Call It Courage

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Call It Courage
By Armstrong Sperry
Powerpoint by Alina
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The Main Character
The main character in the story is Mafatu. When
Mafatu was at the age of three, he and his mother
were caught in a storm called a hurricane. His
mother had died because she was saving her
beloved child. She had time to save Mafatu
because once they got onto shore, right before
her terrible death came, she cracked a coconut
open and fed Mafatu the milk inside. Because of
that Mafatu is afraid of the sea.
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Uri the dog

• Uri is Mafatus dog that follows him everywhere
  he goes. Uri is a yellow, skinny dog that gets
  attacked by the great mao tiger-shark. He is a
  lazy dog.

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Tavana Nui

• Tavana Nui is Mafatus father. He is the head
  chief and when he dies, Mafatu will be the head
  chief because he is the son of a father that is a
  head chief. At the beginning of the story, Tavana
  Nui is ashamed of of his son because he is afraid
  of the sea but at the end, Mafatu did all of
  those courageous things that make Tavana Nui be
  proud of Mafatu.

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Kivi

• Kivi is also one of Mafatus friends. Kivi is a
  bird that is called an albatross. Albatrosses are
  really big birds who are about exactly like
  seagulls but bigger. Albatrosses are sea birds
  that fly around the sea with their families
  whether they have one or not.

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Settings
There are four settings in the story, The first
setting is Hikueru which is a very low island
that Mafatu lives on. The second setting is the
dangerous,wave-splashing sea! Where Mafatu sails
our on to find another islandto prove his
courage to everyone else. The third setting is
the high island that Mafatu finds on his journey
to prove his courage. The last setting in the
story is the Smoking Island. The smoking island
is where the eaters-of-men(cannibals) live until
the come to the high island to chase Mafatu. Once
they catch him they will eat him and his soul
with give the eaters-of-men more power.It is best
for Mafatu to just drown in the sea than give the
eaters-of-men more power to live.
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Problems

• The first problem in the story is that Mafatu is
  afraid of the sea. He wouldnt even go out
  fishing with the other kids that live in Hikueru.
  Because Mafatu is afraid of the sea, everyone
  calls him a coward. Only Viri stands up for him.
  He said that he makes good spears.
• 2. The second problem in the story is when
  Mafatu gets ready to leave the high island, he
  hears strange drumming somewhere on the island
  which told him that the eaters-of-man had come.
  Mafatu tries to swim away on his hand-made canoe
  until he sees the eaters-of-men were right on his
  tail! Closer, closer they get until Mafatu could
  see their black skins shining in the suns glare.

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Solutions

• Mafatu then sails out to the sea to find another
  island so he could prove his courage. On the
  island that Mafatu finds, he kills a wild boar,
  he saves his dog, Uri from being eaten by the
  mao (the big tiger-shark) and builds a fine
  canoe. All of those things tell you that Mafatu
  is courageous after all.
• When Mafatu gets chased by the eaters-of-men, he
  almost gets caught but soon, the wind blows a bit
  harder so Mafatu could get away. Its a good
  thing that Mafatu could get away because if he
  got caught the cannibals would bring him back to
  the island and eat him.

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The Summary

• When Mafatu was a little boy, he almost drowned
  in the sea. From that day forward, he was
  terrified of the sea. Now everyone calls him a
  coward because he wouldnt go out fishing with
  them. So Mafatu sails out to find another island
  with only his dog, Uri by his side and just a
  miniature canoe to prove his courage.

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This book will be good for..

• I would recommend this book to everyone who likes
  to read descriptive writing and wants to get an
  example of it. This book is full of descriptive
  writing and in some sentences you might not
  understand the writing because its a bit too
  descriptive. Call It Courage is the most
  descriptive book that I have ever read.

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Acrostic Poem

• Courage is what it took to kill a wild boar.
• Over the dangerous waves Mafatu went.
• Uri is Mafatus skinny, yellow dog.
• Roughly he was chased by the hungry cannibals.
• An albatross is what Kivi is.
• Going away to another island.
• Everyone calls Mafatu a coward.

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Sharks

• Sharks are dangerous, sea creatures with
  humongous teeth, that are used to tear through
  their preys flesh, then gulp it down. Mafatu
  kills the great tiger-shark in the story to save
  his dog, Uri from being killed.

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Best Part In Story

• I thought my favorite part in the story is when
  Mafatu gets chased by the cannibals. That was my
  favorite part because it was really exciting on
  the part where the author described how close the
  cannibals were. Soon the black canoes were so
  close that the boy could see the shine of dark
  bodies, the glint of teeth, and flash of
  ornament.

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Worst part in the story

• I thought that the worst part in the story was
  that Mafatu didnt have any friends and everyone
  called him a coward because that is actually
  really mean to say mean things behind the
  persons back.

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A Different Ending

• This is what I would do to change the ending of
  the story. Once the cannibals start chasing
  Mafatu, they dont quit on trying to catch him,
  they take another way to Hikueru. When they get
  there, they kill all of the people who lived
  there and carry them back to the Smoking Island.
  They desert Hikueru so when Mafatu gets there,
  there will be nothing but water and sand
  everywhere.

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Conclusion

• That is the end of my power point about Call It
  Courage. I gave you all of the information that I
  could about the book and I hope you will read it
  someday. When you do you, you will think the same
  as what I think about the book which is that the
  book is really awesome, descriptive and exciting.