Book Report of The pupils

The pupils written by Henry James is the emotional story. It describes a tragedy between a premature young boy called Morgan growing up in a fake and dishonorable family and his penniless young tutor called Pemberton，who is the only adult in his life that he can trust. Morgan was a sensitive，precious and sickly boy in eleven years old. He lived in a middle-class family without any love and affection. His parents worshipped status，power and money and only regard Morgan as a tool of comparison in the society. They threw their children to Pemberton，who was a private teacher and didn't receive any money he should have gotten from Morgan’s parents. As time went by，Morgan felt warm from Pemberton，which made him carve for leaving home. However，they failed due to the economic issues. Finally，the story ended with the tragedy of Morgan becoming the victim of the irresponsible parents. After reading this book，I think Henry James not only wanted to tell us the boy’s tragic life，but also wanted to show us the dark society at that time. Since America entered the industrial age，the trend of worshipping money，power and status was filled with the society，which led to plenty of children couldn't grow in a healthy environment with fully concern and love. In my opinion，no parents can regard their kids as a tool to make profits；no parents can duck out of their duty to their children. This novel is like a warning，which remind people of giving their kids the love they deserved and think about carefully how to establish a good relationship with kids.