Throughout Chapter 6, you can see changes that occur, not only in the characters, but in the habitat and surroundings. Through these questions, it's easier to see the differences between Wherton and France. You can also see from the evidence from the novel how or why a character(s) behaved that way. Will was injured and taken in by the Count and Countess, who took him in kindly. Beanpole and Henry want to leave soon, before they're brought for capping. Will wants to stay behind, causing inner conflict. I hope that this short summary will help you understand my answers to the questions better!
1. How were the Tripods able to control the people?
In Wherton, where Will started the journey, they were capped. Will ran away from all of this, because the cap was what the Tripods used to control the humans so they would provide the The concept isn't as different as the one in France, but there are tiny but significant details that make it different. We know that in Wherton, it marked the beginning of manhood, and occasionally womanhood. They stood in white clothing and the Tripods would take them, before returning them back to a feast and respect. From that day on, they would do a grown man/woman's work and receive a grown man/woman's pay. It was a celebration, but very formal and happy. In France, the Capping was along the same lines but because the Comte and Comtesse and the area where Will, Henry and Beanpole lived was more rich, the ceremony was very extravagant and held twice a year! Already it was different from the ceremony in Wherton because they weren't as rich there and only held it once a year, when the boys and girls reached a certain age. There was a Tournament where knights jousted and held many other games, it lasted for 5 days. At the end of this, they were capped. From Eloise, we can see that the ladies there wore turbans after being capped, and showed their capped heads only after 6 months at a special ball. You can see that it was even more respected there to be capped and that the people there were very happy. They also had more emotion than the villagers of Wherton did.The Tripods of France were more carefree, and allowed emotion, which you can see the Tripods of Wherton didn't allow. Jack shows this as he was very distant from Will which frustrated Will to no end. In France, there wasn't a lot of talk of Vagrants, so I can assume that there weren't any in that region, giving the Tripods there a reason to be carefree.
2. Find evidence (quotations from the novel) to show that even though Will is comfortable living at the castle, he is frustrated that the Comte, Comtesse, and Eloise have been capped.
Will is taken in by the Count, Countess and their daughter Eloise while injured and recovery, through the process of getting to know them, he finds them kind, warmhearted, generous, brave and happy people (Page 122). When he finds out that Eloise is capped, by a friendly but forbidden snatch to the turban on her head- Page 114; he is very upset. You can see that he is surprised because he planned to take her with him to the White Mountains. 'But not Eloise. I had thought her free. I might have even come to the idea----that when we set off once more to the White Mountains, there might not be three of us, but four.'<=Page 116. Then he regrets ever thinking of that and turns from that idea, you see this when he tells himself: 'But now I knew that she belonged, irretrievably, body and soul, to the Enemy.' (Page 116). Will only is frustrated by Eloise's cap, because he began to think more of her than a friend,(quoted on Page 116). He starts to not like them, despite all they did for him and the kindness they offered him- Page 116. He likes the castle but you can see that there is a struggle between freedom and control over his mind and jeweled leather as well as other symbols of high status, that make you respected (Page 121).
3. Find evidence (quotes) to show how Will feels about being capped.
Will doesn't like the idea of being capped, ever since he met Ozymandias and saw what the capping did to Jack, turning him into mindless zombie. You can see that Will doesn't like that idea, he likes the idea of thinking his own thoughts and being able to control that ability. Once he discovered that the kind family of Count, Countess and Eloise are capped, he changes his thoughts about them and thinks of them as minions of the enemy (Page 116). Yet Will is stubborn and still wants Eloise to come with him to the White Mountains. He has sacrificed all he could to avoid capping and would let down so many people like: Ozymandias, Beanpole, Henry, Captain Curtis and all the free men of the White Mountains if he chose to succumb to the Capping (Page 121). Throughout Chapter 6, you can see a slow change in perspective of capping. He starts to think that before capping, there is uncertainty and revulsions, but once capped all the doubts disappear, and it isn't that bad, or a great loss (Page 123). The better he knew the people there, the more he found it harder to think of them as mindless minions of the Tripods because they were different. They were capped, but they still were happy (Page 122). He decides to put and end to this struggle by remaining in France for a few days longer, this decision was made on Pages 127 and 128. Giving him time to think about his situation, as well as time to try and convince Eloise to come with him to the White Mountains. It isn't a lot of time, so he has to hurry before Capping day comes.
I hope this helps give clearer evidence and answers to the questions above,
Thanks!
Cindy
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