The Big Effect

Authors Note: In this piece of writing, I will be telling the climax of the story “War Comes to Willy Freeman”, telling what caused the climax, and explain the consequences that were faced of the climax.

In “War comes to Willy Freeman”, Willy’s father was killed right before her eyes by a British soldier and her mother was captured by the British. When Willy’s Pa asked her to go with him to help him while fighting in the war, she went with him, which was the climax of the story. She left her Ma behind, believing that her daughter was going to die.

Leading up to the climax, Willy and her mother were working at home like any typical day, but suddenly they had a visitor at the door. Willy’s Pa had demanded her to come with him to where the war had been held. Since women could not argue with the father’s orders, Willy had to leave her mother behind at home. The father had caused the climax of the story because otherwise Willy’s Ma would most likely have not been taken.

Since Willy’s Ma had been captured, Willy had the mindset to find her. Her father was dead and she was scared to be anywhere else other than with her mother. A lady in town had told her that the British had taken them to New York, so she started her journey off to New York on her dad’s boat, or what she called it “the jolly boat”. The obstacles she went through were her consequences of the decision she made by leaving her mom. As she was sailing through the deep ocean, a boat filled with American soldiers captured her. They were going to let Willy stay on the boat until they figured out what they decided to do with her. If she had never gone with her Pa, none of what she went through would have happened, most importantly; her Ma wouldn’t have been taken away from her.