The Swiss Family Robinson #1

The Swiss Family Robinson

Johann David Wyss

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• 1st sentence: Describe the personality of the main character of your chosen text. 

• The main character of this book is a man (his name isn't mentioned) who is the leader of the Robinson family and is the father of 4 boys. He is very brave, calm, intelligent and caring.

• 2nd sentence: Explain how another character would describe the main character. (Character is _ because)
• His children would describe him as a caring, kind, brave and wise father.

• 3rd sentence: Based on what you know about your main character, what item would he/she place in a time capsule.
• I think that he would place a small piece of wood or any other small detail from the ship that he and his family were on before the shipwreck.

• 4th sentence: What is the significance of the item and your reason for selecting that item?
• I don't know a lot about the main character yet but I know that he thinks that it is better to try to get home then stay on the island where their shipwreck happened. On the day after the shipwreck he already starts working on fixing the ship so that they can go home sooner so I think that the ship seems like the only hope they have to get back home so it is really important to him.

• 5th sentence: How would future generations (100 years later) react to the item in the time capsule? (In your opinion and why)
• I think that the future generations would react to the item by observing it and finding out what time period it was from but they probably wouldn't be sure exactly what it was since it would only be a small detail.