The book Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer is a heartfelt book about a young girl exploring her city, and making lots of friends while doing so. Her charming, innocent, and friendly nature makes nearly everyone like her. She makes friends with a fruit seller, a policeman, and even a couple of vagabonds. She puts on a great play, gives presents to everyone, and all while roller skating in roller skates. Every day is a new adventure for her, and she has some experiences that will change her life forever. Roller Skates is a fantastic book about a girl experiencing the hard-found feeling of freedom.
Freedom is rare and valuable, and we should all cherish it. Our freedom is our right to do things as we want to do things. Children shouldn’t be overprotected. We need to take risks sometimes, because it allows children to grow. In Roller Skates, Lucinda has lots of freedom due to her parents going overseas, and she roams the city. Her roller skates are a symbol of her freedom, they show how she can travel the city with ease and without anyone trying to stop her. But lots of people, such as Aunt Emily’s daughters, have very little freedom. Aunt Emily’s daughters were required to act exactly like how Aunt Emily wanted. Lucinda doesn’t conform to Aunt Emily’s stereotypical standards, so Aunt Emily decides to relatively ignore her. We see how Lucinda is a great girl with lots of friends, but Aunt Emily’s daughters have only each other. This shows the importance of freedom and its impact on a growing child. Freedom is good for young people, as it allows them to take things at their own pace and have fun. Freedom is precious because of its huge impact on children. Given freedom, children can see the world from their own perspective.
Friends can be made regardless of class, race, or age. You don’t need to be wealthy to make friends, all you need is to be kind and open. We can find friends anywhere in the world. In Roller Skates, Lucinda made friends with all classes, races and ages. She was friends with a fruit seller her age, a baby girl, a homeless man multiple years older, a cab driver, and more! Lucinda had lots of friends, and she was a selfless girl who liked helping people. Lucinda was in a “higher” class because her family was wealthy, but she didn’t discriminate and kept on making friends with people considered “worse than her”. She was a nice girl who nearly everyone liked. She helped her friends and defended them when they needed it. Friends are always there for each other, and friendships can be built between any kinds of social status.
We should find and accept ourself as we are because that gives us confidence and maturity. Accepting ourself allows us to overcome our negative aspects, and improve our self-esteem. It makes us stronger emotionally. Inside the story, Lucinda was told not to make friends with certain types of people. Lucinda thought this wasn’t fair and kept on making friends with all social classes, not just wealthy ones. This was the right choice since the people who told her not to were very prejudiced, and couldn’t see things from a different viewpoint because they were wealthy. She knew what the right thing was to do, and she knew she wanted to make friends with anyone she wanted to. She didn’t stop just because of someone telling her to; she was brave. Everyone has special qualities that make them unique. Being ourself allows us to work past our failures and improve ourself.
Roller Skates is a great book with multiple wise lessons that are useful throughout life. We shouldn’t overprotect children, we should make friends and don’t discriminate, and we should accept ourself. We shouldn’t overprotect children since that takes away a chance for them to grow. Friends can be made from people in all social classes, ages, and races from American to Italian to wealthy and poor. You only need to be friendly and open to make friends. We should accept ourself for who we are since we are unique, and we shouldn’t change just because someone wants us to. Roller Skates is an intriguing book about a young girl’s inner strength. I highly recommend this book for young readers who want to be inspired.
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