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This is my report on Old Yeller
Author: Gipson, Fred
Title of Book: Old Yeller
City of Publication: New York, USA
Publisher, Harper & Row Year
Printed in 1956
Comments: Old Yeller was published 56 years ago. So long ago, my parents were not even born and before Newfoundland and Labrador joined Canada. For all these years it continues to be a wonderful story to read, both my parents had read the same book when they were in school.
Author: Gipson, Fred
Title of Book: Old Yeller
City of Publication: New York, USA
Publisher, Harper & Row Year
Printed in 1956
Comments: Old Yeller was published 56 years ago. So long ago, my parents were not even born and before Newfoundland and Labrador joined Canada. For all these years it continues to be a wonderful story to read, both my parents had read the same book when they were in school.
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Setting
“I remember like yesterday how he strayed in out of nowhere to our log cabin on Birdsong Creek.”
Chapter 1, page 1.
“Abilene was better than six hundred miles north of the Texas hill country we lived in.”
Chapter 1, page 2
Comments: The setting is Salt Lick, Texas. It is called hill country where Travis lives near Birdsong Creek and it is 600 miles south of Abilene, Kansas in the late 1860s.
Chapter 1, page 1.
“Abilene was better than six hundred miles north of the Texas hill country we lived in.”
Chapter 1, page 2
Comments: The setting is Salt Lick, Texas. It is called hill country where Travis lives near Birdsong Creek and it is 600 miles south of Abilene, Kansas in the late 1860s.
Character Development
“Well, when you’re fourteen years old, you can’t afford to mix in a rock fight with your five-year-old brother. You can’t do it, even when you are in the right.” Chapter 3, page27
"'That was rough,' he said. "That was as rough a thing as I ever heard tell of happening to a boy. And I'm mighty proud to learn how my boy stood up to it. You couldn't ask any more of a grown man."' Chapter 16, pg. 156
Comments: Travis grows up and be more like a man,
"'That was rough,' he said. "That was as rough a thing as I ever heard tell of happening to a boy. And I'm mighty proud to learn how my boy stood up to it. You couldn't ask any more of a grown man."' Chapter 16, pg. 156
Comments: Travis grows up and be more like a man,
Main Conflict
"He made me so mad at first that I wanted to kill him. Then, later, when I had to kill him, it was like having to shoot some of my own folks. That's how much I'd come to think of the big yeller dog." Chapter 1, pg. 1
"I knew then that I loved him as much as I did Mama and Papa, maybe in some ways even a little bit more." Chapter 6, pg. 54
"Shoot anything that acts unnatural, and don't fool around about it. It's too late after they've already bitten or scratched you." Chapter 8, pg. 86
Comments: There is a lot of conflict in Old Yeller but the central conflict is Travis’ struggles to keep him and his family safe and alive while his father is away on a cattle drive. Travis has to fight bad storms, wild animals and hydrophobia. He has to kill Old Yeller to avoid hydrophobia.
"I knew then that I loved him as much as I did Mama and Papa, maybe in some ways even a little bit more." Chapter 6, pg. 54
"Shoot anything that acts unnatural, and don't fool around about it. It's too late after they've already bitten or scratched you." Chapter 8, pg. 86
Comments: There is a lot of conflict in Old Yeller but the central conflict is Travis’ struggles to keep him and his family safe and alive while his father is away on a cattle drive. Travis has to fight bad storms, wild animals and hydrophobia. He has to kill Old Yeller to avoid hydrophobia.
Plot Development
"He was a big ugly slick-haired yeller dog. One short ear had been chewed clear off and his tail had been bobbed so close to his rump that there was hardly stub enough left to wag." Chapter 2, pg. 13
"After all that, I guess you can see why I nearly died when a man rode up one day and claimed Old Yeller." Chapter 7, pg. 79
"I reached in and let him lick my hand. 'Yeller,' I said, 'I'll be back. I'm promising that I'll be back."' Chapter 10, pg. 109
"Papa had left me to look after things. But now I was laid up, and here was a girl handling my work about as good as I could. Still, she couldn't get out and mark hogs or kill meat or swing a chopping axe ... " Chapter 13, pg. 129
"After all that, I guess you can see why I nearly died when a man rode up one day and claimed Old Yeller." Chapter 7, pg. 79
"I reached in and let him lick my hand. 'Yeller,' I said, 'I'll be back. I'm promising that I'll be back."' Chapter 10, pg. 109
"Papa had left me to look after things. But now I was laid up, and here was a girl handling my work about as good as I could. Still, she couldn't get out and mark hogs or kill meat or swing a chopping axe ... " Chapter 13, pg. 129
Theme
"Still, they needed money, and they realized that whatever a man does, he's bound to take some risks." Chapter 1, page 2.
"A boy, before he really grows up, is pretty much like a wild animal. He can get the wits scared clear out of him today and by tomorrow have forgotten all about it." Chapter 9, pg. 87
"It was a good thing for us, Son; but it wasn't good for Old Yeller." Chapter 15, pg. 151
Comments: The main theme of Old Yeller is about Travis working so hard and dealing with so many challenges to keep his family alive and safe. This experience helps Travis grow up and be more like a man.
"A boy, before he really grows up, is pretty much like a wild animal. He can get the wits scared clear out of him today and by tomorrow have forgotten all about it." Chapter 9, pg. 87
"It was a good thing for us, Son; but it wasn't good for Old Yeller." Chapter 15, pg. 151
Comments: The main theme of Old Yeller is about Travis working so hard and dealing with so many challenges to keep his family alive and safe. This experience helps Travis grow up and be more like a man.
OLD YELLER PLOT
1. INTRODUCTION/ INCITING INCIDENT:
Papa leaves, Travis is in charge, Old Yeller arrives the next day.
Travis does not want Old Yeller, but later accept him when he saves Arliss.
2. RISING ACTION:
After a lot of adventures with Old Yeller in fighting off a lot of wild animals (bulls, bears),
Old Yeller saves him & Little Arliss;
Travis comes to love Old Yeller
3. CLIMAX/TURNING POINT:
When Old Yeller is fighting the wolf and he gets bit.
Then Travis had to shoot the dog without even knowing if it gets hydrophobia.
4. FALLING ACTION:
Travis very sad after having to shoot Old Yeller; and Papa comes home with a horse for him.
5. RESOLUTION/CONCLUSION:
Travis feels better; all this makes him grow up.
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