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F
is for Friction
The friction in this story involves a
character against nature. The characters in this case are Grandma and Dewey. The
part of nature that fights them is Trouble River. See the Organization section
below to see other parts of nature that fight them.
I
is for Ideal
The main
moral of this story is that, to survive, it may
be necessary to band together with anyone you
find around you. Another moral is to respect
your elders. A third moral is that in order to
survive, you are partly at the mercy of Mother
Nature
C
is for Characters
The main
characters are Dewey, Grandma, and Charlie.
Dewey: He is defiant and creative, and builder
of the raft on the cover, also the main
character. I identify with him the most.
Grandma: another main character, she is
levelheaded, strict, and somewhat of a neat
freak. She and Dewey must get along to survive.
Charlie: Dewey’s dog, he knocks over the
Indian in the beginning of the book and comes
with Dewey and Grandma.
T
is for Title
The title
is named after the river in the book, Trouble
River. The river is trouble because it has
quicksand, rapids, and slow moving currents.
I
is for Imitate
The style
of writing in this book is fast-paced with high
amounts of description in certain areas. Here is
a sample: When they were back on the raft, and
grandma in her chair again, Dewey poled the raft
around the mud bank and into the mainstream of
the river.
O
is for Organization
The
organization of this book is a third-person view
following the adventures of Dewey and Grandma as
they transverse Trouble River and overcome
multiple obstacles. These obstacles include
Indians, rapids, and wolves. The book was very
well organized.
N
is for New or Novel
The thing
that makes this book new is that it is a
survival story set in the early 1800’s, and it
involves a boy and his old grandmother, rather
than a boy and his father, or a boy and a girl.
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