Split Cherry Tree (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Jesse Stuart
- First Published: 1939
- Type of Plot: Coming of age
- Time of Work: The 1930's
- Setting: Rural Kentucky
- Principal Characters: Dave Sexton, Luster (Pa) Sexton, Professor Herbert
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Parents and children, Education or educators, Rural or country life, Fathers
- Locales: Kentucky
The Story
The title of the story identifies the incident that animates the action of this masterful piece of short fiction. Dave Sexton, together with five of his classmates, climbs a neighbor's cherry tree to capture a lizard while on a field trip with his high school biology class. The tree is broken and the six boys must pay for the damage. Unfortunately, Dave Sexton is unable to come up with his dollar. The principal, Professor Herbert, contributes the money for Dave but makes him stay after school to work off the debt. It is at this point that the story begins.
Dave...
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