By : Nur Amirah Aisyah Bt.

Jefry
Maizatul Umirah Bt. Mat Suruji
Siti Aisyah Bt. Abdul Raafi’u
Nur Asya Suhair Bt. Khairunnaim
• Early morning during the above freezing February air , Richard
,Gus and Pa went to dear hunting .Pa bet Richard was going to
get his first deer on that day. However, Richard deliberately
misfired to avoid killing the beautiful young buck. Gus tried to
encourage his brother to more sociable and scolding him for
missing the shot.

• Gus was active in sports meanwhile Richard loves farming.

After dinner ,Pa and Gus started talk about sports. Richard
went to the kitchen to help his sister Angie who has taking care
of the house after their mother die. Pa and Gus always took it
for granted. Richard explained to Pa that he did not have the
right to kill the animals. Pa confessed that he grieving every
time he shot an animal. In past eye, maybe he was remembering
his wife or his brother ,Roland who was killed in a war in Cuba.
Richard felt satisfied after he shared his feeling with Pa.
• Richard went to his room , and took a piece of paper and pen
and started writing a poem ;

My crayons made it white and brown,

Nature made it shy,
God made it fleet of food,
But Grandpa made it die.

(Page 16)

• After that, he put it in the drawer on top of other poems and he

did not want anyone to know about it.
Setting
• Time : The early morning, February ,War raging 1914.

• Place : Tiny hunting cabin, near the pool in the forest , Prairie, Dining room,
Kitchen.

Themes
• Filial Love : -Richard loves Angie by helping her doing the house chores
like washing the dishes at the kitchen. (Page : 14 )
• Patriotic spirits : -Mr Kilmer joined the war even he is a famous poet
because he hope that he can end the war so the next generation will not
involved with this unnecessary war. (Page : 44 )

Moral values
• We must appreciate the nature by protecting in anyway possible
• We have to accept our family members for who they are
 Courageous Diligent and Helpful
-send card to Hannah and -He always help Pa in the
having fight with Abner and farm and Angie in the kitchen
Harry doing the house chores.
Page : 39 Page: 14

Selfless Loves Animal

-turn down the role after -Could not kill the buck even
Hannah having a chance to do it.

Page : 14 Page : 6

Poetic
-write poems and keep it in
drawer
Page : 17
 Impatient
-cannot wait to join
the army training.
Page : 11

Adventurous
-desperately wants to join the Stubborn
war without discussing with Pa -disobey Pa because he
because he doesn’t like do want to join the war.
farming
-like to go for hunting Page : 12
Page : 11 & 10

Boastful Brotherly
-always tease Richard -asked Richard to fit in
and tell him his with the community so he
awesomeness will not be isolated by
them.
Page : 10
Page : 8
 Secretive
-Pa didn’t told
his children
about his
brother Roland.
Page : 7

Understanding Responsible
-He didnt angry -He took care
and ask Richard of Gus , Angie
the reason why Pa / and Richard
he didn’t kill the alone after her
buck Mr. Knight wife died.
Page : 6 Page : 7

Loving
-He doesn’t let
his son Gus to
join the army
training.
Page : 12
 Angie

Hardworking
-doing all the
house chores by
herself without
complaining
Page : 14

Loving
-continuing her
mother role after her
mother death and
she realising that no
one will taking care
of his family
Page : 14
• Richard Knight is a quiet, sensitive lad of fifteen is out deer
hunting with his father and his elder brother, Gus. He purposely
misfires to avoid killing the beautiful young buck. It is because
he does not like to kill living things. Richard tells his father the
truth-that he purposely misfired, as he cannot bear killing the
beautiful buck. Although his widowed father is disappointed
and pained, he allows Richard of not deer hunting in the future.
In nature, he doesn’t enjoy hunting like the men in his family.
(Page 6 of Dear. Mr Kilmer)