Crispin The Cross of Lead - Theme

After I finished the book, Crispin The Cross of Lead, by Avi, I learned a lot about what the author wanted to teach me. The author throughout the book taught me that even though you will face many hardships in your life, courage, love, and friendship will bring you success and positive inpact. For example, in the book, Crispin is accused as a wolf's head for stealing from the town's manor although he didn't do the crime. After this happens, many people are killed for helping him when they weren't supposed to. Crispin thinks that all hope is lost until he finds someone who becomes his master, then his friend who tries to help him. The book, Crispin The Cross of Lead, shows that without the friendship and love from Bear, Crispin would not have survived. He also shows that the courage of combined friendship brought Crispin and Bear far along their journey. The author also shows in a good way that you have to believe in the things that you know are right and must have positive thoughts. At the end of the book, Bear gets caught for helping Crispin and gets whipped and beat up badly. Crispin builds up his courage, learns what is right, and uses the facts of him being the manors son, and frees Bear. Crispin The Cross of Lead, is an outstanding book that you can not easily put down. The book is full of mysteries and fun, but also teaches you about life.

Crispin The Cross of Lead - Plot

In the book Crispin The Cross Of Lead, by Avi, is a book about a boy named Crispin who has hardiships from the people who want to kill him and anyone who helps him. In this book, there are many rising actions, a few climaxs, then a resolution. The rising action is when after Crispin's mother dies, and while he is sleeping in the woods, after he wakes up, he hears John Aycliffe and another guy talking about secretive information. After that, John Aycliffe sets up meeting saying a false accusation about Crispin and that he was now a wolf's head meaning that anyone could kill him and would recieve a reward. As he runs away to his own safety, he meets someone named Bear. Bear gives him food, but forces Crispin to be his servant. As Bear and Crispin become friendlier, they share eachothers background. Then Bear leads Crispin to safety and to Great Wexly. The climax is when during the journey to Great Wexly, Crispin knowing of the writing on the small lead cross, gives it to Bear to translate it. Bear first makes excuses of not telling him the words like, "The light is too weak, and I need my sleep," but later tells Crispin that Crispin's real father was Lord Furnival, his manor. He also figured out that his mother could actually read and write well, although she was known as the lowest in the town. During their visit in Great Wexly, while Crispin is out exploring by himself, John Aycliffe sees him. John Aycliffe and some other soldiers try to catch Crispin, but later loses him. Instead of keep searching for Crispin, they capture Bear, whipping him and hitting him. After Crispin goes to save Bear, he uses his brain saying that he would tell the whole world about him being Lord Furnival's son if he didn't let Bear go. Because of this, John Aycliffe chooses to let them go, but later stops them. The resolution of the story is when John tries to kill Crispin, and while he tries to kill him, Bear and John Aycliffe go on a one on one sword fight. Bear wins, killing John, and tells the other soldiers that if they don't want to end up like John, to let them go.

Crispin The Cross of Lead - Character

Crispin, The Cross of Lead, by Avi has many main characters. In the beginning of the story, the main characters are Crispin, his mother, the priest, and John Aycliffe. At the start of the book, Crispin's mother dies, but even after her death, she is known as an important person. As Crispin runs away from his false accusments, made by John Aycliffe, the priest gives Crispin many facts and places to hide although he was not supposed to. On his journey to other safer places, Crispin finds Bear, who forces Crispin to be his servant, but later his friend. Through Bear, Crispin learns that his mother was the wife of his town's manor, Lord Furnival. Crispin and his mother were treated as the worst in their town from the beginning, he never knew that his mother could read and write, and was surprised that he came from a high positioned family. After the priest is killed by John Aycliffe for helping Cripin, he almost gives up thinking that all the people who help him will surely later die. But later, Bear also teaches Crispin that everyone has a purpose, and that love and friendship are the most important things above of all other things. That is why in the end, when Bear is caught by John Aycliffe, Cripin goes and tries to save him when there are many guards, especially one of them being John Aycliffe. Crispin is a young boy who keeps his words, and for a boy who doesn't know how to read or write, he is very smart. On the other hand, John Aycliffe is very aggressive and only cares about money and killing people who try to get in his way.