Show How Colin's Character Develops Through the Novel - Two Weeks With The Queen is a children's novel by Morris Gleitzman.

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Show How Colin’s Character Develops Through the Novel        23/5/01

“Two Weeks With The Queen” is a children’s novel by Morris Gleitzman. It is about a young boy named Colin who has a brother called Luke who has cancer. He goes to England to find the best doctor in the world and his attitude changes and becomes more mature. The reader can see that Colin’s attitude changes from the beginning to the end.

At the start of the book Colin’s character is very immature as he is jealous as Luke seems to get everything he wants. No-one seems to be paying any attention to Colin and he is feeling mad.

“Colin scowled”.

It is clear that Colin is feeling moody and grumpy and behaving as if Luke gets everything he wants. They show this by clearly saying the word scowled which is a good describing word showing what Colin is feeling in that moment in time. Luke collapses and goes to hospital and Colin is still in a mood. Colin doesn’t realise that it could be serious and is still angry with Luke. Colin started to settle down and realises that he cares for Luke. This is shown by “how dare they.” Colin showing that he cares for his brother and doesn’t want him to die. Colin is told that they can’t cure Luke’s cancer so he is sad but at the same time jealous that Luke is getting all the attention. He has mixed emotions.

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“Luke’s going to die.”

Colin is coming to terms that Luke may die but he does not fully understand.

Colin’s parents think it is best if Colin goes to stay with Auntie Iris and Uncle Bob in England to take his mind off things and to get him out of the way. Colin thinks that by going to England he will find the Queen who will get the best doctor in the world to cure Luke’s cancer but he has to find the Queen and find how to get to Buckingham Palace.

“My…….brother…..Luke….has….got….cancer”.

Colin tried to ...

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