In the book The Unnameables by Ellen Booraem, Medford Runyuin is on an island. On the island there is a very strict society. Medford wasn't born on the island. The main rule on the island is that everything must have a purpose. If it has a purpose it has a name. If it doesn't have a purposemit does not have a name. Everyone is named after what they do. For example, if you were a weaver then your name would be Weaver. If you made something that didn't have a use, then you would be banished and brought to the mainland. The problem is that Medford doesn't want to follow the rules and be like everyone else. He let his mind go wild and carve whatever he wanted. One day a goatman appeared in front of his house one day. He could call the wind but couldn't control it. The peopel found out that Medford had created these useless objects and had a trial to banish Medford. The way the conflict was resolved was that almost everyone on the island had something useless or unnameable. The council decided to allow these useless objects on the island. They decided to name them runyuins.
One theme to this book is that it's okay to be different. I think that the theme was showed when Meedford didn't have a meaningful last name like everyone else. Another theme was let your imagination flow. Medford let his imagination flow into carving. He carved things like seagulls, fancy bowls, and anything he had on his mind. The last theme that I saw was to ignore what others think about you. In the beginning of the story, kids made fun of him and called him names for being different. Medford didn't let this stop him.
The way that this book connected to the real world is that the island was just an island off the coast of the any place in the real world. The island was just an example of what the people thought was a "perfect society." Some of the problems are the same as problems people have today.
One theme to this book is that it's okay to be different. I think that the theme was showed when Meedford didn't have a meaningful last name like everyone else. Another theme was let your imagination flow. Medford let his imagination flow into carving. He carved things like seagulls, fancy bowls, and anything he had on his mind. The last theme that I saw was to ignore what others think about you. In the beginning of the story, kids made fun of him and called him names for being different. Medford didn't let this stop him.
The way that this book connected to the real world is that the island was just an island off the coast of the any place in the real world. The island was just an example of what the people thought was a "perfect society." Some of the problems are the same as problems people have today.
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