I SURVIVED THE BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR

• By: Lauren Tarshis
• Jacob Campbell

HATCHET

• At one point in the story both are childish.
• Both become very mature and observant in the end.

SETTING

• 1941
• Hawaii, Pearl Harbor
• Japanese armies attack Pearl Harbor while Danny is in Hawaii

PROTAGONIST:

• Danny

ANTAGONISTS:

• Japanese army

MINOR CHARACTER:MOM

• Caring
• Strict

MINOR CHARACTER:AKI

• Obsessed with airplanes
• Shaky

MAJOR CHARACTER:DANNY

• Likes baseball
• Jumpy

INTERNAL

• Danny's uncles death

EXTERNAL

• The Japanese army attacks Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
• Brian is sad because he has to leave home and go to Hawaii

PLOT

EXPOSITION

• Brian's mom gets a new job and they move to Hawaii

RISING ACTION

• Brian meets a little boy named Aki
• Brian meets one of his dad's old friends
• Brian go's to the docks with a friend to look through a giant ship.

CLIMAX

• The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
• Brian saves Aki from dying at Pearl Harbor.

FALLING ACTION

• Danny's dad's old friend dies at Pearl Harbor
• Danny's mom realizes that she wants to move back home.

RESOLUTION

• Danny and his mom move back home

I SURVIVED