The Child by Tiger

• Time: Late in October

• Place: Shepperstone neighborhood

• Environment: Snow

• Atmosphere: Scary

• Tragedy: Because Dick Prosser have many change in his life.

• Exposition: Dick Prosser was respected for his talents and precision on his way of life. The children were intrigued by this new personality.

• Rising action: Randy Shepperstone and Spangler entered Dick's Aparment and found out he had a rifle. Dick told them to keep the secret. Because it was a surprise for Christmas Day.

• Climax: At 1:00 p.m. on Sunday. There was a signal to alert that something bad is going to happen to Dick Prosser. They said that he had gone crazy.

• Falling Action: The people decide to go after him going on and search him for clues and trails to find Dick.

• Resolution: They pound him using all his bullet. Dick did'not miss a shot, They round up around hi and discharged their guns into him. He feel forward in the snow, riddled with bullets. The men dismounted, turned him over on his back, and all the other men come in and riddled him. They took his lifeless body, put a rope in his neck and hung him to a tree. Then the mob exhausted all their ammunition on the riddled carcass.

4. Characters ( Main and secound)

Main Characters

• Randy Shepperston's: Like to play football, Son of Mr. Shepperton's.

• Nebraska Crane: Like to play football, saw Dick's rifle.

• Dick Prosser: Shepperstone new Negro, African, religious man, he was discharged from the army.

• Pansy Harris: He was the cooker of Mr. Shepperstone, he was married with Mr. Harris.

• Spangler: narrator

Secound Characters

• Augustus Potterham: Like to play football.

• Lon Everett: Slaped Dick

• Mr. Shepperstone: Father of Randy, proud of Dick.

• Cash Eager: Sherrif

• Will Hedershot: Mayor at the time.

• John Grady: Lutenent of the police

• John Chapman: Sargeant of the police

5. Style

• Narrative: First Person

6. Sensory Images

• John Chapman heard the shots and ran. - kinesthetic

• Dick Fired. - auditory

• There was a smell of smoke. - smell

• Dick watched him attentively as he gripped the ball. - sight

• Nebraska has just kicked to us. - kinesthetic

• I run back and tried to get it. - kinesthetic

• There was a little cast-iron stove.- sight

• And two white- face nauseated boys went with him. Organic

• Grady came running out around the house. - kinesthetic

7. Figures of the speech

• Every stick he cut seemed to be exactly the same length and shape as every other one. hyperbole

• At any rate, he was as cunning and crafty as a cat. simile

• He was there upon you sometimes like a cat. simile

• Then he was on us like a cat. simile

• Storm shook the houses, the world was numb. hyperbole

• It was all over like a flash. simile

• He hammered at the door; I was already there. hyperbole

• When he came up, I saw that his fine thin face was white as a sheet. simile

• The southwest corner of the square where South Dean Street came into it was like a dog fight. simile

• The whole crowd was writhing angrily now, like a tormented snake. simile

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