Summary Of Crispin: The Cross Of Lead
Crispin: The Cross of Lead, is about a 13 year old boy named Crispin. Crispin lived in a village called Stromford with his mother. At the beginning of the book Crispin’s Mother Died. Later on, he escapes the village because he was proclaimed a wolf’s head by John Aycliffe. He is in an abandoned village when he meets a man named Bear. Bear takes Crispin as his slave. Later on, Crispin becomes Bear’s apprentice. Bear teaches him how to play a recorder and juggle. They travel from village to village performing. They stay at a place called the Green Man Inn. When Bear sneaks out to a secret meeting, Crispin is left at the Inn alone. He goes out to find Bear because he thinks Bear is in trouble. Bear gets captured by the soldiers and
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With the setting, readers can tell it is middle ages because there are castles. There are large castles everywhere. There are characters who are royalty. The government type suggests that it is the middle ages because it is a monarchy. There are still monarchies today but they are not as common. Back in the middle ages, everything and everyone was ruled under a monarchy. Another way to tell is that there is not a lot of technology. The weapons the characters had were technology. If there were waggons or other modes of transport those would be technology because technology does not have to be electric even though most people think of it like that. In the present, we have much more technology and it is much more advanced. There are also other ways to see that it is medieval times. I think the most interesting part of the book was when Crispin and Bear were leaving the city when Aycliffe attacked them. I thought it was interesting because Aycliffe actually died because he walked into a wall of his own soldiers holding swords. I also thought it was interesting that Crisping gives the Cross of Lead to Aycliffe even though he is dead. This shows that Crispin keeps his promises. When I was reading it I thought that Aycliffe would try to kill Crispin in the manor when he was leading him to
With the setting, readers can tell it is middle ages because there are castles. There are large castles everywhere. There are characters who are royalty. The government type suggests that it is the middle ages because it is a monarchy. There are still monarchies today but they are not as common. Back in the middle ages, everything and everyone was ruled under a monarchy. Another way to tell is that there is not a lot of technology. The weapons the characters had were technology. If there were waggons or other modes of transport those would be technology because technology does not have to be electric even though most people think of it like that. In the present, we have much more technology and it is much more advanced. There are also other ways to see that it is medieval times. I think the most interesting part of the book was when Crispin and Bear were leaving the city when Aycliffe attacked them. I thought it was interesting because Aycliffe actually died because he walked into a wall of his own soldiers holding swords. I also thought it was interesting that Crisping gives the Cross of Lead to Aycliffe even though he is dead. This shows that Crispin keeps his promises. When I was reading it I thought that Aycliffe would try to kill Crispin in the manor when he was leading him to