Essay, Research Paper: April Morning

April Morning

April morning is the chronicle of one day in
the life of a 15 year old boy. His name is Adam
Cooper who is a courageous young man that has a
difficult relationship with his father, Moses.
Moses is a stubborn man who loves to argue about
anything. The father constantly bothers the boy and
hits him. Moses seems to want the boy to grow up to
be a man too early. He also has a hard relationship
with his grandmother who he calls "Granny". The
grandmother acknowledges god but constantly sins.
He likes to get into verbal debates with Granny and
discusses his lack of freedom. He tends to get
along with his mother rather well and connects with
her. He shows his love by giving her things and
helping her.
The story takes place in April 1775 in
Lexington, Massachusetts. One day the word reaches
the residents of the town that the British are
coming through on their way to a colonists'
ammunition dump in Concord. The people have a
meeting and decided to gather their weapons and
meet the British on the town green hoping to
convince them to leave Lexington alone. Moses and
his wife have a terrible fight over this decision.
She wants them to stay out of it and out of harms
way. Some of the people in the town also think that
they should attack them first. Before the men leave
the reverend of the local church speaks to them and
tells them to fear God. He thinks fighting will
only bring death and more destruction.
When the men arrive at the town green, the
British troops aren't in a talking mood. There is
fierce fighting and guns shots echo the land. When
the smoke clears, several men, including Moses,
lies dead. Adam, who had traveled with his father,
finds himself running for his life with only an old
hunting musket. Later he meets up with some
survivors from the town, and nearby towns, and over
the next 24 hours they all get a crash course in
war. Adams manages to fend off his home and kill
several officers, but he force of the British
advance to reach Concord.

By Kelleher