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Growing up my parents raised me to be kind and to respect my elders. For pretty much everyone, this was the case. Will for the book Ranger’s Apprentice by John Flanagan, was raise just like most parents want. He treated people with the respect other people to have for him but some kids still bullied him. Now people push him to the limits and test if he is really kind, respects authority, and if good will overcome evil.

Will was kind to everyone but, some didn’t return the favor. He was bullied by the more experience trainees even thought he did nothing to make them hate him. But he still was nice to them, just like when there were wild boars that had to be killed. These boars are not normal, they are huge and powerful. After slaying the first boar all the knights let down the guard and began to walk away. Little did they know that there was a second boar still behind the bushes. Horus (Will’s bully) jumps into action, while slipping on the morning dew. Now helpless on the ground Will strikes the boar with his puny arrow changing the target from Horus to Will save his life. In doing so Will showed his kindness saving the person who he liked least.

Although teenagers might not have liked Will, but adults did. Because of him respecting there authority Will become the favorite to all that knew him, including his trainer, Halt. Halt trying to test him to his limits made him like Will even more. Like when they were just about to start training, he did everything and anything that Halt said to do. He wouldn’t interrupt him whenever he was speaking and nothing would be said back in return.

Will in one novel was respectful, just like Roger in the short story Thank you ma’ma. Roger, a kind, misguided child is in trouble and stuck inside Mrs. Jones house. With plenty of chances to escape he decided to hang around and see what is going to happen. Will and Roger are both respectful, Will to everyone and Roger to Mrs. Jones like when he asked if she need him to run to the store for her. Also in the end of each novel they are both left with the skills to be kind and respect everyone.