Chapter 16: Trouble
He does the best he can to give himself a haircut with a penknife, a small folding pocket knife. On
a whim
, he decides to go to town. When he gets close, he ties up Frightful and continues on. As he passes people, he can feel them staring and soon darts into a convenience store.
Why does Sam run away from home in my side of the mountain?
Sam leaves his home
because he finds his cramped living situation completely unbearable and craves the freedom and adventure provided by living in open nature
and off the land.
Why does Sam go into town my side of the mountain?
But in the sixteenth chapter, called “In Which Trouble Begins,” Sam goes into town on a Sunday.
He may have been subconsciously longing for human contact
. After all, he has only the few wild animal “friends” around him to talk to and interact with on a daily basis. The library is closed.
Who does Sam meet in my side of the mountain?
One day Sam meets
Aaron
, a hiker from New York City who writes songs. Aaron listens to the songs that Sam shares with him, many inspired by nature.
What does Sam make during the winter my side of the mountain?
When his falcon Frightful catches a rabbit for him, Sam finds himself craving
the liver
. He learns later that liver is rich in vitamin C. As long as he eats liver on a regular basis in these winter months, he has no more problems.
What happens in chapter 16 of my side of the mountain?
Chapter 16: We All Learn About Halloween
Sam decides to throw a Halloween party and gathers a pile of food as an invitation for the animals in the forest to join him
. That first evening, nobody comes. The next day, Sam and Frightful go out until dusk. When they return home, they found some nuts taken from the pile.
What does Sam learn about himself while living in the wild?
By challenging himself, Sam would know his own limit. … Sam’s food including fish that he can find in the stream, animals like rabbit that caught together with Frightful, or plants that he can found in Catskill Mountain. Living in the wilderness makes Sam learns many things
in nature about animal and people
.
Who is the antagonist in My Side of the Mountain?
Tamara K. H. Any antagonist in Jean George’s My Side of the Mountain would be considered any character who tries to thwart Sam’s plans to live successfully on his own in the wilderness. One of the characters who tries to thwart him is
the fire warden
.
What do you understand from the story My Side of the Mountain?
My Side of the Mountain is a fascinating fictional chronicle of a year in the wilderness. Interwoven in this story are the themes of
solitude, survival, coming of age, and balance
. Sam Gribley fulfills his dream of living on his own in the woods.
What age should you read My Side of the Mountain?
Have Read Multiple Times
I read this book myself
around the age of 8
and loved it. When my son hit second grade and was reading voraciously, I thought he might enjoy it. We read it the first time together sometimes and with him on his own sometimes and he LOVED it.
What happens at the end of My Side of the Mountain?
At the end of the book,
Sam’s family comes up the mountain to visit him
. He is as happy to see them as they are to see him. And instead of dragging him away from this place that he loves, to go back to city life that he hated and left, his family surprises him by moving up onto the mountain with him.
Why was Bando in the woods?
It turns out that Bando is really
a college English professor who had gotten lost on the mountain
. When he learns what Sam is doing, Bando honors and validates the boy’s self-imposed retreat from the city to the woods by naming him after American author and naturalist Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862).
Who was Bill in My Side of the Mountain?
Bill – the man that helped Sam to learn how to fish and make a fire. Mrs.
Thomas Fiedler
– a 97-year-old woman who forces Sam to help her pick strawberries for her famous jam and betrays Sam by reporting him.
What is the name of the little bird that Sam uses to tell when a storm is coming?
Therefore, Sam utilized
the nuthatch
as his own form of barometer. Although Sam did not have a weather radio, he used the nuthatch to determine when storms were coming and when it was safe to venture outside.
What did Sam write on in my side of the mountain?
When Sam goes from New York to the Catskills Mountains, he brings only a few supplies. Sam brings with him
a penknife, a ball of cord (or string), an ax, flint, steel, and some money (forty dollars)
. This answer can be found in the second chapter of the novel.
What did Sam do so that he would be warm during the winter?
He rigs up a fireplace
, using the clay pot technique that Bando showed him, with clay from the riverbank. He starts his first fire – then sees Frightful collapse. Sam realizes that the living space was being overcome by fumes and did not have enough oxygen. He pokes ventilation holes in the tree.
