Societys Rejects and Barry Hines Kestrel for a Knave Essay -- Barry

Societys Rejects and Barry Hines Kestrel for a KnaveA sparrow hawk for a knave is about a poor troubled Yorkshire lumberman by thename of baton Casper. What he imagines to be out of take place andunbelievable are things we take for granted. He imagines love from hisparents and just normal, all day things like fish and chips forsupper and someone being nice to him. For Billy, that is a dream that allow never become reality.Treated as a failure at school and unhappy at home, Billy discovers anew passion in life when he finds Kes, a sparrow hawk hawk. Billyidentifies with her silent strength and she inspires in him the trustand love that nought else heap. I dont think that Kes gives Billy thepower to instigate and turn around his social life, because shedoesnt. But Kes is extremely close to Billys heart. Kes gives Billya sense of satisfaction and achievement. Kes gives Billy the will tolive another day while other is Billys position would have given upon life bulky ago. Kes is e ffectively Billys best friend and whom hespends well-nigh of his spare time with and would have continues to do so after(prenominal) he left school if event wouldnt have gone the personal manner they haddone.Billy is portrayed as someone who has given up on everything as heknows he wont get a here and now chance, and that hes future is going downthe same route as his older brother Jud. Billy has been made to lookafter himself for most of his life as hes dad has left him and hismum is too busy worrying about herself. Hes had to learn to find waysto find food and that is stealing from anyone, anywhere. For founthe takes a bottle of milk from the milkman, he steals sweets from thelittle depot where he has a job to deliver newspapers. The shop ... ...assroom. This is also a well example forhis punctuation as he uses short sentences, the muss of a turningpage etc. the problem with using so much description is that itleaves the readers having no imagination on the scene or charac ter. Most of the withstand is written as Billys thoughts on things and hedoesnt use speech that much to describe things.This book reflects on many issues that still carry on today but havegot even more serious. It shows how lucky we are to have a family whocare and love us and how important it is not to take it for granted,as there are many children who dont know the savor of being loved.I think Barry Hines used a very good story to bring the message acrosson how people can be made to feel. And that everyone deserves a secondchance and should not be judged on wealth but on the persons moralsand personality.