My Impression of Dear Mr Kilmer

I tried to save some maggots today.

Heh, pathetic, is it not?

I couldn't even save a single maggot.

                                  

Yeah, better not tell anyone. That's plain weird.

Richard Knight is a boy who is in such position.

Dear Mr Kilmer doesn't only talk about being different, it literally has JUDGEMENT written all over it.

Gus, Pa, Abner, Mr Ike, Harry, Blanche and Peggy all share this one common point: They judge.

Mr Ike, Harry, Peggy Blanche and Abner judge Hannah Schermer for her German roots. They judge her as a spy and Hun. 

Pa's judgement doesn't go as far, however he still judges his son Richard for doing what he did: Pulling out as doughboy.

Gus judges his little brother for being a sissy and weak minded.

Dear Mr Kilmer tells us how simple pieces of art can heal and reveal emotions.

Richard writes poems that reveals what he feels. He eventually writes a poem that reminds Pa of Roland and finally Pa opens up his broken heart.


Dear Mr Kilmer continues to relate to us through our thinking, judgement and reaction.

Like me and the maggots, Richard portrays a different reaction to killing the deer. He impersonificates mercy in a person when the others no longer bear it.

Like our judgment towards others, Abner, Blanche, Peggy and Harry judge Hannah for her background, not for who she is.

We often think that this wouldn't make sense, but it does. This story tells us about human nature and how it affects us in so many ways. 








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