In the novel " Step By Wicked Step", the synopsis for the story is 5 children which is Claudia,Colin,Ralph,Pixie and Robbo and their teacher, Mr. Plumley were on their way to Old Harwick Hall. The the mansion the 5 children found a hidden door which lead them to a old room. In the room , they found a diary called Richard Clayton Harwick_ My story read and weep. They decided to read the story that night as they figured out that their teacher would not let them allow to do so tomorrow. The dairy is about a boy cane from a broken family. After that, all 5 children told their story about their broken family too.
Colin has very sad story compared to others. He was to force to leave his "father". Colin likes his "father" a lot but his mother thinks that he is just a lazy and worthless person as he did not put an effort to find a job. Colin tried to act like he's fine with it but deep down he missed his "father" every night which caused him could not focus during the teacher was teaching in school. He also goes to the ice skating rink everyday as it plays the song that his father always sings for him. The song is called " The Bluebird of Happiness".
Colin changed a lot after his "father" left him. He became a very unhappy and lonely person. Like I mentioned early, he was forced to join a new school when his mother decided to move away without discussing with him. This caused Colin to go through unpleasant experiences like got ignored by the students in his new school as they had their gang of friends. Apart from that, his mother was too busy with her job at the canteen and with her household chores to listen to Colin's problem and frustration.
Other than that, Colin becomes a dreamy boy which causes him to have less focus in class and had bad grades. The root of this problem is because he missed his "father" very much. Every night, he would take out the tobacco tin from his boot which he took from his old house before he left. He would smell it as the scent made him thinks of his father. Also, he would hum their favourite song and stay awake for hours pretending to his "father".
Colin became resourceful because of that incident. His desire to meet his "father" caused him to remember the days he was apart from his "father which was 5 years,8 months and 7 days. Besides that, he secretly writes his "father's" name and old address on the forms at school. He did 3 paper rounds of work to save money so that he can use it to search for his "father" when is older.
As a conclusion, Colin responded negatively after he experienced changes to his surroundings. It took him some time to get back up and find a solution for it. His love and longing for his "father" motivated him to become optimistic,resourceful and patient in his goal which is search for his "father".
Neko :)
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