Peter vs. Poneyboy

Authors Note: I am writing this essay to show the similarities and differences between Peter and Poneyboy

In this essay we will be comparing Poneyboy, the main character from the story of the outsiders. The person we will be comparing him to is Peter Treegate, from the book John Treegate’s musket. They both come from totally different backgrounds. Peter is from 1769 Boston. As for Poneyboy he comes from a broken family and is in a gang. Surprisingly enough they have more in common than you would believe them to have by first thought. The two characters are similar in quite a few ways actually; they have similar personalities that are one of a few similarities they have. They also have some differences between them.
Poneyboy and Peter are completely different characters from completely different backgrounds but they are actually in some ways alike. Such as in the beginning of John Treegate’s Musket Peter is an eleven year old boy under the apprenticeship of Mr. Fielding his dad went to England to negotiate the red coat problem that the city of Boston is having. In the beginning of the book Peter is a pretty small eleven year old kid not looking for any trouble. He has a pretty laid back personality. The main character in the outsiders is Poneyboy. He comes from a background of no family and he is part of a gang. You would not think that these two characters are much alike but the actually are.
Some of the similarities that the two characters have are that they both are pretty innocent in their books. Poneyboy may be in a gang but if anything he certainly does not like to get into fights. As for Peter he is pretty innocent in his way to just trying to be a good kid while his dad is overseas. But one thing the both share is that as their book progresses that they lose their innocence. Peter becomes stronger and tougher and less afraid of the world after running away and ending up with the Maclaren, who teaches Peter everything he know. As for Poneyboy he loses his innocence by ending up in a couple fights that not only get him in trouble but his whole gang.
Poneyboy and Peter are similar in many ways, although at the same time they also have many differences. One of the differences for example between the two characters is that Poneyboy always stays close to his family through the book, staying loyal to his gang. Peter on the other hand gets farther and farther away from his father disconnecting their relationship until the last couple chapters because his father left him to go to England for a while. They have totally different family lives. Additionally both characters are laid back softies. However they also have differences such as their family lives throughout their stories.
I wrote this essay to explain the similarities and differences between Poneyboy and Peter.The Outsiders and John Treegate's Musket are two good books with two characters that showed similarities and differences, hopefully by reading this you will understand the similarities and differences a little bit better.

Cause and Affect Essay

In the story of JohnTreegate’s Musket there are many causes and effects in the story. I am writing this to show that I understand the climax in the story. The main characters name is Peter Treegate. He is eleven years old. His dad is John Treegate. In the story John Treegate left his son to negotiate the problems with the red coats in Boston, he has left his son Peter behind. The story takes place in Boston Massachusetts right around the time of the Boston tea party and the Boston Massacre.
The climax and the cause of the story is where Peter is coming back from doing a job under the apprenticeship of Mr. Fielding. He is on his way back to Mr. Fielding’s house when a boy passes by him and tells him to run. The boy disappears. Peter did run unknowing of whatever he was running from until he is grabbed by the collar of his jacket by a red coat. Apparently the kid who disappeared was throwing snowballs at the red coat. By mistake the red coat mistakes Peter for that kid. The red coat knocks Peter down telling him he’s going to teach him a lesson on respect for authority. Then suddenly a crowed started to form, telling the red coat to let the poor kid go and go bully someone your own size. The distraction of the crowd gave Peter the perfect opportunity to escape. Later that night the infuriated people started a riot on the street and things got out of hand. A couple men got killed and others were brutally injured. That is the affect of this whole incident.
The cause in this story is Peter being accused of throwing snowballs at the red coat. The unfortunate affect of this story is the deaths and brutal injuries of a lot of people during a riot outbreak. Those are an example of the causes and effects in the story of John Treegate’s Musket.

Peter’s Point of View

I am writing this to show the point of view's in the book of John Treegate's Musket.In the story of “John Treegate’s Musket” there are many points of views in the story about quite a few different subjects. Most in which the point of views come from the main character Peter. Peter is the son of John Treegate. His father is going to England so for now Peter is under the apprenticeship to Mr. Tom Fielding. At this time in the book the red coats had invaded Boston and the people are getting really upset about it.
Just a couple chapters in the story Peter is coming back from errand for Mr. Fielding when a boy runs past him and yells at him to run. After that the boy runs out of site. Peter thought that pot wallopers were coming so he takes off until he is grabbed and restrained by a red coat. It had appeared that the boy who was saying run had thrown a snowball with ice at the red coat and he was most certainly not happy. “Snowball the captain, would you? I teach you some respect of authority” After that Peter gets a backhand to the face by the red coat and is on the ground. He tries to get up but the red coat keeps knocking him down. About then is where a crowd starts to gather along and a riot breaks out. Quite a few men died from the incident.
There were a couple different points of view when this happened from a couple different people. As for Peter, this was not his fault; however in other parts of the book he explains why he feels the people dying was his fault. He felt really bad about everything. But he did not do anything he was just at the wrong place at the wrong time.
Then there is the point of view of the redcoats. For all they know the boy who was throwing snowballs at them is Peter. But actually the boy who really was throwing them somewhat framed Peter because he really made it look like it was Peters fault. The redcoat started beating up Peter when the riot started. And to the redcoat he was just trying to teach this kid some respect for authority, even if he got the wrong kid.
When the crowd started forming and they saw what was happening, a riot started to break out. Peter said that he did not do anything wrong, which got the people really mad saying things like… “Pushing our lads around now?” and “Blasted bullies”. But as far as the crowd thought the redcoat was beating Peter up for no specific reason even though he was.
Those are the point of views of the people that were involved in this incident that took the lives of a couple men. To the redcoat he was trying to teach this kid a lesson. To the riot of people the redcoat was beating up this kid for no reason. And lastly to Peter he thinks everything his fault for the deaths of a couple men even though he did not do anything wrong