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Tobias MacIvey Character Analysis
Character Analysis- Tobias MacIvey

Tobias MacIvey is the first generation’s main character in A Land Remembered. He is thirty years old and has black hair and a black beard. He moved from Georgia to Florida with his wife Emma and his son Zechariah because of the outbreak of the Civil War.The MacIveys have no money and barely have any food. They eat raccoon meant and poke greens for a long while. They make living in the scrub for a while, but when Tobias leaves for a second time, their house gets burned down, and they lose everything. Tobias wouldn’t let his family give up, so they took anything they had left and moved to Kissimmee. Despite their major loss, Tobias gets the family started up again. He builds them a new house. The Indians give the MacIveys a marshtackie and two dogs for their kindness when they accepted the Indians in their time of need. The marshtackie, named Ishmael, and the two dogs, named Nip and Tuck, help out a lot but protecting the house and helping round up cattle. One day, Nip and Tuck spot something in the woods. It is a man. This man’s name is Skillit. Skillit helps the MacIveys out a lot throughout the rest of the story. He helps them round up cattle and he helps Emma with cleaning. Once they got enough cattle, they went to Punta Rassa, and sold eight hundred cattle for thirteen thousand dollars. Tobias gives Skillit five hundred dollars for his hard work around the house. Overall, Tobias is a bold and caring person.

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