Lit+Essay

Old Yeller By: Braden  **In Old Yeller by** //**Fred Gibson**//  **Travis learns more about himself in the relationship with Old Yeller.**  **Protection**  Travis learns to protect the family. In the beginning of the story Travis saved Little Arliss from a bear. Little Arliss was always getting in to trouble so this was not new to Travis. He Learned to be protective because at the beginning Travis's dad told him that he would be gone and Travis would have to take care of the family. Also one other time Travis was very protective of the family was when he killed the roan bull because it had a disease and it could have spread to Mama or Little Arliss.  **Trust**  Travis learned about trust through out the whole book. Some parts in the book were Travis learned trust was when him and Old Yeller were out hunting and Travis was going to kill a hog but Old Yeller wanted to so he tried but the Old Yeller got injured and Travis said to Old Yeller “I Promise I will come back for you.” So Travis ran home as fast as he could and got Mama to come help him. ** Help **   Travis was a big help around the house. He helped hiss mom clean and cook also he would put huge effort into every help he did like go get food and all of that. But even when was sick he still helped but Mama did not want him to because he had a hurt leg and head. So Mama made Little Arliss do it but Travis wasn't happy because he thought Little Arliss would mess every thing up.  ** Even though Old Yeller died Travis still learned more about himself in the relationship with Old Yeller  **