The White Mountains Post#4

The quote on page 111 relates to the theme by saying that if you have courage but gets capped, what is the meaning of courage without a free mind? The rest of the chapter also talks about freedom. When Will found out that Eloise is also capped and has no freedom, he abandons his love and escaped after Eloise left in the next chapter. The people of the red castle also thinks that capping ceremony is a way of growing up, like from a boy to a knight or a girl to a lady. Will said in the passage that all good things are wasted when they are capped. I think the reason he said that because Eloise is capped and Will loves Eloise so when he learns that she is capped, he felt that she is wasted.

The White Mountains Post #3

The Tripods were able to control people by capping them using a metal cap. They control thoughts and knowledge but not emotions and feelings. The Comte, Comtesse and Eloise are all capped but they are still kind and wants to help others. Will is comfortable living in the red castle, he is frustrated that the Comte, Comtesse and Eloise has been capped. The evidence or quotation from the novel: "But not Eloise. I had thought her free, like myself. I might even have come to the idea-its beginnings,I think, were in my mind already- that when we set off once more for the White Mountains, there might not be three of us, but four. All this was rendered futile by the sight of her bare head. I had come to think of her as my friend:perhaps more. But now I knew that she belonged, irretrievably,body and soul, to the Enemy." One evidence or quotation of what Will thinks about capping from the novel is:"I was sorry at the thought of leaving her,and my father,and of their unhappiness when they found me gone. The Caps offered no remedy for human grief. but I could not stay, any more than a sheep could walk through a slaughterhouse door, once it knew what lay beyond. And I knew that I would rather die than wear a cap."

The White Mountains Post #2

Beanpole helps Will and Henry on their journey to the White Mountains by making sensible choices since he is the most intelligent person in their group. An example of how he is intelligent is that he read a lot of books and learns English by himself. The reason he wants to go with Will and Henry because Beanpole is smart enough to realize that the Tripods are using caps to control people's mind. With out Beanpole, Will and Henry might not be smart enough to make it to the White Mountains.
Another way Beanpole helps Will and Henry is knowing how to speak french, so he can communicate with the villagers and get them out of trouble. Later on in the story, when they are caught, Beanpole spoke to the people and said Will and Henry is his deaf cousins. If Beanpole weren't there, Will and Henry would be locked up and capped and will have no chance of escaping.

The White Mountains Post 1

Will is like me because we both have friends and it is important to have friends, Will's only friend is Jack(Soon Beanpole)before he was capped. I also have friends except I have more than 1, about 6-7. A few of my main friends are Roemer, Junnmeng and Danniel. Henry and Will might be friends, but sometimes they fight and tease other, in chapter 3 Henry tries to make friends with Will. This is one of the similarities we have.
Another reason that Will is like me is that we both are wanting to discover new things, like Will wants to discover the truth about the Tripods. I want to learn new things as well discovering some. Will discovered some friends he never had on the way to White mountains later on in the story. Learning new things like how to survive far away from Will is a challenge for him, for me the things I need to learn is how to be a highly successful, spirited, socially responsible global citizen like the ISKL statement says.