Setting:
The setting of the novel moved from one place to another. First, the setting
took place in Yorkshire (Borthwick Hall) and now its moved to London (Strand-on-the-
Green). This place affected the character, Emma very much. As Emma moved to new
place her mood changed with that too. She was happy and very well behaved to her step-
father and her mother Harriet. Her feelings and thoughts changed as she starts living in her
new house. As the setting moved, the plot also changed. Emma start loving everything that
she used to hate in Yorkshire. She forgot about her father who didn't treat her well. The
atmosphere also changed as the setting shifted. There were many houses around Emma's
house unlike her old house, which was in the mid of trees and jungle and no house and
community. The new house really affected Emma, now she had friends and she was very
good-humored all the time.
Emma & Marty Bozak
Emma Jonsson IS Göta
Emma as depicted in volume 1 of the mangaShe was praying that she is now out of trouble. Now she was
acting like she doesn't know what really happened in Yorkshire and she doesn't want to
think about the incident in Yorkshire. Now everything was started to go in the right track.
Emma had no complaint about her mother and father, like she used to blame for everything
to her mother in her previous house. The environment of London changed Emma. It made
her mood so pleasant. Emma has an intense feeling of emotions for Timothy, her friend and
she wrote a good-bye letter to him that shows that how much she was attached to him.
Furthermore, There is an example of pathetic fallacy in the book and that is " the weird
therapies of air and sun made me rough in Borthwick hall" said Emma to Timothy in the
letter.
Character:
Emma who is the protagonist of this novel changed and expanded in the end of the
story. She changed after she moved in London. Emma evolved with the people in her
neighborhood. However, Emma learned and discovered many things as she gone through
the novel. She noticed that she had been a very superstitious and mysterious person in
Yorkshire (Borthwick Hall). She was crazy about the mystery. She also learned that how a
woman gave her life up only for her son. The other characters felt good about Emma,
especially her mom Harriet who supported her and took care of her. She knew that Emma
just had a shock from the mystery, So Harriet and his stepfather Simon tried to make her
happy and give all the happiness of the world. Harriet forgive all the mistakes that Emma
did with her mother. I think that Emma is a brave girl that solved the mystery and I also
think that she is gone through a lot of hardship. I can say this because after she moved to
her new house she took a big sigh of relief that shows she had a big burden on her
shoulders and now its gone. I would like to give a piece of advice to the main character
Emma, that she took the mystery very seriously that I don't think that she shouldn't
investigate it a lot. I think she should've ignore the problem and support her mother
because it was only her mother in her life and the way she rejected her in Yorkshire
doesn't seem good to me. She blamed her mother for every single thing. So, what I think is
that she should been a nice girl to her mother.
Theme and Message:
The theme of the novel is "detestation". Emma is the one who uncovers the local
history of the house. In the Yorkshire (Borthwick Hall) that always scare Emma and
disturb her everyday and when Emma shouted for help shows that the theme of the novel is
horror. Another example is that when Emma had a fight with Samuel who was invisible
also made her so scared that every single day in Borthwick Hall was like a hell to her.
Emma has some consternation in her mind. The message of the novel is to inform people
that there is always some story behind something. I think this is the message because first
Emma didn't know anything about the house but slowly she found everything and she
discovered a story about Grey's family. Another reason that I think is that Yorkshire
moors, is a house with a past - A past that threatened Emma's present. I think this is the
theme and message of the novel " The Summer of the Haunting".
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