Question number ONE

Geoffrey Trease in his novel “Cue for Treason” examines a boy named Peter that is forced to become heroic and brave to save Queen Elizabeth. However, before he becomes he runs away and hides because he threw a rock at Sir Phillip, who is a cruel knight that controls the Law too. Indeed Peter was a coward but there must be a reason that Geoffrey Trease chose him as the main character. The reason is that even though Peter runs away, he comes back later with more knowledge and strength to face his problem. Therefore, through the use of Peter, Geoffrey Trease suggests that hiding from one’s problems, examining solutions to fix it, then facing it is the best way to overcome difficult times.

In the first couple of chapters, Peter gets himself into a heap of trouble. That trouble is sparked when Sir Phillips arrives with his horsemen to the wall oh his family’s land. Peter decides to throw a rock at Sir Phillip; however the rock did not hit its target. He thinks quickly and runs away, knowing that Sir Phillip, his men, and the Law are after him. However, Peter is the protagonist in the story and usually, in novels, the protagonist overcomes the problem without the need to run away. Geoffrey Trease uses his message as the explanation of this confusion.

The oddity of using a protagonist that runs’ away not facing their own problems is explained when the reader examines the author’s theme. Geoffrey Trease is illustrating throughout the book that even though one may hide from their fears and problems, they must face them with greater knowledge on the problem and fix it. His message explains the necessity for Peter to run away because from running away, he has found refuge from Sir Phillip and can find ways to solve that problem; in this case, stopping a conspiracy. In the conclusion of the story, Peter comes back with help from the Secret Service to put an end to Sir Phillip and hid company. Thus, either hiding from your troubles or facing them is not used in Cue for Treason because both of them took place.

Geoffrey Trease's message also coincides with real life incidents from my life. For instance, the time I went to a paintball shooting war once and I had to retreat because there were too many other kids from the other team overwhelming our position. However, we retreated and went on the opposite side of them and gathered more people to rally against them and we won. Hence Geoffrey's message to the reader reflects to many life incidents.