Beaudy Carbajal / 6 th Period / Ms. Horst. Main Idea Overview - Marlin goes in search of Nemo and...

Beaudy Carbajal / 6th Period / Ms. Horst

Main IdeaOverview- Marlin goes in search of Nemo and has many adventures.

Beginning- Marlin, a clownfish , loses his wife after all their eggs and wife are attacked by a barracuda. Only one egg survives and Marlin is left to raise him on his own. Because of his tragedy he becomes a very over protective father and is in constant fear that something may happen to his only son. When it comes times for his son, Nemo, to leave and go to school his worst fear comes true and Nemo is taken by a diver.

Middle- Nemo is taken and put into a fish tank in a dentist office . Marlin searches for Nemo throughout the ocean with the help of a fish named Dory who forgets things every 2 minutes. Together they have legendary adventures with sharks, jellyfish , turtles and a whale.

End- Nemo gets word that his father is searching for him and devises an escape plan to escape the dentist office and get back to his father. After help from friends Marlin and Nemo are reunited .

Setting Model2003

Summerthe oceanthe dentist office

determinedhappy

sadunderwater

schools of fish

moodenvironment

timeplace

Finding Nemo

CharactersMain Characters:

Nemo

Marlin

Marlin’s son who gets taken by a diver

Nemo’s dad who is determined to find his son

CharactersMinor Characters:

DoryCrush

Gill Bruce

Helps Marlin find Nemo and suffers from short term memory loss

Trapped in a fish tank and helps Nemo get back to the ocean

A vegetarian shark who has a lapse and tries to eat Marlin and Dory

A turtle riding the EAC and helps Marlin to find Sydney

CharactersProtagonist:

Marlin

Nemo

CharactersAntagonist:

The diver

Darla

Theme

Love Conquers Fear

Plot

Rising Action

Exposition

Falling Action

Conflict

Resolution

Climax

*A barracuda attacks Marlin’s wife and his family and all but one egg survives. Marlin has sheltered Nemo for so long and now it is time for him to go to school

*Nemo is taken by the divers!*Marlin encounters the sharks.*Marlin goes through the jellyfish.*Nemo gains the friendship of the aquarium fish.*Nemo attempts to escape the aquarium.

*Nemo is flushed down the toliet*Nemo saves Dory and Marlin learns to trust his son.

*Marlin finally tells his whole joke.*Marlin is no longer over protective of his son.*Nemo is confident and happy.

*Man vs Man (Fish vs Fish) Marlin and Dory try not to be eaten by the Anglerfish

*Marlin and Dory finally reach Sydney and find Nemo is alive*Nemo reaches the ocean.*Nemo rescues the fish trapped in the net