Imagine living in the Revolutionary war with your father killed and your mother going crazy. In the novel Time Enough For Drums by Ann Rinaldi, one of the main characters Jemima Emerson does live with this. Jemima Emerson kept the book interesting with her actions and attitude. Her character changes as she goes through difficulties in her life, mostly due to the Revolutionary war that is taking place in this novel. Throughout the novel I recognized Jemima as a concerned, fearless, and independent person. Jemima Emerson mom is not acting herself when she finally realizes that her husband was killed in their family store because of the newspaper she was writing for, The Pennsylvania Gazette. When the British found this out it was traced to the last name Emerson. When Jemima goes to visit her mother who was currently staying at a neighbor's house, the Moores she notices that her mother was not talking and she was confused when she saw Jemima like she didn't know her or remember her. This concerns Jemima because her mom has always known her so this was shocking. ”I went to see mom once a week at the Moores and that only made me feel worse, for she…show more content… Jemima's town was bombarded with Hessians all over the streets, going in and out of houses. Jemima had left the house, even though her father said not to when father was at the shop and Lucy and her mother were busy because she felt that it was her town and she should not have to be a prisoner in a home. When Jemima had come back it was around suppertime and father was waiting in their hall. Father had yelled at Jemima for leaving the house without permission. Father was angry because Jemima could have been taken and killed by the Hessians. “If you go outside this house again without permission I’ll take a birch rod to you” (Rinaldi, 154). Her father is just expressing how upset he is with her because she disobeyed his word and she could have gotten
