2. Old Yeller By ; Meghann

3. Authors Biography He was born Febuary7,1908. He also had a son. He died August 14,1973,he also graduated in 1926 from Mason High School. He worked for San Angelo Standard-Times. He has a room dedicated to him self in the Mason County library. He was awarded 4 awards for his accomplishments.

4. Settings THE SETTING IS ; where; Texas out in the country. When; the late 1800’s.

5. Characters Mama; she always wore her hair in a bun. Travis; he mostly wore boots a white shirt an pants. Arliss; he went nude mostly an swam in drinking water with that Old Yeller dog. Bud Searcy; he supposedly held people when their papas where away. Lisbeth; she was a small tiny girl that was left to help Mama with any work Mama needed. Papa; Travis an Arliss father,an Mamas husband.

6. Authors purpose The author wrote this book to entertain us with a sad story ‘bout a Yeller dog that they named Old Yeller. He probably wrote this story because this probably happened to him in his young age.

7. Sequence Papa had to leave to go Kansas to do something. Travis had to milk the cows, mark the pigs, an stuff like that. Travis found Old Yeller after he woke up from eating the meat Papa went an got. Travis started throwing rocks at Old Yeller an Arliss said “DON’T THROW ROCKS AT MY DOG!!!!!!’’

8. Sequence Travis didn’t want the dog, but mama said that wasn’t fair that you had a dog when you were his age. Bell died of a snake bite.

9. Sequence Mama told Arliss that he could keep the dog an he named him Old Yeller. The double meaning of Yeller is ; short dingy hair, an He yelled instead of barking.

10. Compare & Contrast The book was different from the movie because Rose was in the movie an Spot was in the book. Travis didn’t shoot the Roan bull Old Yeller had a chewed off ear but in the movie he had a ear, he also he a stub tail, but in the movie he had a full tail.

11. Theme Only shoot a animal that is acting weird an want to start a fight. Don’t worry bout the bad because it will ruin the good things.

12. SUMMARY Just after the civil war, the men of Texas hill country around Salt Licks are headed to the market in Abilene, Kansas, six hundred miles to the north, to sell livestock for much-needed “cash money.’’ The round trip will take months ; during that time, their women and children “ will be left in a wild frontier settlement to make out the best they can.” fourteen-year-old Travis Coates will be’’ the man of the house’’ in his family, charged him with responsibility of keeping up the farm and taking care of his mother and 5 year-old brother, Arliss. Travis feels certain.