Jacquelyn Howington
Dr. Towles
ENGL 310-001
October 14, 2014
Frindle

Main Characters (with Brief Description) * Nick Allen: the main character of the story. A fifth-grade boy at Lincoln Elementary, who came up with the word “Frindle” to use instead of the word pen with his friends. He gets the entire school to use the word and it becomes a huge epidemic across the globe. * Mrs. Granger: an older lady, whom is Nick’s fifth grade language arts teacher. She has been a teacher for over 35 years and is very stern in her teaching ways. She loves the dictionary and has it on a podium in front of the classroom. When Nick comes up with the word “Frindle” she refuses to use it. We see later though, that she is secretly doing this because she knows that Nick’s word will become very successful. * Bud Lawrence: the towns’ entrepreneur and millionaire. He owns the Dairy Queen and the McDonalds in the town. When he hears of Nick’s word, he wants to make his small idea something larger. Nick agrees to the idea, and Bud makes “Frindle” happen and it explodes across the country.
Setting
* In the 1980’s era in a town called Westfield in New Hampshire. There are some occasional instances in the book where Nick and the others are at Lincoln Elementary School as well as later while Nick is in college.
Plot (Brief Synopsis) * A young fifth grade boy named Nick Allen, comes up with a clever idea to create a new word. His fifth grade language arts teacher has told him that words come about through history when someone uses them enough and they catch on. Nick decides he will come up with the word “Frindle” to use instead of the word pen. Nick gets every student in the school to begin using to word. As the word grows, so do the rumors around town of this new word that Nick has created. Nick as well as over 100 other students were held in detention after