The Year of the Hangman
By Gary Blackwood
Main Conflict
Creighton wants to believe the British are always right, but he gets captured by pirateers and spent time with them so he realized the British aren't' always right.
Characters
Creighton-protagonist
Colonel Gower- Creighton's uncle
Setting
It takes place in the thirteen colonies but the primary setting is New Orleans.
Events
Creighton sees a soldier get whipped
Creighton sees his uncle whipping a soldier and he didn't think it was right. This is one of the first times Creighton starts to disbelieve in the British ways.
Pirates capture the ship Creighton is on
Pirates take over the ship and put Colonel Gower in prison. Creighton told the pirates that he was Gower's servant and that he needed to get his money for his work from Gower. So they let him go in and Gower told him to be a spy for them and learn about the Americans intentions. But something slipped out of Gowers mouth that could mean that Creighton's father wasn't dead. So Creighton tried to make Gower tell him if is father was alive, but he didn't tell him because then he might not be a spy for them. Creighton didn't approve of this strategy and it grew his disbelief in the British.
Ben tells Creighton about what happened to his house in Philadelphia
Creighton asked if he can read a book. Ben said he can then told him why he had so little books. He said he had way more in Philadelphia but he had to leave because the British burned down his home. Creighton didn't believe it but it grew his disbelief in the British.
Creighton frees Colonel Gower and Lieutenant Hale from Prison
Creighton got Gower a pistol and freed him from prison, but when he tries to escape with them Gower says no and that he will send someone back to get Creighton. Creighton stays but doesn't believe that some one is coming back for him this grew his disbelief in the British.
Creighton Joins the Americans
Creighton finds out that his father is alive and in prison. This makes it so that Creighton no longer trusts the British. So him and his father escape and go back to New Orleans and join the American cause.