Beanpole- How is he going to help??

Beanpole is a very interesting character with a large brain, but behind that there's a pretty sad story. I like Beanpole, he sounds very nice, trustworthy and honest, I don't think he could betray them....but you never know! His parents have died and his aunt and uncle took care of him from then on, without enough affection (or enough affection that he needed) to make him really want to stay or love them back. It was a mutual relationship between Beanpole and his aunt and uncle, he was glad they supplied him with food and a place to stay in, but other than that, there was nothing between them. For example, feelings of love for each other, support when he needed it the most or just to boost up confidence, and more importantly someone who appreciated his knowledge and brain power like Henry and Will did. From what we know, it doesn't seem like they did any of those things, they seemed afraid of his knowledge, like it was too dangerous to know so much. We can't conclude that they weren't kind and loving because we didn't hear their side of the story, but we can always assume. For all we know, they might of tried their best, but Zhanpole/Beanpole didn't cooperate with them. He tells them about his tragic background on pages 70-71. In many ways he's sort of like Henry because he has nothing left for him to really be attached to in that town. Nothing is pulling him back, like friends or family! He has no friends and in that sense I think he's unlucky. That's why he was so ready to leave. Beanpole is similar to Will because he too wants to be free, but for different reason, as he is afraid that his knowledge will be lost if he is capped (Page 71-72)! You can tell that he was very interested by the prospect of a place without capping; you can sort of feel this excitement on Page 69 because he questions and is very skeptical at the idea of a place without Tripods. This is whProxy-Connection: keep-alive
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the author puts question marks instead of exclamation marks, he hadn't fully accepted the idea they were proposing to him. We know he's very smart because he talks about his many inventions and experiments on Pages 71-72 on Chapter 5- The City of The Ancients. He has also tried to use his inventing skills to try and find a place without Tripods and Capping. Though he seems very incredulous at the fact that there is a land without Tripods and Capping and two boys his age know where to go, he is ready to trust them and this shows a very trusting person. Will and Henry might be his first friends and he seems to like having them around.

Beanpole will help a lot on their journey because he knows the land better than any of them, as he had resided there for many years. He would be able to take them where they needed to go and benefit from it as well. He knows the many shortcuts and ways to get there faster such as the Shmand-Fair (Page 72, Pages 75-77) which they rode and saved time while riding it. If Beanpole hadn't been there they would've taken more time than the time they spent on the Shmand-Fair. This is why Henry and Will were so ready to accept them into their group; he had valuable information on the roads and paths that they could take to The White Mountains. Another thing that Beanpole can help in is that he can use his knowledge of the language there because Will and Henry don't know the language there; they can find themselves in many predicaments because they said something in the foreign language. As Captain Curtis said on Page 62, Chapter 4, the inhabitants of that area would pick them up and prepare them for capping because they didn't understand English and what Will and Henry were saying. With Beanpole, he could speak for them and it'd be alright because he knew the language spoken there. He and his knowledge on so many other subjects (like science etc.); can help them to get in or out of situations. His knowledge of English (Page 67 and Page 71), is very useful because they can communicate effectively and efficiently with him. They can also collaborate constructively because they can understand each other and can work together for their common good. I am also very sure that his inventions can help them when they are in need of help and need to do certain tasks that they can't do by themselves. Beanpole is full of many abilities and skills that will help and I'm sure Will and Henry will find a use for every single one of them.

Thanks!!!!!!

Cindy