Read the excerpt from Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
Reverend Buckminster sighed. "It doesn't matter if it's
true. It matters what people think. It matters that my
congregation can tell me what to think when my son
goes out to visit a Negro girl on Malaga Island. It
doesn't matter at all how she got you out there."
"It matters to me," Turner whispered.
"Speak up!"
How does Turner's perspective affect this part of the
story?
The reader is able to see that Turner cares more
about his friendship with Lizzie than the social taboo
of hanging out on Malaga Island.
The reader is able to see that Turner is simply
rebellious and will do anything to embarrass his
father in front of his father's congregation.
The reader is able to see how Turner has been
influenced by the beliefs of his father and the older
people who live in Phippsburg.
The reader is able to see that children do not have a
clear or accurate view of the real world because they
have not yet had many experiences.
"It matters to me."