Bramblestar's Storm

Bramblestar's Storm

1. Tense

   • The story is written in the past
     • 'We knew the lake was rising, so when it reached our new dens we left and kept going until the water stopped chasing us'
   • It has some flashbacks
     • 'Both apprentices were looking dismayed. Daisy helped raise them when they were in the nursery, Bramblestar recalled'

2. Themes

   • Friendship
   • Sadness
   • Leadership
   • Love

3. Author

   • Erin Hunter
     • Group of writers
       • Writers from that group that have written it are Cherith Baldry and Dan Jolley
         • Cherith
           • Studied on Manchester University
           • Was married to Peter Baldry
           • Has two sons named Will and Adam
           • Including this book she has written 39 books in total
           • She conceived the name of the main charcater from the name of one of her two cats: Bramble
         • Dan
           • Began his writing careeer in the early ninities
           • Now he his a writer for videogames from activision and Ubisoft
           • Including this he has written 51 books in total

4. Main characters

   • protagonist
     • Bramblestar
       • Clanleader of The Thunderclan
       • compassionate
       • nice
       • worried
   • Antagonist
     • Not so much present in the whole story
     • Threre are more antagonists like Windclan or the badgers in the forest

5. Point of view

   • third person
     • 'Bramblestar opened his jaws to reply, but before he could speak, the she-cat continued in a rush'

6. Symbols

   • Metaphors
     • 'And you're no havier than a good-sized squirrel!'
   • Simile
     • 'Long strands of grass drifted on top of the water, like weeds in a stream'