Johnny Tremain
... Johnny may well take his place with Jim Hawkins, Huck Finn, and other young immortals. ... ” -Book Week The exciting novel, Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes is filled with many interesting events. The main character in the story was Jonathan Lyte Tremain, better known as Johnny Tremain. Johnny was a rather slender boy. ... Johnny learned that you must never give up and always try to succeed at everything you do. ... For example, Johnny spilling hot silver on his hand. ... Fourteen-year-old Johnny Tremain was the talented apprentice of Mr. ... Therefore, Johnny was the chief breadwinner of the family. ... Johnny often bullied Dove, who was very lazy. ... Lapham tried to tell Johnny not to intimidate Dove, but it didn’t not help. Johnny was unable to control his temper; therefore Johnny made an enemy out of Dove. ... Lapham was also determined to marry Johnny to her daughter, Cilla. As Johnny rises to become a well-known silversmith, John Hancock placed an order for a stunning basin. That same night Johnny exposed his family history to Cilla. ... Before Johnny’s mother died, she gave him a silver cup with the Lyte’s family’s coat of arms engraved on the bottom, to prove that they are kindred, only if he had lost everything.