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- When his grandfather is killed in mysterious circumstances, Jacob falls into a deep depression which eventually leads him on a mission to find out more about his grandfather’s unusual life and his own unique abilities.
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Ultimately, Jacob finds a sense of belonging and purpose at the home, and when they’re forced to leave, Jacob decides to go with them rather than returning to his life in Florida. This trajectory illustrates how Jacob has come of age, able to determine his own path and maintain his own idea of family.
Miss Peregrine asks Jacob why it took so long for him to visit them, and Jacob replies that he didn’t know where they were. Miss Peregrine explains that she’s been watching him—she was the bird in his room in the morning.
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Early life
Jacob's parents are Franklin and Maryann Portman. Abraham Portman suspected his grandson was peculiar, and had an ymbryne come visit to confirm it when Jacob was a toddler. Abe played an important role in Jacob's childhood, telling him stories about his past, including stories of hollowgasts and the peculiar children residing in Miss Peregrine's loop. At six, Jacob dreamed of being an explorer, and was encouraged by Abe. Jacob was fascinated by his grandfather's stories as a child, but stoppe...
Jacob Portman is first seen as a young child. He discusses how his grandfathershowed him photos of the peculiar children, but grows up believing these tales were false and figments of his grandfather's imagination. Jacob receives a concerning phone call from his grandfather while working at Smart Aid. Because of the severity of the call Jacob calls his father and tells him about the conversation, which Franklin dismisses. Jacob calls up his friend Ricky Pickeringwho drives him back to his hou...
At the beginning of the Hollow City, Jacob Portman doubts his ability to keep all of the children safe, for he doesn't know how to completely use his peculiarity. As the story progresses, his peculiarity develops the more he uses it. While deciding whether to leave the children and go back to his normal life or not, he is sleepwalking. At the end of his dream, Abraham reveals to him "Don't fight the pain, that's the key.. It's telling you something. Welcome it, let it speak to you. The pain s...
Physical
Jacob is described as a skinny person. Emma has called him handsome, though it could be partially because they were dating at the time.
Personality
Jacob describes himself as "cautious by nature, a planner- someone who likes to know what's around the next corner and the corner after that." After entering the peculiar world, where everything was uncertain and dangerous at the time, he had to become "flexible and sure-footed and brave." The new Jacob is ready for anything, while the old one, which has not been completely erased, wants something to hang on to. The old Jacob tends to put off thinking about things he doesn't want to think about.
Peculiarity
Jacob is meant to be a librarian of the Library of Souls. It is revealed at the end of Chapter 8 and the beginning of Chapter 9 in the first book that, like his grandfather, Jacob has the ability to see hollows, unlike other people, peculiar or not, who could only see their shadows. Jacob later finds that he is able to talk to and control hollows and starts to develop it. Two times after he and many hollows get sleep-dusted, he comes out able to control all of them at once, up to dozens. Asid...
Abraham is Jacob's grandfather, who immigrated from Poland to Wales and then, finally, to America. Growing up, Jacob calls him the most fascinating person he knew, and the two were extremely close.Due to Abe's knowledge of peculiars, he is initially discredited as being senile. It was he who told Jacob stories of the children's home and was very insistent that Jacob believes him, as he was aware of Jacob's peculiarity, he himself sharing the talent. His stories made a six-year-old Jacob want...
At first glance, Emma mistook Jacob for Abraham and grew increasingly angry at the prospect of Abe having grandchildren, since he had once promised such things to her. After Miss Peregrine confirmed his human and genealogical status, she warmed to him, initially regarding him as the bearer of bad news. She befriends him easily, flirting all the while. His feelings for her contributes to why he decided to abandon his normal life for the peculiar world. The two demonstrate easy cooperation when...
After ending his romantic relationship with Emma, Jacob eventually falls in love with and enters another relationship with Noor. She finds it difficult to believe what Jacob and his friends are saying about the peculiar world, and is reluctant to go with them. However, after Jacob takes over from H in rescuing her from Leo Burnham, she takes his hand despite telling him she doesn't trust him. In the process of the ensuing escape from New York, Noor warms up to him. They have a connection over...
His middle name, Magellan, is the surname of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. This reflects Jacob’s early ambition to be an explorer.
Jacob does, and discovers Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children, which is stuck in a time loop on September 3, 1940. There, Jacob starts falling for Emma Bloom, his grandpa's ex-girlfriend, who is sixteen going on ninety, thanks to the time-stopping powers of the time loop.
Confused, Jacob goes to the cairn and arrives at the house, where Miss Peregrine pulls him aside before he sees anyone. She scolds him for talking about the future with the other children, who were very excited about the technology Jacob described the previous day.
When Jacob goes to Emma’s room and tells her what Miss Peregrine has said, Emma says she is coming with Jacob. Jacob thinks this is a bad idea, but Emma insists. She is tired of being...
Summary. Jacob walks through the woods with the invisible boy, Millard, and Emma, who can somehow conjure fire in her hands. They finally reach the children's home, but it is now beautiful instead of broken and abandoned. He sees lots of other children, many of whom he recognizes from all the photographs.
