Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Elements of a WALKABOUT Ch. 1 Prompt #17


The story, the Walkabout, written by James Vance Marshall, takes place in the Australian outback. The main idea of the story is that there is a 13 year old female named Mary, and her 8 year old brother, Peter. Their plane went down in the middle of the australian outback and they are trying to survive in this unknown environment. They meet a native to the land but have trouble communicating with him due to difference in language. They are trying to make it to the city Adelaide where they have an uncle and back to civilization. But in order to do this, they must cross many miles in harsh terrain.

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