Choice Book Report Part 2!!!!!

Conflicts and resolved

Maria faced many conflicts during the book.  Many of them were external, like working to get rights for the gypsies, and trying to stay away from her uncle.  The two are connected.  She deals with them by listing to Zolton.  He has here get back her father’s violin case, which had documents that were crucial to the cause.  By doing this the other people helping the cause kept her safe from her uncle.  I would have done the same, but I wouldn’t have been as stupid as to get locked in the cellar.  This matched her personality that I named before. 

                She also faced many more internal conflicts.  Some of them are dealing with her father’s death, falling in love when he doesn’t love her back (at first), and her little brother (Toby) who gets swept up into the whole thing.  She deals with her father’s death by trying to find out why he died.  I wouldn’t have.  I would stay home, cry until my eyes run dry, and then get on with life.  Maria deals with her love predicament by still hoping and thinking about the possible future, but not making any hints to her feelings to Zolton.  I would have acted the same as her.  I would be too scared to tell anyone that I was in love.  The resolved part of the conflict didn’t fit with the type of person that she is; it was just the politeness of the time period.  People didn’t just tell others that they were in love; it was only said by the married and to be married.  Maria deals with her brother getting in the thick of things.  When her uncle found out that a voter against the rights was abducted, he took Toby into his home, and put him in the cellar along with other boys that he had caught before the book started.  She deals with this by talking to the people on the rights side and they break into the house and capture Toby back.  She came on the mission, but I would not have.  I would have been scared out of my wits.  Maria wasn’t.  This does show again that she is brave.  A reason she is strong is that she saw the poor treatment he was receiving from his own uncle, and she only cared about Toby.   She had spent countless hours with the man who had been doing the horrible things.   Maria and I are alike, but we are yet different.  In the end, all of the conflicts that were brought about her were resolved, (and this may sound kind of cheesy) but they all lived happily ever after.