A Land Remembered Character Analysis

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Tobias MacIvey is the head of the MacIvey family. This family started off as being a poor family living in Florida, but then became wealthy and well-known for their real estate. Tobias is a 30 year old man who moves his family to Florida from Georgia before the beginning of the civil war. During his journeys, he becomes friends with Seminole Indians and a slave on the run. He seems to be a very caring and giving man in this book who has a lot of integrity. He relates a lot to the natural world and the environment in many ways. He builds a new house and rounds up cattle which are apart of the environment and takes care of them until he wants to sell them. During the book he becomes apart of the wilderness and he makes it an obligation to preserve it and the cattle. He probably did not even realize what he was doing was preserving the environment and nature. I think that he felt a sense of place more at the new house he built then the old house. When the old house burned down, it was a chance for him to start over and give his family a better life. Since he spent so much time taking care of the cattle and his home in the wilderness, I felt that he really loved it and felt a deep connection to it. This book goes on 3 generations of this family, so it depicts their struggles with the wilderness, so the next generation will know of this family will know of the strength and courage of their family and this will also inspire them to be great just like them. I personally feel that he left a legacy of courage and generosity. I picked this character because I felt he had traits that both I had and some other traits that I want to have. I am a caring and loving person and I felt because of that, I could relate to him.