He asks Johnny to bring the cup to him that night. Lyte, but the merchant is dismissive toward the boy until Johnny mentions the silver cup with the Lyte crest. However, Johnny’s feelings of isolation and desolation return when Isannah, the youngest of the Lapham girls, says cruel things about his injured hand.

During his search, he meets Rab, a printer’s apprentice who comforts him by listening to his story. No longer able to pursue his dream of becoming a master silversmith, Johnny looks for a new job that he can perform even with his injured hand. Dove deliberately gives Johnny a cracked crucible, and Johnny burns his right hand. Lapham, Johnny defies his master’s wishes by working on the basin on a Sunday. After a wealthy client orders a sugar basin from Mr. Johnny is excessively proud of his smithing skills and bullies his fellow apprentices, Dove and Dusty. Although he is training for a craft, Johnny is related to a family of wealthy merchants called the Lytes, which he proves to Cilla by showing her a silver cup with the Lyte crest. Lapham has four granddaughters, and he wants Johnny to marry Cilla, the second youngest, and inherit the family business. Content Warning: The novel contains mentions of wartime violence, slavery, racism, ableism, brief offensive language, and the stereotypical and harmful impersonation of Indigenous people.įourteen-year-old Johnny Tremain is an apprentice silversmith living in Boston and training under Mr.

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