Summary:
Provides a character sketch of Marcus Savage from the book The Learning Tree. Discusses how it is quite possible for someone to do something outrageous, without revealing his or her reasons for doing so. Summarizes the story and provides documenting quotes.
The human mind is complex and has many layers that are unknown, even to the mind itself. You cannot completely understand the way a person thinks by their actions and reactions to situations. It is quite possible for someone to do something outrageous, without revealing his or her reasons for doing so. I believe that this is what Marcus, a character from the novel The Learning Tree, has done.
The novel introduces Marcus as a rough boy known for fighting and stealing that many considered savage. He was sent to a boy's reformatory after stealing peaches from a man's farm, and then beating the farmer when he was caught. While at the reformatory, Marcus hit the guard with a shovel, and tried to run away. Although Marcus tried to kill two men, and often got into.....
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