate stop me. After all, I was saving the world. What would Buzz Buzz think if the chosen boy gave up because of a lock!

After some thinking, I had thought of who would have the key. I didn't have how I would obtain the key worked out, but I'd get there. P.H Perckle, the mayor of Onett would almost certainly have the key, or at the very least know somebody who had did. I could probably do a favor for the mayor. He was always asking citizens to do his work for him and he never wanted to take responsibility for anything. I giggled at remembering the posters that were around town during the election. I remembered my favorite one which read, "P.H Perckle is a Jerkle!"

Walking to city hall, I noticed the citizens were acting strange. They were all riled up, ranting on about a group called "The Sharks". My opinion of The Sharks at this time didn't quite think they were all too threatening or dangerous. My opinion of them changed as I reached the south of town. One of the members wheeled at me on his skateboard, knocking me with a fist on my head. Rubbing the sore spot on my head I could hear the snickering of the Shark and his cohorts. I waved my hand on the ground, searching for my baseball bat. Once I had grip of it I stood up as quickly as my injured body would allow and swung. I managed to hit one of them. The tall, scrawny punk fell to the ground with a satisfying thud. The other two members in the fight just stared at me and back at him. As the injured Shark got up he quickly fled along with the other two.

Exhausted from the fight, I returned to the north of town. I hadn't seen any of the gang up there so I figured I'd be safe for the time being. I pulled out the ATM card my dad had given me once and withdrew fifty dollars for food and supplies, and went out to buy lunch. Sitting in Onett's burger shop, munching on my burger, I reminisced my not so pleasant encounter with the Sharks and realised I wasn't as strong as I initially thought I was. I'd have to train to get anywhere with saving the world.

I really had no sufficient way to train so I made do with beating trees in the nearby forest and practicing avoiding the rogue animals outside of town limits. Well, I couldn't get very far past town limits due to some policemen and roadblocks. Apparently, the Onett police force pride themselves on the roadblocks. My "training" was surprisingly effective. On my way back up to the northern part of town I encountered some more Sharks, which I easily defeated. I also completely forgot my quest to find the mayor. I was often easily distracted.

Remembering the reason I went to the south of the town in the first place, I quickly ran to city hall. Though expected, I was irked when I ran into some Shark members. I prepared myself for a fight when one of the punks hopped at me on their pogo stick. I quickly evaded their punches, kicks, headbutts, and other miscellaneous fighting moves. I swung my bat with near perfect accuracy, knocking them out and giving me time to pass them. Looking back, I feel bad for taking the stuff they dropped (i.e.Their lunch) but I was a hungry twelve year old boy who was just in a fight with some gang members. I felt I deserved some lunch.

I finally reached city hall. I went up to the secretary and was shown to Mr.Perkle. He looked distressed and frustrated. Perefect, I thought. It meant there was something he had to do, but didn't want to. To him I seemed like a gift from above. Who would have thought somebody would just walk in his office and ask to do his work? Normally, He had a reputation for forcing people to do work but he wouldn't even have to ask this time!

I opened my mouth to speak but I was quickly interrupted by the mayor. "Ah. yes! You there, boy. Would you like to do the law a favor?" Here we go, I think. As I nodded my head, the stress seemed to lift instantly off P.H Perkles face. He put his hand on my shoulder and began to speak. "So I'm sure you've seen that group of punks running around, The Sharks, yes? Well, see I need you to stop them! I understand you're just a boy but you can do it! You'll do it, right?"

I'll admit, I was expecting something much easier. I really did not think he would ask a boy to take down a whole gang but he did and If I wanted the key to Giant Step I'd have to do it. I threw on a smile and agreed. The mayors smile widened. "Alright! That's wonderful!" The mayors cheer stopped, his voice went down an octave, and he looked around cautiously. He whispered to me, "Just make sure if anything goes wrong, I won't be held responsible. Can you do that?" A bit worried, I nodded anyways.

I sat outside of city hall thinking just how exactly would I defeat a whole gang. It was really quite a lot for a boy of my age. I thought of just a week ago when my biggest concern was what I was going have for dinner, never would I have dreamed of me having to take town a group of ruffians...much less save the entire world from aliens! It was all too much for me, I really needed to rest. I could walk home and sleep there, but home was a few miles away and I was too exhausted to even walk that far. I was pretty much broke, so the hotel was out of the option. Or was it?

I went into the nearest building with a payphone and called my father. As I assumed, my mother had told him about my adventure. I was ready to ask him for some money, but as if he read my mind his voice boomed from the other end. "Ness, my boy! I found out about everything. You can do it, son. However, since you will be traveling around the country, maybe even the world, this obviously needs to be funded! I will occasionally put money in your bank account. I put three hundred dollars in there, be sure to not spend it all in one place! Anyways, son, I hate to hang up on you like this but I'm very busy. Call me if you need anything!"

I guess the hotel was an option.

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 I woke up from my slumber in a hotel room. First, I was a bit taken back by my surroundings. Astoundingly, I had forgotten everything that had happened yesterday. My memory was quickly regained, though. I sat on the edge of my bed, trying to come up with a plan to take down the Sharks. I would need some way to find their leader and to do that I'd need to find out where they all hang out. Remembering that they were all in the south of town, I deduced their hideout must be down there. There wasn't much in the south of town; A bakery, the police station, and the arcade. I couldn't imagine them hanging out at a bakery, so I checked that off my mental list. No crooks in their right mind would put their hideout in a police station! That leaves the arcade.

I made the small trek from the hotel to the arcade in a very little amount of time. I somehow managed to avoid getting in any fights with the members, I wanted to save my energy for the gangs leader. I entered the arcade, and my theory about this being their hideout was correct. There were at least two dozen of them on the first floor, who knows how many resided on the second.

I noticed a huge doorway, with a few of the members standing in front of it. Most likely, that was where their leader was. I approached the doorway. getting ready for a fight with the guards. Surprisingly, they just laughed at me. "So, kid. You really want to see Franky, huh? Good luck with that," they taunted. One of them opened the door, and I entered. I saw what I expected...for the most part. Yes, there was a gang leader there...but there was something else.

It was a giant robot! I couldn't believe my eyes. I stood there, certain I looked like an absolute fool. My mouth was gaping and my eyes were frozen on the robot. Franky spoke up. "Hey, kid. I see you starin' at my creation, Frankystien Mark II. It's pretty amazing, no? Anyways, I see a kid walk in here with a baseball bat and an angry look and I think that this kid wants to hurt me, yeah? Well I'd like to see you try."

He comes at me with a knife, much quicker than I would have expected from a man of his shape. He grazes my shoulder with the blade. I hiss and swing my bat, hitting him on the knee. Franky falls, but is quickly back up. He lashes at me with his knife again, this time I'm able to avoid his attack. I swing my bat again, this time barely hitting him on the shoulder. He smirks and comes at me again, this time with his fists. I wasn't up for fisticuffs with this guy so I keep hold of my bat. I try and swing but it's too late, Franky's fist met my face.

I'm knocked to the ground, and stay there for a few seconds. "Hey, kid," Franky yells. "You're really no good at this maybe you should stop at let us Sharks be, we aint' hurtin' nobody!" He snickers. I was well sick of his taunts now, and I was angry. Personally, I don't like being beaten up by cocky gang members. I get up, this time much more determined to beat this guy. I stared at him and he stared at me. We waited for the next move. As it turns out, I was the first one to lunge at him this time. Near-flailing my bat around, I knocked him in the head. I could tell it hurt him, but it seems like it wasn't enough to completely knock him out.

He was just as angry I was at this point. Both of us were prepared to win. He didn't want to be beaten by me and I didn't want to be beaten by him. So one attack after another, we both slowly became exhausted. Franky and I had barely enough energy to carry on with this fight. Luckily, I was a pinch more energized than him, and took Franky out with one final blow to the head.

Franky lay on the ground unconscious for a few minutes. I stared at him and then back at the robot. Was it going to attack me? Why did Franky even have it? Franky woke up and looked at me and smiled. "I may be done, kid, but Frankystien Mark II isn't! Go!" On his command the robot whirred toward me. I quickly ran out of it's way, but that didn't really help. It shot a burst of hot smoke. I covered my eyes and began to cough. Peaking above my arm, I could barely see. There was still smoke everywhere and the Frankystien Mark II had shrouded itself very well. I did the only think I really could do, and swung my bat around frantically. I heard a loud metal clank after, confirming I had hit the robot successfully.

The blow did virtually nothing. It kept releasing bursts of smoke, each burst getting gradually hotter. This was going to near burn my skin off! I was desperate, I would do anything to stop this thing! And then, as if something inside had answered my call of desperation, I glowed a bright, blinding red light. I did not know at the time, but this was one of my many physic powers. It hit the robot and Frankystien Mark II was no more.  

Franky stood off to the side, his face showing a wide array of emotions. I couldn't tell if he was, angry, disappointed or confused. But then his emotions were clear when a wide smile appeared on his face. I was incredibly puzzled by this. Franky approached me, the smile still on his face. "Well, kid. It looks like you and I are equal." I wasn't sure what to say. "Tell ya what, I'll call of the Sharks. You wont be having any more trouble with them here in Onett." He offered his hand for me to shake, and I did. "Good luck, kid," Franky said.

I got a few dirty looks from the former members of the Sharks, not too happy about what I've done. I just shrug them off. Personally, I thought it was for the best, for them to leave a gang. They'd be happy to disagree, though. I reached city hall once again. I made my way up to the mayors office, and he greeted me with hopeful eyes. "Did you get rid of them Sharks?" I nodded. "See! I knew you could do it." I stood in front of his desk. "So," he looked around uncomfortably, "You probably want a reward, yeah?" I nodded again. "Er... Alright well here's some money." P.H Perkle handed me a one hundred dollar bill. This would be great any other time, but I did all of this for something else. I'm about to tell him what I wanted but the mayor spoke again. "And, well...my secretary was down by those woods with the gate. She said she saw you tryin' to get in so I guess it's really no big deal if I give you the key. There really is no reason why that place is locked up anyways." Bingo. 

 Retreating to my hotel room, I lay down in my bed. I rubbed the key between my fingers. This is the key that would, more or less, be the start of my adventure. Sure, I'd taken down a gang but that was nothing compared to these Sanctuary places. It really was a lot to grasp. I closed my eyes and slowly drifted to sleep. I would wake up and go straight to Giant Step. I had no idea what was in store for me there, but I could certainly dream of it.

(Just because the Frankystien Mark II is probably one of the coolest looking enemies in Earthbound... Here's a picture
Also! The Sharks look like this... )

Calpurnia

A/N: Here's my essay for To Kill A Mockingbird. It's a character analysis of Calpurnia. This is still a bit of a rough draft, I just needed this on my blog before eleven. haha. I'm planning on going back and fixing things...

As a motherly figure, and the gateway to the black society for the Finches, Calpurnia is a very important character. She tries to fill the gap between the black and white societies, she looks after Jem and Scout as if they were her own children, and they respect her. Though Calpurnia's motherly love for the children is true, she doesn't quite practice what she preaches. 

Calpurnia, since Scout's mother had died, is the only woman figure for Scout to look up to throughout the book. Because of this, Calpurnia feels that she has to the right to show and teach Scout just as a mother would. She protects Scout and the other children just as a mother would too. When Calpurnia says Jem and Scout have a boundary between Mrs. Dubose’s house and the Radley place, it shows that she wants them close enough so they can hear her voice when she calls for them. This is showing that Calpurnia, like a mother, is very protective of them, and does not want them to get hurt. 

Calpurnia takes the Finches to the black church. This is their first encounter with the real "black society." Even though Calpurnia tells them that blacks and whites are equal, and the whites are the racist ones, Calpurnia uses a different tone of voice, even a completely different dialect with the members of the church when they tell her that she shouldn't be bring whites into the church. This completely counteracts what she says; The blacks can be racist, just as the whites are, and if everybody is truly equal, Calpurnia would not have needed to change her dialect when speaking to whites as opposed to speaking with blacks. 

Despite Calpurnia's efforts to show the Finches blacks and whites are equal, her actions speak more than her words. Though she preaches whites and blacks are equal, and that we shouldn't be racist, the scene at the church shows how she subconsciously acts and reveals that the two societies are very different. Calpurnia also cares deeply for the Finch children, and they look up to her, despite the fact she is black. Atticus also respects her, although he is a grown white man. In a way, she did break the border between whites and blacks, if only a little bit and for few people.

Earthbound Chapter Two: Buzz Buzz's Demise

A/N: Chapter two...yay! Next chapter and we can start Ness' adventures!

We followed Buzz Buzz down back down the hill. I'm sure we all had plenty of thoughts racing through our heads, but I wouldn't be afraid to bet that I was the most confused, intrigued, and scared by this. The way back down the hill, Buzz Buzz said nothing. Nobody said anything. It was quiet and suspenseful.

BZZT.

A flash of light appeared in front of us, revealing a shiny, silver, humanoid figure.

"Buzz Buzz," It's voice was robotic, complete with the whirring and the clanking, "You have tried to foil master Giygas' plans far too many times. This is the end of you and your plans. I will squash you like the insect you are!"

And with that, we were engaged in combat. Buzz Buzz had put up what seemed to be a shield…a psychic shield of sorts. Honestly, Porky, Picky, and I didn't do much in this battle. Buzz Buzz had done all the fighting and shielding. Without much effort, Buzz Buzz had taken down the silver figure. It's broken, robotic parts splayed across the grass.

"We must hurry. The Starman have caught on," Buzz Buzz flew away toward my house.

"Wait," Porky yelled, "I have to get home! I'm already deep in trouble I don't think should be out much longer."

Picky piped in, "Yeah! Our parents probably already have flames burstin' out of their ears. If we're gone much longer they might explode or somethin'"  Buzz Buzz stopped and changed his path, this time toward Porky's house.

"Very well then," he said. 

Porky gulped and opened the door to his house. Immediately we were greeted by his mother. "PORKY! PICKY!" Porky and Picky lowered their heads. "What were you two doing out so late?" Her voice boomed throughout the house. The siblings eyes widened when they heard a thudding down the stairs.

"Boys!" Their father said, his voice filled with anger. "You'r-" Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by his wife's loud shriek.

"EEEEEEEEE!" She frantically waved her arms around, swatting at the air. "A bug! A bug!"

Buzz Buzz maneuvered around the woman's' large hand, but he could only keep this up for so long. Lardna had swatted him down.

"Thank heavens. Stupid dung beetles," Lardna muttered. 

I went to Buzz Buzz, he clearly wasn't going to survive what had just happened. "Ness…" he coughed. It was quite odd to hear a bug cough. "Ness listen to me. This is very important. Are you listening?" I nodded, Buzz Buzz continued. "There are eight locations throughout the world. Your Sanctuaries, Ness. You must find the eight Sanctuaries. Here you will gather power from the earth and a short part of a melody. Here, take this." Suddenly, a stone appeared in front of him. "This is the sound stone. Use this to record the melodies from the Sanctuaries."

 I was confused, what exactly were the Sanctuaries? Where would I find them? How would I even know what they look like? And as if Buzz Buzz had read my thoughts, he continued on. "These Sanctuaries all have names, Giant Step, Lilliput Steps, Milky Well, Rainy Circle, Magnet Hill, Pink Cloud, Lumine Hall, and Fire Spring. Only you can access the power from these locations Ness. I-" Buzz Buzz coughed again, "I must be taking my leave now. I unfortunately cannot carry on any longer. Good luck, Ness."

Buzz Buzz was gone.

I said my farewells to the Minch's and went back to my house. I explained to my mother everything that had happened; Everything that Buzz Buzz had told me. We sat in silence for a long moment. She put her hand on my shoulder and smiled.

"Well, Mr. Chosen One. Hero's need their sleep too."

Earthbound Chapter One: Buzz Buzz and the Meteorite

 A/N: How about I just involve Earthbound in everything I write? Haha. Anyways I'm planning on writing the entire game of Earthbound. I feel this will be a bit of challenge considering I want to keep as close to canon as I can. This includes Ness' very limited vocabulary. In the entire game of Earthbound, Ness is only able to say two things, yes or no! I'm going to try and write this entire thing with Ness only saying variations of those two words. It'll be tough, but It's possible! Also, I'll probably be mentioning the a place called Eagleland in future chapters. It should have been mentioned in this but..oh well. Eagleland is basically a romanticized version of America, where most of the game takes place. Just throwing that in here for future reference.

The year was 199X. A young boy named Ness slept in his bed in his humble hometown, Onett. It was a normal night, nothing strange or peculiar had happened or was going to happen. Or, so it seemed. 

I was woken by a strange crashing noise coming from outside. Me and all of the town. I looked out my window and saw light switch after light switch flicking on, soon the entire town was illuminated.  I rushed downstairs to speak of this mysterious occurrence to my mother and my sister. They both seemed just as shaken up by it as I was.

"Ness," My mother yelled, throwing herself at me and burying me into her arms, "are you alright? Are you hurt? Is everything ok?" I weaseled my way out of her grip and gave a shy smile. "Oh! Of course you're alright! It came from outside! And you weren't outside!" She paused and looked at me, her eyes narrowed. "Were you?"

I shook my head. "Oh, dear me. Perhaps you would like to go outside and investigate?" I nodded and smiled. I headed out the door and heard her call back to me. "Do be careful!" I waved to show I had acknowledged what she had said and went on my way.

My first instinct was to go up the hill, as I could have sworn I saw something up there. As I approached the top of the hill, I saw one of my…well, acquaintances. He would say we were friends but quite honestly this man made me a bit uneasy. Lier X. Aggregate called out to me in a harsh whisper.

"Hey! Ness," he looked around, assuring we were the only ones around, "I got somethin' to show ya'. Later, though! Come to my house later, will ya'?" I was a bit uncertain about agreeing to this, but I did anyways. I smiled and gave him a thumbs up. "Alright I'll see ya' round' then." He whispered to me and went back into his small house.

I continued up the hill, only to be stopped by the police, a few roadblocks, and our neighbor. Porky Minch spotted me and motioned me over to him. "Hey! Ness! Don't be rubberneckin'. The cop," Porky stopped and coughed a bit," I mean, the officers are just tryin' to do their job. I got this covered! Why don't you just go home, there's nothing for ya' do be doing here right now anyways."

Porky was right, I really couldn't do much with all the police blocking my path up the hill. From what I could see, though, there was a giant meteorite! I almost couldn't believe it, a meteorite! I walked home, thinking of the giant rock jammed at the top of the hill of my small town.  While this was still amazing to me, I had no idea this meteor would change my life forever.

I had gone back to bed, when I was woken again. This time not from a thundering crash, but from somebody knocking on the door. My mother was yelling at me from her room, "Ness! Answer the door, will you?". I crawled out of bed and drowsily plopped down the stairs. I opened the door and was quickly pushed back by Porky.

"Ness! Oh you gotta help me! I lost Picky up by the meteor! Ohh, my folks are gonna give it me!" He ran up to me and put his hands on my shoulders. "You'll help me, right? Ness? We're best friends right?" I stared at him, still shaken from his spontaneous entrance. He let go of my shoulders and looked at me again, a smirk appeared upon his pudgy face. "And if you refuse, I will say words that will cut you like a knife." 

"Okay." 

"Alright! Let's blow this Popsicle stand! You ready Ness?"

Before I could say anything, I heard my mother descend down the stairs. "Ness? Is somebody there?"

Porky rolled his eyes and put on a false smile. "Oh, good evening, ma'am! Looking lovely as usual," Porky snickered, "Ness and I were just about to go back up to the meteor, I left something up there and It's awfully dangerous to go alone!"

"Porky's right, Ness! It is dangerous! We're you planning on going out in just your pajamas? Go upstairs and change into your clothes. And get the baseball bat from your sisters room, it might prove to be useful. If you want, you can take the dog along. He's old but he's faithful and loyal."

I was back downstairs in a few minutes, fully dressed and baseball bat in hand. Our old dog, King came up to me. I pat him on the head. He barked, "I may be old but I'm not useless. Take me with you if you want."  I was the only one who could decipher his bark, though. I always could, so I never thought of it as anything strange. 

Porky reached for the doorknob but then quickly turned  around. "Hey, Ness. Why don’t you go in front?" I don't understand why he even asked, as he put himself behind me. I sighed and we headed out the door.

I barely took ten steps away from my front door before a dog had run up to us, baring its teeth. Porky jumped back and squealed. I held the bat tight in my hands, bracing to fight the runaway took charging toward me. I was about to swing when King jumped in front and snarled back at the dog. King bit down into the other dog. It whimpered and backed away, it's tail between its' legs. I let out a sigh of relief. Porky was on the ground, blubbering and shielding himself from behind me.

"Is it gone?" He asked, darting his eyes back and forth, not daring to move from his defensive position. 

I nodded and helped him up from the ground. He looked around nervously again and then brushed off the dirt from his clothes.  "Whew! What a tough fight, aren't you lucky I was here to help ya. Huh, Ness?"

I simply rolled my eyes and motioned him to follow. We eventually got to the top of the hill and spotted Picky, leaning against a tree, incredibly close to the large glowing space rock.  "Picky!" Porky yelled, shaking his brother awake, "Why'd ya' run off like that? We're gonna be in deep trouble now! No thank to you." 

"I'm sorry, Porky." Picky sheepishly answered. "I just wanted to see what was up here and I was really tired, so I must've fallen asleep!" 

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever, tell that to dad!" Porky stopped, looked around, and then looked at me. "Hey, Ness. You hear that? It’s a buzzing noise, like a bee or somethin'" 

I nodded. I did hear something. I perked up my ears and listened carefully. It seemed to be coming from the meteorite. I approached it cautiously, one slow step after another. I wasn't even a foot away before a large beam of light burst from the meteor, temporarily blinding all of us.

I noticed a small bug, and much to my surprise…much to all of our surprise it started talking.

"A bee I am not," The mysterious bug paused, "I'm from 10 years in the future. And, in the future, all is devastation. Giygas, the universal cosmic destroyer, sent all to the horror of eternal darkness. However, you must listen! Where I am from, there is a well known legend that has been handed down from ancient times. It says, 'When the chosen boy reaches the point, he will find the light. The passing of time will shatter the nightmare rock and will reveal the path of light.' You see, it is my opinion that you are that boy, Ness. This I believe. Giygas' monstrous plan must have been set in motion somewhere on Earth. If you start to confront the enemy immediately, you may have time to counter the evil intentions of Giygas. Three things are of the utmost importance: wisdom, courage, and friendship. The legends from the ancient times tell of three boys and a girl who defeat Giygas. I will tell you more later. Go now!" Buzz Buzz stopped again, Porky opened his mouth to add a comment but the time traveling insect continued. "And do not be anxious about the future. You have much work to do, Ness."

I stood in awe, staring at the future bug that flew in front of me.  Porky looked around, and then opened his mouth, breaking the silence. "I'm…I'm not one of those three boys, am I? I really don't wanna get involved in all of this stuff."

"You must go, Ness. Your journey starts now, let us go."

Lawyers, I Suppose, Were Children Once.

A/N: Although this quote isn't actual in the story, it is at the very beginning of the book. Out of everything in the book, this quote stuck with me the most. 


"Lawyers, I suppose, were children once."
- Charles Lamb

 Lawyers are known for fighting for their clients case, no matter what the circumstances call for. Lying, cheating, you name it. They are known for charging ridiculously large amounts of money for their clients; Twenty dollars per email, one hundred dollars just to show up at the courthouse. Lawyers have a reputation for being very manipulative, they are not known for being filled with innocence, much like a child is.

Using the term lawyer in a much broader sense, as in, the entire justice system (Including the jury of the court), this quote applies to the novel To Kill A Mockingbird very nicely. It is quite obvious that Tom Robinson is innocent. The jury and the judge refuse to believe this, though, because Tom Robinson is of color, automatically making him wrong. The children of this story see that this is not right and that he shouldn't be automatically claimed guilty because he isn't white. If everybody had the reasoning of the children, the case would have went down much differently, most likely with Tom Robinson being claimed as innocent.

Trees

A/N: Well, hopefully the introduction is okay. Still having a hard time with those

We see trees almost every day but many don't realize how important they are. Important as in, providing us oxygen or providing us symbolism in books.Trees are very important in the novel Speak. They symbolize Melinda's growth as a person after the rape. Melinda is given one subject to draw in art the entire year; Trees. Though at the beginning the trees are often dead or bland slowly her art transforms into beautiful, meaningful pieces. 

When Melinda first pulls the slip of paper that says the must draw trees the entire year, she tries to put the slip of paper back in the globe. This shows that Melinda does not want to advance as a person, and wants to ignore everything that has happened. Melinda is able to ignore the incident for some time but as the year goes on, she slowly starts accepting it as shown by the symbolism of the trees. 

One of the projects Melinda does Mr.Freeman is very displeased by. He tells Melinda that the tree is too perfect. Melinda does this because she refuses to acknowledge that she needs help. She wants to push back the memories and pretend everything is okay. Now beyond the point of suffering, she feigns ignorance of the situation. 

An interesting note is that up until her final project, Melinda does all of her art projects by carving linoleum blocks. With carving, she can only do things once, and once they're done there is no turning back. This could be how Melinda felt. She felt that whatever is in the past is done, and does not need anymore further attention, even if it was a mistake. 

An example of the symbolism of trees in this novel outside of Melinda's art projects is when she finds men chopping branches off a tree in her front yard. Melinda is sure that the men are killing the tree but her father tells her that the tree is simply sick and that cutting off the ill-ridden and damaged branches will help the tree grow again. Melinda is like the tree because she is sick and damaged, which is stopping her from growing as a person.

Trees play an important role as symbolism in this novel. It is a widely reoccurring theme for a good reason. One of the most important subjects in this book is Melinda's growth and how she progresses throughout the year. The trees symbolize this growth and are able to show the reader how she's feeling without directly showing them.