By S.E. Hinton

Power point by Michael Lapriore

Rumble Fish

The plot takes place in a bad neighborhood, near a river in a south western city.

The Plot

Rusty-James

Motorcycle Boy

Steve

Major Characters

Rusty-James or Rusty is a 14 year old gang leader. His older brother’s name is Motorcycle Boy and he always saves Rusty from danger. Rusty loves to fight, he can take down someone even if they have a knife!

Rusty with his girlfriend.

Rusty-James

Motorcycle Boy is Rusty-James older brother who is color blind and half deaf. Motorcycle Boy is really handsome and no girl can resist him. He is the best pool player in the city and loves beer.

Motorcycle Boy

Steve is Rusty's good friend ever since grammar school. His intelligence causes other kids to pick on him so he trys to get the same bad reputation as Rusty and Motorcycle Boy by hanging around with them. Later he realizes that’s not what he really wants.

Rusty Steve

Steve

Rusty and Steve meet each other on a beach after several years of not seeing each other. Then there’s a flash back to when they were 14 and the story begins.

The Exposition

Rusty-James fights Biff Wilcox and hurts him bad but then, Motorcycle Boy comes and distracts Rusty so Biff gets up and stabs Rusty in the arm. Biff then runs away.

Rising Action

Rusty-James is with Motorcycle Boy when Motorcycle Boy decides to break into a pet store releasing all of the animals. The police come and shoot Motorcycle Boy as he is running with the beta fighting fish towards the river to set them free.

Climax

After the pet store break-in, Rusty-James is caught by the police, he breaks a window in the police car and cuts himself on the glass causing him to go into shock. He goes to the hospital to have his wounds treated.

Falling Action

Rusty-James and Steve are back in the present time again. Neither of them went back to the horrible place where Motorcycle Boy was shot. Steve learned that if you want to get somewhere in life you have to make up your mind and work hard until you make it. Rusty-James still has not decided where he wants his life to go.

Resolution

S.E. Hinton has written four books. She wrote the first one when she was just sixteen years old which was titled “The Outsiders”. The other books are “Tex”, “Taming the Star Runner” and “Rumble Fish”. She won the first Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association. This award is given to authors “whose books have provided young adults with a window through which they can view their world and which will help them to grow and to understand themselves and their role in society.”

S.E. Hinton is married and has one son. They live in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Author Biography

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Power point by Michael Lapriore

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