The Captive

• Joyce Hansen

Presented By:

• Joey Housos

• Justin Runner

• David Byers

• Morgan Traeger

Characters

• Kofi-A 12 year old prince of a tribe in Ashanti Kingdom, West Africa.

• Manu- Kofi’s oldest brother. • Mrs.Brown- Helped Kofi try to get home.• Tim- Is a yellow haired boy whose a slave

and friends with Joe and Kofi.• Joe- Joe was Kofi’s first friend while he

was in slavery.

Setting

• -The Captive takes place in Ashanti Kingdom,West Africa, and the ship the Bria.

Key Events

• Kofi got captured.

• Kofi got married to a girl named Ama.

• Kofi got his flute stolen.

• They went to Kumasi for the annual ceremony in honor of the Ashanti Kings of past and present.

• Kofi was the first mate on the Bria ship.

• The man who had Kofi father murdered was Oppong.

Problem

• Kofi was captured by slave traders.

• Kofi has his flute stolen.

• Kofi never saw his home again.

Solution

• 1.The solution is Kofi gets rescued by Tim,Joe, and Mrs.. Brown.

• 2.He asked who the boy was, and he asked for the flute back, and got back.

• 3.He escaped with his friends.

Mood

• The mood was sad because he was captured by white traders and separated from his family and tribe.

Tone

• The tone of the story is serious and sad because Kofi gets captured and he becomes a slave.

Theme

• The theme of The Captive is how hard it was to be a slave.The white people were cruel to the slaves, like they would whip them if they did something wrong.

How we liked the story

• Joey-I thought the story was boring because it didn’t really tell good information.

• David-I thought the story wasn’t that good because it was boring.

• Morgan- I thought the story was boring because it didn’t catch my interest.

• Justin-I thought it was boring because it didn’t have any action.

Conclusion

• Kofi and and his friends became free and joined the family of Captain Cuff at Westport,Massachusetts in 1970.

What type of story this was

• The Captive was a fiction story. It was an adventure book.

Review

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