In this story there were many main characters. They were Travis, Little Arliss, their mother, and Old Yeller the dog. Old Yeller was a big old yellow dog that was very close to Arliss, and helped him in catching many of the animals. he was also brave, strong, and smart because he saved young Arliss from the mother bear. Old Yeller is the main character and the hero in this story.
Other characters had a magnificent impact in this story. Travis had a job to hunt for food, work for the farm, and guard the family. But different from Travis, Little Arliss was not afraid and young. He had caught many small animals and bugs which is his hobby.
The setting of this story was in Texas hill country at the year of 1867. There dad had left them for earning money for his family. He had made 14 years old Travis to work for the farm, hunt for food, and guard the family.
Little Arliss was a mess every night his mama had to clean his pockets from bugs and insects before he went to bed. He always lied about the things he caught, he would say he caught it but Old Yeller the dog would catch it and bring it to him.
Before Little Arliss had Old Yeller in his side, he had caught small and tiny bugs and animals. But when this Yeller dog appeared they had caught a lot of bigger animals such as cotton tailed rabbits, snakes, and chaparral rabbits. All these animals were caught by the Yeller dog but Little Arliss had lied and said he had caught it. Travis his brother and his mother had knew the dog caught it but they act like it was true. But one day Arliss had found a small