Elizabeth George Speare’s The Witch of Blackbird Pond shows the maturation process of a young girl from Barbados. Kit’s life in Barbados is shattered when her grandfather dies. As a result of his death, Kit is forced to leave the island and her carefree lifestyle. She travels to Connecticut to find her only living relatives. Once she reaches Connecticut her persona evolves from an island girl, to hard worker, and finally to wife. …showed first 75 words of 625 total…

…showed last 75 words of 625 total…tries to find peace in a brave new world. When she is disappointed in what she finds she is forced to mature and live by the rules. As a result of her culture shock, the reader is able to witness Kit Tyler evolve from a carefree girl into a mature young woman. She starts off as a naïve young island girl, then turns around to be a hard worker, and then into a wife.