1) The book follows Jack and Ethan, two 12-year-old boys from different backgrounds who are forced to go on a hike together in Zion National Park.
2) During the hike, a flash flood hits and Mr. Landon is swept away, leaving Jack injured and Ethan to save them.
3) Ethan manages to get them to safety and saves Jack's life, changing Jack's view of Ethan and allowing them to become friends.
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A Good Man is Hard to Find
by Flannery O'Connor
From: Flannery O'Connor: Collected Works the Library of America
Flannery O'Connor 1925-1964
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
(c)1953, 1954
p137
THE GRANDMOTHER didn't want to go to Florida. She wanted to visit some of her connections in east Tennessee and she was seizing at every chance to change Bailey's mind. Bailey was the son she lived with, her only boy. He was sitting on the edge of his chair at the table, bent over the orange sports section of the Journal. "Now look here, Bailey," she said, "see here, read this," and she stood with one hand on her thin hip and the other rattling the newspaper at his bald head. "Here this fellow that calls himself The Misfit is aloose from the Federal Pen and headed toward Florida and you read here what it says he did to these people. Just you read it. I wouldn't take my children in any direction with a criminal like that aloose in it. I couldn't answer to my conscience if I did."
Bailey didn't look up from his reading so she wheeled around then and faced the children's mother, a young woman in slacks, whose face was as broad and innocent as a cabbage and was tied around with a green head-kerchief that had two points on the top like rabbit's ears. She was sitting on the sofa, feeding the baby his apricots out of a jar. "The children have been to Florida before," the old lady said. "You all ought to take them somewhere else for a change so they would see different parts of the world and be broad. They never have been to east Tennessee."
The children's mother didn't seem to hear her but the eight-year-old boy, John Wesley, a stocky child with glasses, said, "If you don't want to go to Florida, why dontcha stay at home?" He and the little girl, June Star, were reading the funny papers on the floor.
"She wouldn't stay at home to be queen for a day," June Star said without raising her yellow head.
"Yes and what would you do if this fellow, The Misfit, caught you?" the grandmother asked.
"I'd smack his face," John Wesley said.
"She wouldn't stay at home for a million bucks," June Star said. "Afraid she'd miss something. She has to go everywhere we go."
138 A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND
"All right, Miss," the grandmother said. "Just remember that the next time you want me to curl your hair."
June Star said her hair was naturally curly.
The next morning the grandmother was the first one in the car, ready to go. She had her big black valise that looked like the head of a hippopotamus in one corner, and underneath it she was hiding a basket with Pitty Sing, the cat, in it. She didn't intend for the cat to be left alone in the house for three days because he would miss her too much and she was afraid he might brush against one of the gas burners and accidentally asphyxiate himself. Her son, Bailey, didn't like to arrive at a motel with a cat.
She sat in the middle of the back seat with John Wesley and June Star on either side of her. Bailey and the children's .
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THE grandmother didn’t want to go to Florida. She wanted to visit some of her
connections in east Tennessee and she was seizing at every chance to change Bailey’s
mind. Bailey was the son she lived with, her only boy. He was sitting on the edge of his
chair at the table, bent over the orange sports section of the Journal. “Now look here,
Bailey,” she said, “see here, read this,” and she stood with one hand on her thin hip
and the other rattling the newspaper at his bald head. “Here this fellow that calls
himself The Misfit is aloose from the Federal Pen and headed toward Florida and you
read here what it says he did to these people. Just you read it. I wouldn’t take my
children in any direction with a criminal like that aloose in it. I couldn’t answer to my
conscience if I did.”
Bailey didn’t look up from his reading so she wheeled around then and faced the
children’s mother, a young woman in slacks, whose face was as broad and innocent as
a cabbage and was tied around with a green head-kerchief that had two points on the
top like rabbit’s ears. She was sitting on the sofa, feeding the baby his apricots out of a
jar. “The children have been to Florida before,” the old lady said. “You all ought to take
them somewhere else for a change so they would see different parts of the world and
be broad. They never have been to east Tennessee.”
The children’s mother didn’t seem to hear her but the eight-year-old boy, John
Wesley, a stocky child with glasses, said, “If you don’t want to go to Florida, why
dontcha stay at home?” He and the little girl, June Star, were reading the funny papers
on the floor.
“She wouldn’t stay at home to be queen for a day,” June Star said without raising
her yellow head.
“Yes and what would you do if this fellow, The Misfit, caught you?” the
grandmother asked.
“I’d smack his face,” John Wesley said.
“She wouldn’t stay at home for a million bucks,” June Star said. “Afraid she’d miss
something. She has to go everywhere we go.”
“All right, Miss,” the grandmother said. “Just remember that the next time you
want me to curl your hair.”
June Star said her hair was naturally curly.
The next morning the grandmother was the first one in the car, ready to go. She
had her big black valise that looked like the head of a hippopotamus in one corner,
and underneath it she was hiding a basket with Pitty Sing, the cat, in it. She didn’t
intend for the cat to be left alone in the house for three days because he would miss
her too much and she was afraid he might brush against one of the gas burners and
accidentally asphyxiate himself. Her son, Bailey, didn’t like to arrive at a motel with a
cat.
She sat in the middle of the back seat with John Wesley and June Star on either
side of her. Bailey and the children’s moth ...
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A good man is hard to find
(The Avon Book of Modern Writing, 1953)
THE grandmother didn’t want to go to Florida. She wanted to visit some of her
connections in east Tennessee and she was seizing at every chance to change Bailey’s
mind. Bailey was the son she lived with, her only boy. He was sitting on the edge of his
chair at the table, bent over the orange sports section of the Journal. “Now look here,
Bailey,” she said, “see here, read this,” and she stood with one hand on her thin hip
and the other rattling the newspaper at his bald head. “Here this fellow that calls
himself The Misfit is aloose from the Federal Pen and headed toward Florida and you
read here what it says he did to these people. Just you read it. I wouldn’t take my
children in any direction with a criminal like that aloose in it. I couldn’t answer to my
conscience if I did.”
Bailey didn’t look up from his reading so she wheeled around then and faced the
children’s mother, a young woman in slacks, whose face was as broad and innocent as
a cabbage and was tied around with a green head-kerchief that had two points on the
top like rabbit’s ears. She was sitting on the sofa, feeding the baby his apricots out of a
jar. “The children have been to Florida before,” the old lady said. “You all ought to take
them somewhere else for a change so they would see different parts of the world and
be broad. They never have been to east Tennessee.”
The children’s mother didn’t seem to hear her but the eight-year-old boy, John
Wesley, a stocky child with glasses, said, “If you don’t want to go to Florida, why
dontcha stay at home?” He and the little girl, June Star, were reading the funny papers
on the floor.
“She wouldn’t stay at home to be queen for a day,” June Star said without raising
her yellow head.
“Yes and what would you do if this fellow, The Misfit, caught you?” the
grandmother asked.
“I’d smack his face,” John Wesley said.
“She wouldn’t stay at home for a million bucks,” June Star said. “Afraid she’d miss
something. She has to go everywhere we go.”
“All right, Miss,” the grandmother said. “Just remember that the next time you
want me to curl your hair.”
June Star said her hair was naturally curly.
The next morning the grandmother was the first one in the car, ready to go. She
had her big black valise that looked like the head of a hippopotamus in one corner,
and underneath it she was hiding a basket with Pitty Sing, the cat, in it. She didn’t
intend for the cat to be left alone in the house for three days because he would miss
her too much and she was afraid he might brush against one of the gas burners and
accidentally asphyxiate himself. Her son, Bailey, didn’t like to arrive at a motel with a
cat.
She sat in the middle of the back seat with John Wesley and June Star on either
side of her. Bailey and the children’s moth.
1. Ghost Horses
by: Gloria Skurzynski and Alane Ferguson
The genre of this
book is fiction.
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2. Setting
This present-day story takes place in
Zion National Park in Utah.
Containing 146,551 acres of space, it
was established in 1919. The park is
full of large cliffs made of sandstone
and has deep canyons carved by the
Virgin River.
The tone of “Ghost Horses is mysterious.
3. Main Characters
Ethan
Jack Ethan Ingawanup is a 12 year old Shoshone
Jack Landon is 12 years old with Indian with dark shoulder-length hair. He is
straight, blond hair. He likes horses and also very muscular. He is an orphan. Ethan
loves hiking. Throughout most of the strongly dislikes white men because he
book, he and Ethan do not get along. Jack thinks that white men stole land from the
thinks Ethan is trying to get rid of the Indians. He says, “all of Yellowstone used to
Landons and he says, “look at Ethan, he be Indian land but the government robbed
doesn’t even care if those rocks had hit us.” the Shoshone and paid them around two
cents an acre.”
Ashley Summer
Ashley Landon is 10 years old. She has Summer Ingawanup is 10 years old and has
long, dark hair that she wears in braids. dark hair. She is very quiet. Summer does
Ashley loves horses and likes to dance. She mostly whatever her brother tells her to do
is very outgoing. She feels bad for Ethan and she knows many legends. Summer is an
and Summer and she tries to make Jack orphan. She doesn’t speak much, but she
understand their life. Ashley says “you tells the story of Ghost Horses. It begins like
ought to try, you know. Liking him I mean.” this, “grandmother’s grandmother saw the
big fire on the mountaintop.”
4. Plot
The story starts at a Shoshone powwow. That is where the
Landon family was going to pick up two foster Indian
children, Ethan and Summer. After the powwow, everyone
went to see Sacagawea’s grave. When they got there, they did
the Ghost Dance, which was an Indian dance that Ethan liked.
After the dance, everyone got in the car to go to Zion National
Park. While Mrs. Landon, an animal scientist, was meeting
with park rangers, Mr. Landon and the four kids went on a
hike near the Narrows Canyons. No one was hurt, but Mr.
Landon decided it was time to go back. The next day, Jack was
supposed to hike the Narrows with his father alone. Ethan had
heard Jack talking about him last night and he started a fight.
Mr. Landon told them they had to be nicer to each other and
the only way for that to happen would be if they spent more
time with each other so he invited Ethan to go on their hike to
the Narrows.
5. Plot
Jack tried to protest but Mr. Landon had made up his mind. At
the beginning of the trail, there was a sign warning hikers to
be careful. Mr. Landon tripped on a small hole and Ethan burst
out laughing. He said it was Jack’s fault because he had done
the Ghost Dance. Ethan explained that the dance was
supposed to get rid of white people so it made the rocks fall.
After awhile, Jack thought he heard thunder, but it was a
flash flood! Everyone hurried along looking for a ledge to
escape the flood. Finally, they found one and Mr. Landon lifted
Ethan up, who pulled up Jack. “HERE IT COMES!”, Mr. Landon
shouted. “GET BACK!” He hung on tight but he just couldn’t
hold on. A big log came up and knocked Mr. Landon off the
ledge and hit Jack in the head. Mr. Landon was swept away
with the current. Jack tried to go after him but Ethan told him
not to move.
6. Plot
Ethan attempted to start a fire with a log but it was too wet.
They stayed until the flood ended, then they got off the ledge.
Jack’s injury made him half-unconscious, so Ethan pulled him
along. After about an hour, they finally got back to the
beginning of the trail. The crowd of people waiting for them
cheered. They had made it! Jack heard his mother calling him
and he woke up completely. “Mom?” He said. “I’m right here
honey. So is everyone else.”, Mrs. Landon said. Jack told his
mother about how Ethan had saved him. At the
hospital, everyone told him about what happened when he
was unconscious and about all the things he said and how
none of them made sense. After Ethan saved Jack’s life, Jack
was grateful and they became friends. And they all enjoyed
the rest of their vacation.
7. My Opinion
I liked this book because I like adventures and this book has
things that might occur in an adventure book. For example, in an
adventure book, the characters usually go on a dangerous
journey and they don’t always get along, but after a conflict on
the way, they are forced to work together. I like the part of the
story where they first hear the flood coming and in your mind,
you are thinking “what’s going to happen? Are they all going to
make it?” I think Ghost Horses is a good book for people who like
suspense and hidden elements important to the story. For
example, in Ghost Horses, you find out in the middle of the story
that the Ghost Dance is supposed to get rid of white people, and
at the end, you find out it’s also supposed to bring back dead
Indians.