thebluehelmet

=THE // BLUE // HELMET=

The Blue Helmet reminds the reader that all actions have consequences, and that one must take responsibility. The setting of this book at the first was in Hamilton but for some reasons Lee parent send him to Toronto to live with his aunt Reena. Lee stay in Toronto until the end of the book and it's where most of the novel actions takes place, so it can be the main setting. Lee is the main character of this book. generally he is a violent kid, and he live with one parent because he's mom died of cancer.He has no siblings and also he doesn't see his father to much because his father take a second job to pay his bill.He doesn't have any friend. so you can see how lonely he is. The second main character is Reena. Reena is Lee aunt. she is the owner of a small restaurant in downtown Toronto. She doesn't judge Lee about his past like his parent or other adults. she let him to work in her shop, and also she let him to delivery foods. she is close as mother to him. The third main character is Bruce Cutter. He is a genius man, Before he became mentally unstable. He is a person that Lee delivers foods for him. He soon become Lee best friend. He believes that the world is full of devil and he must hide from it. He is a very peaceful person and opposes violence of any kind. I think the main conflict of my novel is Lee vs society ,an example of this at the start of the book when Lee is arrested while trying to rob a store. This was not the first time when Lee had been caught committing crimes. At this point of this book, he is against the law and society and takes shelter from it with other criminals. This problem is resolved when Lee father send him to Toronto to live with his aunt. when Lee came to Toronto he found a best friend. when he made a friend he started to became less violent.That led him to have a happy family at end.One day as Lee is delivering Cutter's medication and food, he sees many police cars and ambulances outside Cutter's house. As he investigates further, he finds that Cutter has committed suicide for an unknown reason. This leaves Lee feeling depressed and alone in the world again. Lee struggles with the thought that he may have been able to prevent it if he was paying more attention to Cutter's condition. This is when Cutter's lawyers tells Lee about Cutter's wealth and of the fact that he left all of it to Lee, including his house. Now having possession of the house, Lee decides to find out why Cutter committed suicide and finds a secret room filled with papers and documents and journals of Cutter's supposed time in the U.N Peacekeeping Force. He also finds Cutter's blue peacekeeping helmet (hence the name of the book. The documents tell Cutter's story about how he was forced to shoot and kill small children and other people. This, Lee finally discovers, is what drove Cutter insane.That led him to have a happy family at end. The atmosphere  of this book at first Lee was a gang boy and he had lots of problem with his father and he was violent and thug boy but at the end as he grow enough he be able to make peace with his father The atmosphere  of this book at first Lee was a gang boy and he had lots of problem with his father and he was violent and thug boy but at the end as he grow enough he be able to make peace with his father. the author try to say that don't judge about the past of the people always give them another chance. in general i like this book because it shows people don't judge about what the other people did in past always give them another chance.