Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Characters

Jacob Portman

• protagonist
• sixteen years old
• dynamic character
• loner, curious, adventurous, emotional
• ability to see and talk to hollowgasts

emma bloom

• sixteen years old
• dynamic character
• hot-headed, romantic, brave, protective
• ability to produce fire, immune to flames, can produce ores of light
• Jacob's lover

Miss peregrine

• headmistress of peculiar school
• static character
• protective, wise, experienced, secretive
• is a ymbryne [manipulate time, also takes form of a bird (peregrine)]

Setting

Setting

• starts in Florida, USA, present time
• Cairnholm Island, Wales, present time
• Cairnholm Island, Wales, September 3, 1940

Plot and Climax

conflict

• man vs self - Jacob is deeply affected by his grandfather's death and seeks to find the truth
• man vs self - Jacob must choose between staying in present time or staying in 1940 with the peculiars
• man vs man - Jacob has to save Miss Peregrine from Dr. Golan

Introduction

• introduced to Jacob and Grandpa Portman
• Grandpa Portman told Jacob about stories about peculiar children
• Jacob looked up to his grandfather, wanted to be an explorer
• Jacob stopped believing his grandpa as he got older

Inciting incident

• Jacob finds Grandpa Portman killed by a monster with tentacles in his mouth
• his last words were "rosebud"
• family thinks he is crazy, sends him to therapy

Rising action

• Jacob's psychiatrist Dr. Golan suggests he go to the island where his grandfather grew up
• he goes to Cairnholm, Wales and finds the dying school where his grandpa grew up
• finds photos, believes grandfather was telling the truth

Rising action

• meets Emma, chases her through a passage into September 3, 1940. Discovers that she is the ex-girlfriend of his grandfather
• Jacob meets Miss Peregrine who created the time loop to protect peculiars from hollowgasts/monsters
• Jacob and Emma start to fall in love

Climax

• Jacob's psychiatrist who turns out to be a wight (monsters who look like humans) abducts Miss Peregrine
• Jacob and the children hunt down and kill Dr. Golan
• Miss Peregrine is trapped in bird form, thus the time loop collapses

Resolution

• Jacob struggles between choosing to go back to present time or to stay in 1940
• Jacob decides to stay in 1940 and help Emma change Miss Peregrine back to human form
• he bids his father farewell and paddles off on a boat into the unknown

Theme

survival

Narration

narration

• first person, narrated by Jacob Portman
• personal narrator

Reflection

I thoroughly enjoyed "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" because it really captured a sense of suspense and anxiety. I would recommend this novel if you are interested in mystery or horror.