Coram Boy Jamila Gavin

Coram boy by Jamila Gavin Copyright Notice ©1998−2002; ©2002 by Gale. Gale is an picture of The Gale Group, Inc., a division of Thom boy Learning, Inc. Gale and Design® and Thomson Learning are trademarks employ herein under license. ©2007 eNotes.com LLC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this proceeding covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, Web distri onlyion or information storage retrieval systems without the written permission of the publisher. For sleep together copyright information on these eNotes please visit: hypertext transfer protocol://www.enotes.com/coram−boy/copyright Table of Contents Overview 1. About the causality 2. Setting 3. Themes and Characters 4. Literary Qualities 5. Social Sensitivity 6. Topics for Discussion 7. Ideas for Reports and paper 8. Related Titles / Adaptations 9. For Further Reference 10. Copyright 11. Overview Winner of the 2001 Whitbread Award, Coram Boy relates the intertwining stories of Meshak Gardiner and Alexander Ashbrook, two young men of different abilities and backgrounds who even find their fate inextricably linked.

Meshak, the mentally handicapped son of Otis Gardiner, helps his father dispose of unwanted children; generally infants whose mothers count that Mr. Gardiner will transport them to Coram Hospital, a newly−created facility to guard for abandoned children. Able to convince the distraught mothers that their newborns will be well−cared for in exchange for a small fee, Mr. Gardiner subsequently hands the infants over to Meshak, who then buries the children in the woods. Years of inhumation infants and selling older ones into slavery have made Mr. Gardiner rich, but one day he is accused of blackmailing the wealthy mothers of these children. Everyone believes that he was hanged for his crimes and that his son, Meshak, quietly... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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