Man VS Self

In a Hare In The Elephant’s Trunk written by Jan L. Cotes. We have the main character Jacob who is seven and has to live with the way society wants him to. Some things you need to know before I talk about Jacob vs himself. When the story begins in 1987 he lives with his mother, grandmother and sisters and spends his time playing with his friend, Oscar. He helps his Uncle Daniel care for his cattle, looking after his family’s goats and crops, and engaging in storytelling. He wants to become a champion wrestler, like Uncle Daniel, and become a soldier. In the middle of the night soldiers come and invade Duk Padiet(his home), changing Jacob's life forever. He is a kid, but this just makes him change himself to be a grown up faster than your average everyday seven year old. Jacob faces many struggles trying to be what he wants, but for only being seven  he is really trying to be “the perfect boy”.  His mama tells him he has to go to school with Sissy, because she believes going to school will bring back peace (pg.45). He wants to follow the rules of mama but Jacob also want’s to be who he wants struggling to be himself. Jacob doesn’t really want to go to school to have peace he simply just wants to be a brave soldier and protect his home. When soldiers took over his home he left with Monyroor(older nephew), later they bump into an elder named Matthew and his daughter Louise. During this Jacob fights himself  to avoid not go back and protect his family and people and just keep walking to Ethiopia. When they get there he will see his mama. Jacob only has his blue mama stone, which his mama gave him and his memories. Being 7 is no longer an option for Jacob fighting his instincts to play, goof around and be a child he must act older to save his family, friends and himself.