Why did Louis leave the Red Rock Lakes?
Louis’s father promises to find a way for him to communicate. At the end of summer, the swan family flies to the winter refuge, Red Rock Lakes in Montana. Louis decides he should learn to read and write in order to communicate, and flies away from the refuge to visit Sam Beaver.
Why did the swan think so?
2-a)- The swan thought so because the young boy had left and there was no other intruder around. No she was not right as the fox was prowling somewhere in the woods. b)- The swan pushed some loose feathers around the eggs to hide them and keep them warm. 3-a)- The cob said this to swan.
What is the main conflict in trumpet of the swan?
A swan needs a voice in order to find his mate. Swans mate for a lifetime, so it is important to be able to court a lady swan by trumpeting to her. White calls the swan defective.
How did the trumpet of swan get its name?
Trumpeter swans have similar calls to whooper swans and Bewick’s swans. They are loud and somewhat musical creatures, with their cry sounding similar to a trumpet, which gave the bird its name.
Who illustrated The Trumpet of the Swan?
Fred Marcellino
Edward Frascino
The Trumpet of the Swan/Illustrators
Is trumpet of the swan sad?
Regret seeps in as I read this, a sadness that I didn’t leave the author and his backstory alone. It is mixed with a twinge of betrayal that he didn’t see any of the swan life he described. The feeling is unjust. The Trumpet of the Swan is a children’s story, after all.
What is the climax of Trumpet of the swan?
Climax. The climax of this story is Louis gets enough money to repay the person his father stole his trumpet for while getting a swan called Serena which he was in love with for a long time. He loved her every since Louis and his family moved to the Red Rock Lakes(love at first sight).
Where does the Trumpet of the Swan take place?
Plot summary. In Canada during the spring of 1968, the cob (the name for an adult male swan) and the pen (the name for an adult female swan), both trumpeter swans, build their summer nest on a small island in a pond.