Archetypes
![Picture](/uploads/1/6/0/9/16096194/6724221.jpg)
Loss of innocence- At the beginning of the novel Luke is an innocent boy that attends school and helps out in the farm. However, after the workers arrive he is gradually is exposed to violence and other things a little boy shouldn't be exposed to. he is exposed to:
- The Sisco vs Hank brawl
- Watching Tally bath at the creak
- Sneaking around with Tally and watching Libby give birth
- Being attracted to the opposite gender, referring to Delilah’s cleavage and Tally
- Watching the dancers at the carnival
- Tally and Cowboy's furtive relationship
- Hank and Cowboy's fight (MURDER)
![Picture](/uploads/1/6/0/9/16096194/3913631.jpg?194)
The initiation- Luke becomes more mature and enters adulthood as the story processes.
- He lies more freely and carelessly by the end of the story whereas, before he was very obedient and innocent
- The hill people have had a massive effect on, through them he exposed to classism and violence
- Tally is constantly pressuring him to participate in activities he should not to be involved in