War Comes to Willy Freeman

War comes to Willy Freeman

By Andrea Basile

Authors Note: This piece is about what the turning point was and the causes and effects of it. I believe the turning point is when Willy’s father goes to the war and bring Willy with him. I would like to know if my ideas are clear.

The main turning point in the captivating book War comes to Willy Freeman, would probably be when Willy’s father goes to war. I believe this because if Willy’s father hadn’t gone to the war, their family would still be together, and nobody would have gotten hurt or separated.

            If Willy’s father wouldn’t have gone to war, everything would have been alright…but of course that wasn’t what happened. Willy’s father going to war caused everything to go wrong. Because he went, that caused Willy to leave her mother alone, and because of that, she got captured. Willy also going with her father caused her to witness his murder. Now that moment will forever be burned in side her memory of her father being killed right in front of her eyes. If Willy never left with her father, she would have at least still stayed with her mom and they probably would have not been taken. Over all, Willy’s father just came to shore at the wrong time. Because if he would have came in just 30 minutes later, he wouldn’t find out about the war till it was too late. The British would have already been gone and everyone in the New London area, would have already been killed.

            As you can see, Willy’s father going to the war in a definite turning point.   Had he not gone, he would have not been killed, the mother would not have been taken, they would all still be together, Willy wouldn’t need to go searching for her mom and for somewhere to live, and it would have still left Willy with 2 parents! In the captivating book War comes to Willy Freeman the point of no return is when Willy’s father goes to the horrific war.