Monday 30 March 2020
Important Events in Captain Nobody
Form 5
Shalom and hi, everyone!
I hope everyone is safe and well
during this Movement Control Order period 😊 Since your teachers can't teach you the novel as
it should be taught, and you will have to answer the novel question in your
English mid-year exam, this is a shortcut we'll have to use to get you up to
speed.
Do read the actual novel, though, so
that you understand the events.
In the Literature section of your
English 2 exercise book, open to a new page and write today's day and date. The
topic/title is Important Events in Captain Nobody. Then, copy the Brief
Synopsis and the five events and their keywords, and be careful not to
make mistakes. Please check once you've finished copying! When you are
done, start memorising ALL of it. Yes, ALL the
events, exactly as I've given here 👇
Brief Synopsis
This story is about Newton (Newt) Newman, who is a quiet,
often-ignored 10-year-old boy who lives with his busy parents and football star
brother, Chris. He loves his family very much and is a responsible and caring
person. On Halloween, Newt’s best friends JJ and Cecil prove their friendship
by helping him make a costume, and he calls himself Captain Nobody. He becomes
a superhero who does many brave things until his town acknowledges him as a
courageous superhero.
1 Newt Prepares Breakfast
Newt Newman prepares breakfast for his family every morning. He
takes over from his mother when he catches her pouring milk into a bowl filled
with strips of raw turkey. He scrambles a platter of eggs and cooks up some
sausages, and makes coffee. He also reminds his mother about things that she
forgets about because she is too busy. Newt also wakes his brother up to get
ready for school.
Keywords: love, care, responsible, family
2 JJ and
Cecil Visit Newt
Newt is worried about his brother Chris, who fell into a
coma as a result of his injuries during the Big Tackle incident of the Big
Game. His friends, JJ and Cecil, come to visit him to cheer him up. They bring
him a CD each as a present. They tell him how Chris’ football teammates took
revenge on Reggie Ratner, who is accused of injuring Chris, by vandalising his
house and car. JJ and Cecil come back later in the evening to take Newt
trick-or-treating with them, but Newt doesn’t have his Halloween costume ready,
and doesn’t feel like celebrating Halloween. JJ and Cecil help him turn Chris’
old clothes into a superhero costume. Newt ends up going out with his friends,
and he calls himself Captain Nobody.
Keywords: friendship, love, loyalty,
care/caring
3 Captain Nobody Climbs a Dumpster
Captain Nobody gets a summons over his walkie-talkie. It was
Cecil, asking Captain Nobody to meet him in an alley. Captain Nobody is
reluctant to go at first, but in the end he goes to meet his sidekick and
friend. He finds Cecil next to a Dumpster. Cecil asks Captain Nobody to climb
the Dumpster to take down a big bass drum that has been left there. Initially,
Captain Nobody hesitates because he is afraid of heights, but then Cecil says
that Captain Nobody is fearless. This gives Captain Nobody the strength to cast
aside his fears. He climbs the Dumpster and retrieves the bass drum for his
friend, Cecil.
Keywords: helpful, courage/bravery,
friendship/love
4 Captain Nobody Rescues Ferocious
the Ferret
Captain Nobody is given Ferocious the Ferret to take care
of. On the way home from school, Ricky Ratner and his friends corner Captain
Nobody, JJ, and Cecil to threaten Newt into telling everyone that his cousin
Reggie was not responsible for causing Chris Newman’s coma. JJ and Cecil try to
defend Newt. They stand protectively beside him when he is surrounded by
Ricky’s friends. When Ricky’s friends try to yank the cage away
from Captain Nobody, the cage door opens and Ferocious manages to escape its
cage. It runs to a busy highway. Captain Nobody runs after the ferret, waving
his arms to make traffic stop. The vehicles stop and a section of the highway
becomes clear, just in time for an airplane to make an emergency landing.
Captain Nobody manages to rescue the ferret and saves the passengers on the
airplane.
Keywords: brave/courageous, responsible,
loyalty/friendship/love
5 Captain Nobody Rescues Reggie
Ratner
Newt happens to see a television showing news that Reggie Ratner
has climbed the Appleton Water Tower and is about to commit suicide. It is said
that Reggie is feeling depressed because everyone blames him for causing Chris
Newman’s coma. Even though he doesn’t want to be Captain Nobody anymore, Newt
knows that he has to rescue Reggie Ratner because he knows Reggie wasn’t the
one who caused Chris’ coma. JJ and Cecil sneak out of school together with Newt,
who quickly put on the Captain Nobody costume once more. At the water tower,
his friends distract the police officer so that Captain Nobody could get to the
ladder leading to the top of the water tower. Captain Nobody is afraid of
heights, but he doesn’t want Reggie to jump off the tower, so he climbs the
rusty ladder until he gets to the roof. There, he learns that Reggie wasn’t
about to jump off. The older boy actually climbed the water tower to spray
graffiti there, but his foot is now stuck in the rotten wood. Captain Nobody
helps to free Reggie’s foot and helps him climb down the water tower. Captain
Nobody, JJ, and Cecil become heroes in the eyes of the town for the daring and
successful rescue.
Keywords: loyalty/friendship, kind/helpful,
bravery/courage, responsibility
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