Scat

Scat

Written by:

Carl Hiaasen

Report by:

Austyn Holden

"Scat" takes place in a swamp in the Florida Everglades.

The rising action in "Scat" in when Smoke is leading Mrs. Starch, Nick, Marta, and Twilly through the swamp looking for the mother panther. Smoke has the trail of the panther yells, "Panther" when he sees it. Not a second later gunshots went off.

The climax happens when Mrs. Starch has gotten shot and they still have to find where the panther ran off to after the shots. They are trying to decide how they are going to get Mrs. Starch to a hospital but at the same time get the baby panther to its mom. Twilly and Smoke are the only ones strong enough to carry Mrs. Starch back. Now it's all up to Nick and Marta to get the baby back to its mom

The falling action takes place when Nick has to climb a tree to get to the mother panther. Marta sees someone and threatens to shoot and it scares Nick and he almost falls out of the tree. Luckily his arm gets caught on a branch and he has to use is other arm to pull himself up the tree to the mother panther.

The resolution in "Scat" happens when they get the baby panther to its mom, and Red Diamond Energy gets shut down when the state finds out they are stealing the oil.

The conflict in "Scat" is trying to find Mrs. Starch and getting the baby panther back to its mom.

Mrs. Starch

Mr. Wendell

Metaphor- comparing two things directly by saying one thing "is" another

Idiom- common expression, not to be taken seriously

The protagonist in "Scat" is the biology teacher Mrs. Starch because when Libby loses her inhaler Mrs. Starch goes to search for it since she knows the woods best. She is also a protagonist because she stays with the baby panther to take care of it while Smoke tries to find the mother.

The antagonist in "Scat" is the an oil company called Red Diamond Energy. They use the states' part of the swamp and set fire to it to make the school field trip get canceled so they could drill oil. One other reason they aren't allowed to drill there is because that part of the Everglades is home to a endangered species of panthers.

Protagonist

Compare/Contrast

both teachers

non-caring teacher

strict biology teacher

only teaches one page

they don't care about the students only what they learn

makes sure her class is paying attention and learning

makes the class sing the Pledge of Allegiance

teaches chapters

Figurative Language

Plot

Antagonist

Climax

Resolution

The Way out

You figure out it's the oil company firing all the shots. They are trying to clear the Everglades of the panthers so they could use the space to steal more oil.

Setting

Conflict

PG. 24

Rising Action

Falling Action

Nick says, "I can't deal with it-she's a witch and he's a total moron.

"Sunblock, bug juice, lip balm-it's a jungle out there!"

PG. 12