ANZELA KHAN BSS VII G

The  Lost

Gender/Status of  the Characters the lost

Name	Gender	Others
Cam	Girl	Group leader
Tina	Girl	None
Lorn	Girl	None
Emma	Girl	Robert’s sister
Robert	Boy	New Employment
Perdew	Boy	None
Nate	Boy	Steaven   (Real Name)`
Zak	Boy	None
Bando	Boy	None

                

Girls are 4. Boys are 5.

Robert is the real leader because he has all the ability that is to found in a group leader.

The Dark Ground

Notes & Analysis

Event Analysis | Quote Analysis | Character Analysis | Questions to think of

Summary	Analysis
Pg. 1 – 32 Two scenarios are described, taking place in the same ‘dark ground’ where children seem to have been lost. Cam, Zak, etc: large group of people staying near a ravine. Robert:  Was in a plane with family, went to bathroom to brush teeth, weird stuff going on with reflection, and randomly wakes up in a kind of forest, naked and alone. After making arrangements (shelter, food, clothes), realizes that the plane might have crashed. Finds fur blanket sewn by human in his burrow.	¬        It does seem likely that the plane crashed and brought Robert to this place. ¬        The fur blanket was probably sewn by humans who stayed in the place for a longer time than Robert did (not from the same plane crash). -          Zak: disobeying rebel -          Cam: like a leader; dominant; doesn’t like to look weak -          Robert: Smart and adjusting; independent; clever to pick out things for his usage and survival; optimistic ·          “‘Remember…’ he said again. The sound was relentless. Unbearable.” (6) There were some painful memories in the past that were not to be remembered. Something terrifying had once happened, that shouldn’t have been recalled. ·         “The rush of fury took him by surprise, but it was her fault for talking nonsense. It’s just like a photo. What did she mean? A photograph was just an image – flat colors on a piece of shiny paper. There was nothing behind the surface. What they could see through the window was completely different. It was real” (9) Robert had a unique point of view toward the world. He had a different understanding of the real nature around. Why is/are the helper/s trying to hide their identity, while helping him secretly?
Pg. 32 – 55 Cam & the others live in a cavern. Cam notices that fur is missing. Lorn had secretly kept it in Robert’s burrow. Cam and all the others were mad at her. Robert finds a fruit in his burrow. Seems like Lorn’s determined to help him despite her group’s fury and has empathy towards him. Robert almost catches her the next time she comes with a bundle. She runs away leaving it behind when she sees him. She comes again that night to get her bundle back. He catches her and bargains with her to show him her settlement for the bundle.  She takes him to the ravine, where she nervously asks him to be quiet and give her the bundle. She then crosses the ravine through the spanning tree trunk and Robert, in quest of finding the others, follows her. He is slower, and as he crosses the trunk halfway through, a giant bird suddenly attacks him.	¬     The others are probably mad at her because they don’t want to involve another human into their group. Perhaps they don’t have enough supplies for a new person, or there was something special about them that they didn’t want others finding out. ¬     Robert is homesick, would do anything to find other humans around him and to get back home. -          Cam: attentive, in-charge, knowledgeable -          Zak: Imaginative, story-teller, respected -          Bando: Inattentive, foolish -          Lorn: Caring, thoughtful, nimble, fast
Pg. 56 – 67 A gigantic bird attacked him as he lay on the bark. Robert tried to throw himself off, into the ravine, but the bird clawed at his legs, injuring him badly, lifted him into the air and dropped him at a different point. It was heading straight toward his prey, to attack him, when Robert grabbed a stick and started jabbing the bird’s eye with it. The bird screeched and stabbed him back with its beak. Just as the bird’s attention was diverted from Robert, he rolled away dropping deeper and deeper into a cavern. Once he was in the cavern, he headed for the openings far above him. As he got out of the opening, he realized that he was inside a gigantic tree. As he looked across the rift between the leaves, he realized that he was in the park across the street from his home. And he was small. Much too small for the tree to look regular sized.	·         “A glaring, gelatinous globe gleamed black and yellow…” (56) Alliteration of ‘gl’ sound. ·         “… and – looking straight down now – the normal, ordinary, middle sized oak tree where he was sitting” (62) He realizes that the oak tree is not extraordinarily gigantic, but in fact he was miniscule. ·         “Water was easy. The strange heavy dew of the first night appeared again on the second evening. And the third.”  (36) The due was probably so heavy and regular as it was really water from the sprinklers. How did he end up suddenly from a regular plane in the air to a tiny Robert in the park in front of his own house?
Pg. 68 – 107 Back in the cavern, Nate and Perdrew return with the news that “the boy” had stopped midway through the bridge and had been caught by the bird. Cam blames Lorn and indicates that the reason they didn’t take him into the group was because they couldn’t cope with any more “losers” (fools, like Bando). They seem to be familiar to the situation of being captured by a bird. Robert decided to climb back down the tree to go and find Lorn and her group. Realizes that the ravine was a ditch. He finally reached there and when he called for them, three from the group took him to their cavern.  They took care of him, fed him and treated him until he became fit enough to do the routine work that everyone did. One day, the group (Zak, mostly) decides to perform a kind of ritual. He plays the drum and they do some things with leaves like silkskin. They then ask Robert to introduce himself, and as he does so, he gets flashbacks of memories from home. While the others want him to change to become one of them and forget about everything, he simply opposes them saying that he’s going to go back to his home. Zak then tells a story.	-          Cam: a little egotistical; changes to caring and generous -          Robert: Sensible, brave, learner -          Nate: Helping, caring (helped Robert: fire) ¬     Though everyone was nice to Bando, they found it hard to cope with him and didn’t want more fools like him in the group. However, they were generous enough to keep Bando and be so pleasant to him. ·         “Cam felt her breath stop as the memory came at her. The moment of knowing. It was the memory she’d been holding back – that they’d all been holding back – ever since they’d seen the boy fall out of the sky.” (70) Robert after all did fall out of the sky; perhaps from the plane? Why were they holding back the memories because of Robert? Why was Zak so well-respected and considered so crucial in the group? Why did the others not want to go back to their homes?
Pg. 108 – 140 Cam and Zak secretly have a discussion about how Robert is “the one”. While Cam wants to deny it, Zak convinces her that it’s time for her to “go with him”. Nate secretly wants to go back home too. The entire group then has a joint discussion where Robert helps them figure out the map of the area they’re in. They seem to have approved of him going on the journey back. But Zak wanted Robert to have a taste of what it was like outside. Robert struggled with his wounds as they travelled merely to the patch of short grass from where he could see his home. Zak disappeared for a second into the darkness to give Robert the lesson of fear. Perdrew and Lorn were still against Robert’s decision. Cam announced that Zak and she were going to join Robert and Nate to go on the journey. The entire group helped them to prepare and they left as soon as it stopped raining.	-          Robert: Risk-taker, bold, harsh -          Lorn: affectionate, cowardly, ¬     Mentioning that Robert is “the one”, it seems that the group had earlier never had members brave or knowledgeable enough to travel back home, though they all secretly wanted to go back. ¬     Since Zak knows so much about the world outside, it seems like he has been on ventures out trying to make his way back home. ·         “‘Why do you have to be so stupid?’ Robert snapped. ‘Why don’t you stop acting like a baby and pull yourself together?’ He didn’t care how loudly Bando bellowed back. He needed an excuse to yell at someone.” (111) Robert was being a little harsh on Bando, but he was frustrated and wanted to get back home. He could have possibly done it to get attention as well, so that someone would talk to him about his intentions to leave. ·         “We don’t remember. We look forward.” (112) Mostly the whole group was pessimistic. They believed that rather than risking their lives to go ahead and get back their better life styles, they should forget about everything and start a new one.
Pg. 140 – 190 The four were faced by a bird on the second day of their journey. They passed it skillfully by staying still. Another day passed as they made it to a block of trees. Meanwhile, back at the cavern, it was weird and lonely without Cam and Zak. Everyone was worried about the travelers and they made a model of their journey with 4 marbles representing them. At a point in their journey, Robert gets discouraged realizing that it would be almost pointless to get back home, considering his size. The others encourage him and act as supporters and good teammates. They find a snail and collaborate to kill it. Another monstrous creature was about to attack them when Robert fought it and the others helped to scare it off. They all celebrated in triumph. The next day, Nate took great care of Robert as he became sick. In the morning, as the group was making its way across a river, with Nate a little behind, Nate was attacked and suddenly killed by the creature they had scared off the other night. The rest of them hesitated but ran for their own lives on Cam’s orders.	-          Cam: knowledgeable, brave -          Nate: caring, sweet ¬     Working together and encouraging each other, the four were a good team. They had now even begun to treat Robert truly like one of them. ·         “When she came to the last – the black one – something made her hesitate. She weighed it in her hand reluctantly, looking down at the dent.” (189) “Immediately Bando was horrified at what he’d done. He raced off down the cavern to get the stone back. But they couldn’t find it anywhere.” (190) Symbolizes the loss of Nate from the group.
Pg. 190 – 230 As they kept travelling, they finally reached the street which they had to pass to get to the houses. It looked like a huge lava ground to cross. They waited for the right time and crossed the street late at night, turn by turn. They adapted a smart strategy in which they counted so as to keep track of how often cars come by. When Cam was almost spotted by the night bird, Robert distracted it. When they got to the other side, they slept amongst marigold flowers in the front yard of Robert’s house. Robert decided to climb the tree in front of the house and get to the window. When he got there, he tried to get his mother’s attention, while she in turn, thinking he’s a bug, flicks him off. Meanwhile, back in the cavern, Bando and the others were concerned about Lorn’s health, as she was too small to survive in the winter. Lorn likes Robert and misses him. Robert feels hopeless after what happened. However, his teammates give him support. Cam tells Robert that he must be the new leader in the cavern, as she won’t last too long. Before starting on the journey back to the cavern, Robert wants to give one last attempt at seeking attention from his family members. He and his mates work hard to create a picture using the marigold flowers and a special flower that Robert remembered of Emma’s likes. He then sees the giant Robert coming out of the house. As he notices him, he bends down to touch the tiny Robert. As their hands touch, the small Robert sees everything else shrinking and comes back to his normal size, while the other Robert disappears. Emma is astonished but tries to ignore everything and behave like it never happened. When Robert tells her everything, she decides to assist him to help the others in the cavern. They take supplies down.	-          Cam: sensible -          Robert: reliable, loyal, firm -          Emma: naïve, generous, sweet ¬     The relationship between Robert and Lorn seems sweet. They both like each other. Robert wants to help Lorn and pay back for all that she had done for him. ¬     Though he has a breakdown, he sensibly decides not to give up and do his best when he has the opportunity. Cam is proven to be wrong –the journey was not pointless after all. Does Lorn survive? What is to happen of the relationship between Robert and Lorn? Do Cam and Zak make it back home to the cavern? Can Robert help the others to get to their own homes?

The Lost – the dark ground

By Gillian Cross

Robert was travelling in an aeroplane and then due to the crash he falls in the jungle. he was having no idea that where is he and which place is this. it was a survive of life of a incident of Robert he meet some small people of same size of which he was they lived in the place called caven over there were small people . Soon he became Friends with them . Robert wanted to find out that what had happened to him and how he became so small . When he could not find it he decided to go back home then he announce ed to the people of caven that he was going home and they got angry started his journey with Zak, cam and Nate. They had some problems in between but they were through them.But unfortunately Nate died.Robert was very sad about it.Then they successfully crossed the road and came to Roberts home.And showed the marigold petals Emma realized that Robert was there.Then the big Robert and the small Robert both touched each others hand and then small Robert become big and told about what happened with him.Than Robert and Emma went to help cavern members.

Chapter 1

In the first chapter Zak was making Cam remember her Past and this was annoying Cam. She could not catch him because he was up on a tree branch. Cam became outrageous and all of them started to pull the tree and it fell down.

Chapter 2

Robert woke up on a plane and he was dreaming about something horrible. He just could not explain it to Emma because she would think that he is pathetic. Then Robert went to the toilet for brushing his teeth he just didn’t feel like himself and then everything exploded.

Chapter 3

In chapter 3 Robert woke up in the middle of nowhere. He wanted to find food and shelter so he started walking. He found some fleece so he made a cloth for himself. Then he settled in a bamboo clump. He immediately slept after it. After waking he finished his thirst by drinking water on the leaves and ate the seeds he found in his fleece.

Chapter 4

In this chapter Robert woke up so he was wet. He hung up his fleece so it could dry. Then he tried to remember what happened he thought that it might be alone crash. He decided that he would make a burrow and he was successful. He found a fur blanket in his burrow when he came back finding food and water.

Chapter 5

As Cam was the leader of the cavern so she noticed that the bat fur was missing from there. Because it was her job to perceive things. Dozens of things were to be observed just to keep life going on in cavern. Except Cam, her fellows also joined her in working hard. As a leader, Cam knows every inch of the cavern that what is happening inside, and that’s why she was able to spot that missing fur. Lorn was also a member of the same group, she was rearranging the other furs. Cam was noticing everything that Lorn was doing but she didn’t say anything to her. All her fellows were gathered in evening where Zak needs to tell his story. Cam stopped him and she went towards the corner where the furs were laid. She took one pair and came back to the circle and ask other fellows to do the same. Lorn at last stood up and picked up the last fur from there. Cam already knew that where the furs had gone. Perdew and Ab were angry. They had that bat tree for collecting the last two furs. Some of the others like Shang and Tina, the broken rule was the most important thing that can threaten their security. Bando was the only one who was unaware of what was going on. He was playing at the corner with the furs. Cam’s eyes were roaming round all the directions until she reached Zak who was sitting beside her. He met her eyes but no reaction took place over there. Now she had to make the decision on her own. She stood up leaving her furs over there; she walked slowly across the circle towards Lorn. After she stood, everyone started following Cam in silence. At a certain place away from the brazier, they all made a new circle. Zak hold Bando's arm and they both sat in new circle. Zak at last looked for everyone's attention and starts his story. Only Cam was looking at the red glare of the brazier. Lorn stood up for a moment for Zak to start his story. As he started, she knelt down and began to move the furs into a pile, folding them neatly with her quick adroit hands.

Chapter  8
Robert woke up and saw a figure coming close to him. The figure was of Lorn who came to take her leather bag pack. Robert wanted Lorn to lead him to the others but Lorn ran. He tried to follow her but she was too fast and she led him to the ravine. Robert fell, and couldn't walk properly. He found that Lorn had disappeared. He tried to cross the ravine and suddenly saw a black figure moving towards him and he knew he couldn't run away.

chapter  9
Robert was caught by an ogre bird which took him to its Den. Robert tried to run away from the bird and in the struggle he got badly hurt on his arm. The ogre bird was a carnivore. He had the feeling that his wound would get infected. He climbed on an oak tree and the bird didn't come after him. Robert started having illusions of his own house and started seeing all the things around his house. He was injured badly.

Chapter  10
"Kiuu", a bird sound, was heard by the people in the cavern. They immediately got to know that the bird had caught something or someone. Nate and Perdew the hunters, informed the cavern people that Robert was the one hunted by the bird. Zak and Cam argued about if Robert was dead or not?. Cam thought Robert being caught was Lorn’s fault while Lorn thought it was every one’s fault and not just hers. Cam finally agreed that if Robert was alive he could be in their group. She was still angry because she knew that if Robert was caught from here the bird would come again to hunt, and would kill them all.

CHAPTER 11

In chapter 11, Robert was feeling homesick as for a very long time he sat on the oak tree, not able to do anything, neither think nor move except staring at the impossible world around him. He was having illusions of food too. He actually had two realities clashing each other, the last moment in the aero plane and the very first moment in the dark wood. He wanted to find out the group of people. He was out of the den and climbing off the branch by the fear of ogre bird, by now he had reached to the ravine. Three people came to rescue him and they took him to the cavern. Cam came too as she was the leader and Lorn came to get the bat pack from Robert but Robert could not identify her. The other people were much smaller than Robert. In the last, Robert was given something to eat and then finally he slept.             

Chapter 12

They burnt his leg. Robert woke up surrounded by dozens of people. He tries to break free but they hold him down. They were burning his wounds to stop any infections from spreading through his body. He faints(loss of consciousness) due to the unbearable pain. When he gains partial consciousness, he was able to recognize the people around him. Cam assigns him a job to keep the fire alight by the logs(part where branches grow) which were actually twigs. After a few days of doing so, Cam came to him that he had to help Lorn in plaiting(make plaits). After six weeks, Zak brought out a drum and started drumming and humming (Sing with closed lips) Bando stands up picks up a leaf and presented it to Zak. Zak touched it with his mouth and ran his tongue along it. Cam signaled Robert to go next. He obviously did not want to go so Bando lifted him to his feet and dropped him in front of Zak. Zak question to Robert was that;

"Who are you?" 

Chapter  13

As soon as Robert woke up he saw faces around him. Zak started asking him questions about him and his family. He was worried, trying to find answers of where his family had gone and what had happened?  He remembered everything and he was scared of the ogre bird. He wanted to go back home but everyone thought it was a bad idea. Zak had spiritual powers and Robert knew he would be named as well.

Chapter  14

Everyone in the cavern were sleeping accept Tina and Perdew who were working and came, she went around the cavern all alone because she knew Zak would come. She suddenly heard someone call her real name. It was Zak who was trying to convince her to go with Robert but she knew that winter was near and it would be hard to to travel. Cam went back to the cavern and started thinking about what had just happened.

Chapter  15

Robert woke up with his own voice echoing in his mind he was determined on his decision. He had to work with Bando and that's what he did. Robert tried to convince Nate to go with him; he thought Nate was his friend. Others were convincing Robert not to go and told the dangers, ravine, long wood, grassland, wires, animals and then finally the road but Robert's decision didn't change. Zak wanted Robert to forget his past and wanted to name him through his spiritual powers but Robert refused he wanted to be Robert no one else.

Chapter  16

Robert woke up and announced that he still wants to go to his home and if anyone wants to come along then he is welcome and he would start his journey after some preparations. Lorn tried to convince Robert to change his mind but Robert didn't listen to her. Robert tried to convince Lorn to come with him. Perdew and Lorn tried to persuade Robert to stay in the cavern rather than starting his journey to home as it would be dangerous for him. Nate told Robert that he wants to come with him and his real name is Steven. Nate and Robert started to collect food for their journey. Cam observed them secretly. She knew that the food wasn't enough for them but she                                                                                            didn't say a single word. Rain started. Whenever it stopped raining they all went out to collect water. Cavern got chaotic. Zak , Cam would also be going with Nate and Robert. Cavern people are surprised on this decision.

Chapter  17

All the members of cavern did preparations for the journey. The journey was difficult. The temperature was dropping. They couldn't make fire. They also had to find different shelter every night. Each one of them was holding a long stick with a piece of tin at top. They could use it for protection and attacking. Perdew advised Robert to hit it in the eyes of a someone rather than hitting it on skin because it won’t harm skin or bone. They started their journey. They followed Cam. Cam worked out the way by seeing, smelling and listening. They ate and rested then continued their journey. As they began to approach end of long woods a bird came. They lied as still as a stone on the ground. The bird dragged a serpent from the ground then went. Zak told them that there would be worse situations through which they would have to go. They crossed the long woods and reached the start of grassland. Ahead was dense forest where they had to reach to spend the night. They waited till night then crossed grassland one by one as fast as they could. After reaching the dense forest, they climbed trees and sat on the branches then ate food. Cam told them that Zak will watch first then she will and after that Robert will watch then they slept.

Chapter  18

Everyone in the cavern was unhappy because Zak, Cam, Nate and Robert left them on their own to survive. They all wanted to know that how much they would take to return back. Lorn explained that the journey is very long so they would take 7 to 8 months to return back. With the help of log Lorn drew a line from the brazier to the entrance of cavern to explain the long distance Zak, Cam, Robert and Nate would be traveling. Bando put 4 pebbles imagining that they were Zak, Cam, Nate and Robert. They thought that they would move those stones every day. Lorn thought that it was silly but then she realized that it was like a game the way Zak made them play. 

Chapter  19

After starting the journey, after some days Robert started to get discouraged. After few moments they started to feel vibrations in the ground. They've spot a monstrous figure. Robert sense something is wrong.

Chapter  20

While traveling, Robert was annoyed but he kept walking instantly. Robert noticed a strange thing like a tower but he climbed it. Cam stopped Robert to climb the tower as because of that he will be not covered to the birds. After a while they faced a creature like a weasel. They all faced the monster and fought with it bravely. Robert made it run away. To celebrate their victory Cam found food. The name of monster was Night bird. Robert postponed his midday rest.

Chapter 21

Robert was tired and sick as well and that’s why he was vomiting. Robert fell asleep so Nate gave him his bat fur They all were supposed to cross the stream but Cam and Zak had already crossed it .They saw a strange figure .They fought it and Nate was eaten by the monster and sadly Nate is dead. Nate’s real name is Steven and he is been missed by Robert, Cam and Zak . Cam described her as the best hunter and Robert said “he helped him while he was sick.”

Chapter  22

The weather is quite cold in the morning. Bando was having illusions. Lorn had rearranged the stones, suddenly Bando woke up and he was very angry. Out of 4 stones he has thrown 1 stone and only 3 stones are left that means out of Robert, Cam , Zak and Nate 1 has to be in trouble .Lorn was then sleeping near the tunnel but her leg was numb.

Chapter  23

Robert felt cod and he could hear vibration’s in the ground. They’re very near to end their journey.When they came near so they got into a new trouble that is to cross the road. Cam is really excited but Robert is confused that why is Cam very excited. Robert learnt many new things through the adventure. They're risking their lives to cross the road.

Summary of chapters 1 to 32 of the lost the dark ground it's a jungle out there

Robert was travelling in an aeroplane and then due to the crash he falls in the jungle. he was having no idea that where is he and which place is this. it was a survive of life of a incident of Robert he meet some small people of same size of which he was they lived in the place called caven over there were small people . Soon he became firends with them . Robert wanted to find out that what had happened to him and how he became so small . When he could not find it he decided to go back home then he announceed to the people of caven that he was going home and they got angry.He started his journey with Zak, cam and Nate. They had some problems in between but they were through them.But unfortunately Nate died.Robert was very sad about it.Then they successfully crossed the road and came to Roberts home.And showed the marigold petals Emma realized that Robert was there.Then the big Robert and the small Robert both touched each others hand and then small Robert become big and told about what happened with him.Than Robert and Emma went to help cavern members.

summary of the book The Lost The Dark Ground

In this chapter Robert was going on a plane, he crashed. Robert found himself in forest, naked and scratched. He found he was not alone in the forest, there were some more people who stayed in cavern. THEIR LEADER CAM did not wanted to keep Robert till he proves he is able to do work. While Robert had to struggle against the ogre bird. He survived it so CAM took in him the group .Robert wanted to go home so he declared he is going home ,where he has came from. Nate agreed while Cam and Zak also agreed. But unfortunately Nate died. Robert thought he was responsible for Nate's death . For there they went to Roberts home . There he found big Robert he touched him and was big again. Robert told everything to Emma his sister.then they decided to help the people in the cavern . 
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