Shane (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Jack Schaefer
- First Published: 1949
- Type of Plot: Western
- Time of Work: 1889
- Setting: The Wyoming territory
- Principal Characters: Shane, Joe Starrett, Marian Starrett, Robert McPherson (Bob) Starrett, Luke Fletcher, Chris, Stark Wilson, Ernie Wright
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Family or family life, Gender roles, Friendship, Violence, Good and evil, Heroes or heroism, Westerns, Frontier or pioneer life, Guns, Land settlement
- Locales: Wyoming
The Novel
Shane has sixteen chapters falling into three five-chapter parts and an epilogue. In chapter 1, Shane rides into a Wyoming valley and meets the Starretts. In chapter 6, Chris is introduced. In chapter 11, Stark Wilson enters.
Bob Starrett, the narrator, observes Shane riding one summer afternoon into the valley where the Starretts have a farm and small herd of cattle near a town dominated by Luke Fletcher and his rowdy ranch hands. Shane courteously asks for water but is persuaded by Joe Starrett, Bob’s husky father, to share supper prepared by Marian,...
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