Standing In The Light
Standing In The Light1. The theme of this book was in search of ones self. I chose this theme
because Catharine was in search of her self throughout the whole story. Her
and her brother were taken captive by the Lenape Indian tribe and she had to
search to find her self throughout her time in captivity. In the beginning
when she was captured, it was awkward and confusing. This was because she
was a Quaker and she didn�t know if she was now an Indian or still a Quaker,
because the Lenape weren�t going to return her to her family. She had to
search her own self, and eventually she became used to the way of Indian
life. She never forgot her family, but she had come to love her new family.
She had also become accustomed to her new way of life. After about a year of
living with the Lenape, white men came and took Catharine and her brother
away. This really made her confused because she had just found herself with
the Lenape and now she has to find herself with her own family again. She
never quite found herself with her people, but she would always know where
she truly belonged.
2 The main character of this book was Catharine. She was strong-willed and
adjusting. She was strong-willed when she had the strength to adjust to her
new ways of life. She was pulled from her old life, to her new life, back to
her old life. It was very difficult for her because both the Quakers and the
Lenape were two very different cultures. She found herself having mixed
feelings and a lot of confusion, but she had the will to deal with it.
Catharine was also adjusting. She was adjusting when she had to adjust
to life with the Lenape. She had to learn new ways of life; she had to learn
how to survive off...
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