Adam's Mother's Point of View

Adams Mother’s Point of View

Author's note: This is a short response of how Adam’s point of view is different than that of his mothers.

What would you do if your son, who you have raised his whole life, had gone and signed up to joined the army? Would you think that it is the right thing to do or be scared, thinking that something bad will happen? Although, you may not think that he is mature enough, your son however does. Although instead of the army it is the local militia, the same situation occurs in the book April Morning.

The story is set in 1775, the year of the battle of Lexington. One day the British begin to invade New England, and the villages’ militia is born. Many men sign the muster books which means that they are signing up to defend their town. Among those men is Adam. He thinks that it is the right thing to do and, that he is mature enough. Because Adam is the main character, it makes the readers opinion on the subject the same as Adam’s. As Adam’s father says: “Yesterday, he was a boy, tonight he’s not.” Which is exactly how Adam feels.

Although Adam’s opinion is similar to other people’s( including his father’s) his mother’s is very different. Adams mother thinks that he is still a boy, him being only 16, and is not mature enough. she didn’t even want him to go out in all the commotion in the middle of the night when the church bells were rung and the whole town was awake and discussing the British invasion, but it was Adams father and grandmother that had to convince her to let him. Even after he signs the muster books, his mother says: “A boy doesn’t turn into a man overnight.” which sums up most of her opinion about it. If the novel had been in her eyes then he story would have reflected her feelings and worries for her son, and how she really didn’t want him to go and fight the British. That is why the point of view in stories differs from which character that tells it.