Literary Research of the Novel 'Jip: His Story'

This essay discusses the friendship between the protagonist Jip and his friend Putnam in the novel 'Jip: His Story' by Katherine Paterson. It explores the story of a twelve-year-old orphan named Jip who works at an underprivileged farmhouse and discovers his true friend. The essay also highlights the portrayal of contemporary American society in the book.

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Title: LITERARY RESEARCH OF THE NOVEL “JIP: HIS STORY”
Jip, His Story is written by American story writer Katherine Paterson in the year
1996. This book sets in Vermont for the period of the 1850s and it emphases on a twelve-
year-old orphan child named as Jip, who is unrestricted as a toddler and misguided for a
drifter because of his skin colour. Jip works at an underprivileged farmhouse where
emotionally ill inhabitants have resided. Jip also realises that he is a child of a part-black
teenager of a fugitive slave (Lofting).
On the other hand, he has demanded the possessions of a slave retaining
farmer. Jip and Putnam Nelson run away together to the Subversive Train track. This essay
will discuss the friendship between the protagonist Jip and his friend Putnam. This essay will
also be highlighting the facts about how a toddler sentenced to a low-income family and how
he found his true friend. In this book, the narrator has portrayed a clear image of the
contemporary society of America.
From the beginning of the story, it can be seen that Deacon Avery of the
Congregational Church along with his wife has found Jip (Avi et al.). The Reverend cannot
keep Jip with them, just because he already has his thirteen children. The narrator frequently
discusses to the inhabitants or the residents of Jip’s city as God-dreading persons, but their
foremost apprehension appears to give protection to the poor and psychologically unpleasant
from flattering a duty liability.
On the other hand, Mr Flint, who supervises the poor, underprivileged farm, achieve
the most appreciation from other families or communities. However, he lives in very poor
and pathetic conditions. Apart from this, Mr and Mrs Lyman take very little care for the
inhabitants of that underprivileged farm, yet they are the wardens of that firm. Even though
his correct/ true state of mind they support Jip and give him the lesion or education by Put.

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Put is an educator, associate, and friend, guidance as well as the father figure for Jip. Jip’s
instructor trashes to let him miss the mark by his teaching or training. She and Luke look
after him and help him to escape towards freedom. Mrs Wilkens is a friend to Jip awaiting for
learning that he is a black. The narrator discusses the conflict of racism along with the
superior mentality of the low-income family who has supported Jip.
Jip is miserable when Mrs Wilkens catches effort and housing in the city. He
oversights Lucy and Toddy, but emphases on his effort and his bond of true friendship with
Put. Once at a workshop, he goes everywhere to see a grown-up adult man, who is the
reflective duplicate of himself, apart from that he's light-skinned. Simultaneously, the adult
man is upright with the menacing outsider who has weird Jip in earlier even though Jip has
no hesitation with the pale man, who is the father of him, his intellects with the threat and
goes to the Stevens family.
The entire story is about Jip, who is a toddler and overwhelmes a wanderer railway
wagon and not one person ever approached him. He resides in a very underprivileged farm
possessed by Mr and Mrs Lyman. The name of his best associate is Sheldon Morse. Sheldon
is nearly thirty years of age. Nevertheless, his cognisance is of a ten years ages child. The
city’s supervisor/Administrator of the Unfortunate, Mr Flint had Jip and Sheldon to construct
a cage designed for the inward lunatic.”
The Wilkenses: Mrs Wilkens, Lucy, and Toddy came to reside by the side of the farmhouse.
Sheldon presented to labour at an excavation which caused to his expire a blast wretched
mouldy to the sentiment of the nugget afterwards. The death of Sheldon carried excessive
unhappiness to Jip.
Jip presented to look after this “lunatic” in an enclosure in the barred enclosure of a
room. Since not a single person in the city ventured to prepare or fix it. At times this

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outrageous termed Put comes from the term Putnam Nelson would misplace his wicked
incantations and be situated as a sensible, descend old man. Jip and Put together have
established a heartfelt friendship. Jip strained his unsurpassed to stay with Put permanently if
it is conceivable subsequently he doesn’t need his associate to be directed to Brattleboro or
any safe house (Van Besouw). He forfeited for Put even throughout the situations he has
certain incantations by which he expresses his nonsense empathy ort feelings, screams out
blasphemies and profanities by the appellation of the Lord. However, Jip discerned that Put
not like his character or not even his age and that he may perhaps not resistor existence in the
situation of “madness” every so often. However, in spite of these, Jip and Put developed the
finest or greatest of Friendship.
Toddy and Put settled a pleasant, generous caring of friendship as well. In their
friendship, once Toddy asks Put to sing a song which is composed by him that is “All is
well.” Lucy, who in the beginning is unfamiliar to Jip, gradually developed a true friendship
with him (Rozak and Dede). They both went to school together, where they encountered with
their pedagogue or Tutor (whom they correspondingly call Tutor). The teacher is very
sympathetic and enduring to Jip, and they recited Oliver Twist which has a particularly
generous connection to Jip. The Teacher had an associate named Mr, Stevens.
Earlier, often at the midnight, an eccentric individual would appear proceeding in the
farm when Jip is unaccompanied. This gloomy character would typically felt him with full of
curiosity, but later o, he revealed it as the dribble. Ignorant is Jip about the enigmatic guy and
his malevolent structures. It had happened toward the end of their school when Wilkenses
had returned to the farm. Jip, coincidentally came across the Quakers’ farmhouse (the place
where Luke Stevens resides). Jip watched Luke who earlier had communicated with him
almost about his actual distinctiveness. He is placed on the purpose of determination on the

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way/ path by his mother with the intention of he would not remain a slave as well (De Wit).
Apart from this, he is not even a wanderer or a drifter, but an African (the white benevolent)
He came to know about his mother as well as the individuals annoying to clasp him.
Therefore, Luke obtained for Jip’s support. He interacted with Jip not to take Put alongside,
but Jip contended. Jip and Put journeyed altogether in the same manner and they may
perhaps not put on the leading position (the Quakers’ farm) for Jip’s abductors had been
presented at first. The Brackett Brothers aided in the imprisonment.
Subsequently, a prolonged period thumping and looking for help from Wilkenses’,
then finally found thatMrs Wilkens deceived him and non the other hand, Lucy stated him
that this woman is an enduring reliable friend (Glasgow). Furthermost, she told Jip again to
get back to the Teacher on behalf of his assistance in distress that her mother would come
round. Jip contributed the one single Penney he ever received to Lucy andToddy using a
reminiscence. On the next step, he is lastly trapped. Put, who strained to release Jip is
reported by slobber with a revolver. In sequence, Put, with his preceding forte murdered the
slobber. Jip is sentenced to the jail, then with the assistance of the Teacher and Luke Stevens,
he ran-away and departed towards the north direction by succeeding the Big Dipper as Put
have supposed whereas static existing and left to reside with the Teacher and Luke’s associate
in Montreal: Reverend Ezekial Freeman.
Established in Vermont (1855-1856), the novel starts directly with a furtive misery.
Jip’s story is convincing, and as per the fact of his earlier initiates to describe, the story
develops crucial and gasping. The setting of the situation is an essential part of this story.
Firstly by giving a background of pastoral America which permits Jip a properly stable,
uncertainty often solid, life. Adjoining the conclusion as per the plot meetings in the direction
of its climax, the reader catches a line of Pre-civil war in Americ, and the Subversive rail path

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also interlaced (George and Andi). The major plot along with the surroundings are
convincing, with the conspiracy instigates the lashing strength and the background existence
the means of transportation that carries the whole story move forward. On the other hand, in
the story, the most important part that is the Friendship between Jip and Put has been
established. Jip is not an entirely convincing personality, his sensitiveness, caring mentality,
empathy, makes him a sympathetic character (McGinty).
This novel is very good for understanding and having full of excellence for literary
elements, such a plot, background, eccentric personality, and theme. This book may perhaps
stimulate to the boys, as the protagonist of the story is a male character. This novel “JIP: HIS
STORY” would mark a suitable read-aloud. The educators or the Teachers can easily use a
straight reading by discerning it an activity where every pupil make their guesses starting
with the prologue, then confirm, adjust, and enhance to their expectations as per the reading
proceeds.

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