Book Title: Old Yeller
Author: Fred Gipson
About the author: The author, Fred Gipson, uses extremely
captivating language and great character personalities to grab the reader onto
the book at the start. He starts off with a feeling of hatred between the two
main characters, Travis and Old Yeller, which sets a tone that the story will
be about how the boy, Travis, takes care of the mischievous action of the dog,
Old Yeller. However, once the story moves on, Old Yeller saves Travis from a
dangerous position, turning the tale around, from hatred to a sense of respect
and love for each other. The author uses many words to describe Old Yeller such
as old and yellow, but his appearance does not reflect how loyal he is to his
master. Mr. Gipson uses incidents such as fighting wild boars and other
dangerous incidents to bring out the loyalty of the dog to his master. This
partnership of helping each other continues, until one fine day. The dog is bit
by a wolf who is mad, and for the safety of the family, Travis had to kill Old
Yeller. That was the most controversial decision made by Travis, which was
displayed in a unique and creative manner by Fred Gipson.
Centre of the story: The story is about a dog who strays
into the house of Travis, while his father is away, and is taken in by Travis’
brother. However, Travis hates Old Yeller, the dog, because of his mischievous
actions. One day, Old Yeller saves Travis from danger and this forms a sense of
loyalty and love between the two. They become partners while hunting, doing
chores, and at times, playing around. Read the story and find out the
controversial ending that the book has.
