Write a summary of Flowers for Algernon
It should be about 150 -250 words.
Sample Summary of Ransom of Red Chief
Bill and Sam decide that the best way
to finance their upcoming land swindle is to kidnap the child of a wealthy
citizen and hold him for ransom. The boy
they choose, instead of being the docile, frightened child one would expect, is
a terror who abuses Bill in every way he can think of, all in the name of
fun. The response to their ransom note
is not what they would have wished: instead of paying $1500 to get Johnny back,
the father demands $250 to take the boy off their hands. In desperation, they agree, and end the story
poorer than they began. (105)
Summary outline
1. FFA is a story about (Main Char.)
2. The story is set in ______
(place, time)
3. Describe the main
character so we get a feel for him.
4. What other characters are
part of story?
What
is their relation to main?
5. Break story into 4 or 5
main movements
6. What is the
conflict/tension that keeps you reading?
7. Climax and Resolution
How did the characters change/ learn about
life?
8. In the end…
9. What is the theme (lesson)
of the story?
