Boy, Boy's Father, Boy's Mother, Sounder, Younger Siblings
Deputies, Red-faced Jail Man, Prison Farm Guard, Prison Farm Convicts, School Teacher
Person-against-self - an internal conflict of feelings.
Person-against-person - the typical protagonist vs. antagonist scenario.
Person-against-society - the protagonist battles against the larger organizations of society
(or a system of beliefs held by society).
Person-against-nature - the protagonist is threatened by a component of nature.
Analyze themes such as: racism, prejudice, friendship, honesty, loyalty, love and family, injustice.
What is the purpose of singing and biblical storytelling?
Define any symbols (lantern, possum sack, brown-backed book, Sounder & Father crippled and paralyzed.)
Social Science: Sharecroppers, Dialects, Clothing Styles.
Geography: Rural South.
Science: Dogs, Elements of Nature.
Classroom Projects: Art, Writing, Geography, Post Civil War, Civil Rights