Newbery Award
Exposition: Prince Horace and Jemmy are the two main characters in the book who live in the palace but run away at the beginning of the book.
Conflict: Prince Horace is a brat that will not do what he is told. When he gets in trouble Jemmy, the whipping boy, gets whipped as a consequence to Prince Horace because the prince is not allowed to be whipped.
Rising Action: Prince Horace is longing for the king’s attention so he decides to run away and wants Jemmy to go with him . Jemmy agrees to it because he is tired of being beaten and wants to go back to his old life of rat-catching on the streets. While Prince Horace and Jemmy are running away, Hold-Your-Nose-Billy and Cutthroat kidnap. Prince Horace and Jemmy escape but are on the run from the two outlaws. While on the run Prince Horace and Jemmy meet two people who help them escape from Hold-Your-Nose-Billy and Cutthroat, a girl who is looking for her bear and a man with a wagon full of potatoes who are on their way to the fair.
Climax: While at the fair Prince Horace overhears a lady talking about what a brat he is and it makes him realize that he does not want to be known for that.
Falling Action: Prince Horace tells the potato man to collect the reward for finding the prince, and Prince Horace and Jemmy return to the palace.
Resolution: The prince explains what happened to the king, and Prince Horace and Jemmy live together in the palace as friends.
Literary Qualities: Two strong literary elements in ths book are the protagonist and the antagonist. The protagonist is the Jemmy throughout the book. Prince Horace is the antagonist throughout most of the book but becomes a protagonist by the end of the book.
Conflict: Prince Horace is a brat that will not do what he is told. When he gets in trouble Jemmy, the whipping boy, gets whipped as a consequence to Prince Horace because the prince is not allowed to be whipped.
Rising Action: Prince Horace is longing for the king’s attention so he decides to run away and wants Jemmy to go with him . Jemmy agrees to it because he is tired of being beaten and wants to go back to his old life of rat-catching on the streets. While Prince Horace and Jemmy are running away, Hold-Your-Nose-Billy and Cutthroat kidnap. Prince Horace and Jemmy escape but are on the run from the two outlaws. While on the run Prince Horace and Jemmy meet two people who help them escape from Hold-Your-Nose-Billy and Cutthroat, a girl who is looking for her bear and a man with a wagon full of potatoes who are on their way to the fair.
Climax: While at the fair Prince Horace overhears a lady talking about what a brat he is and it makes him realize that he does not want to be known for that.
Falling Action: Prince Horace tells the potato man to collect the reward for finding the prince, and Prince Horace and Jemmy return to the palace.
Resolution: The prince explains what happened to the king, and Prince Horace and Jemmy live together in the palace as friends.
Literary Qualities: Two strong literary elements in ths book are the protagonist and the antagonist. The protagonist is the Jemmy throughout the book. Prince Horace is the antagonist throughout most of the book but becomes a protagonist by the end of the book.
Fleischman, S., & Sís, P. (1986). The whipping boy. New York: Greenwillow Books.
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