Analysis Of Robin Hood's Childhood: Chapter Summary
So this paper will have the summaries of chapters listed: five titled Robin Hood Turns Butcher, six titled Little John Goes to Nottingham Fair, seven titled How Little John Lived at the Sheriff’s, and eight titled Little John and the Tanner of Blyth. The summaries will contain the main events that happen in each chapter. Starting off with chapter five, it begins with Robin Hood wanting to get revenge on the Sheriff of Nottingham. The reason for this revenge is the Sheriff has been attempting to arrest Robin Hood for many different things. He doesn’t favour Robin Hood in anything; Sheriff hates Robin at this point in the novel. So Robin wants to invite the Sheriff to a feast in Sherwood Forest. At these feast Robin hosts, he feeds them then
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It starts off with Robin and his men relaxing upon the grass. As they are relaxing, Robin hits his knee and remember that there is no more lincoln green. So he wants Little John to go and get it since he has gained some weight living at the Sheriff’s for six months. Little John gets defensive and says, “nay, truly, mayhap I have more flesh upon my joints than I once had, yet, flesh or no flesh, I doubt not that I could still hold my place and footing upon a narrow bridge against e’er a yeoman in Sherwood, or Nottinghamshire.” (pg. 55) Robin laughed cause he knew what he was talking about, but he didn't want to fight Little John. Robin sent Little John off to Ancaster for the lincoln green. As he is headed to Ancaster he comes across the Blue Boar Inn and he stopped there for the night, knowing that there's bad weather coming. Yet there was no bad weather coming in. He had a drinks with a few people that was there and he spent the night. That morning he continued on his journey to Ancaster. As he reached the town of Blyth, came upon a tanner named Arthur Bland. Bland’s house had more venison then the law would allow. Yet the tanner still went hunting, and Little John decided to go with him. As they are in the forest they start to have an argument. They decide that they are going to fight with cudgels. As this is going on, back at the forest Robin finds out that Little John didn't go straight to Ancaster he stopped at the Blue Boar
It starts off with Robin and his men relaxing upon the grass. As they are relaxing, Robin hits his knee and remember that there is no more lincoln green. So he wants Little John to go and get it since he has gained some weight living at the Sheriff’s for six months. Little John gets defensive and says, “nay, truly, mayhap I have more flesh upon my joints than I once had, yet, flesh or no flesh, I doubt not that I could still hold my place and footing upon a narrow bridge against e’er a yeoman in Sherwood, or Nottinghamshire.” (pg. 55) Robin laughed cause he knew what he was talking about, but he didn't want to fight Little John. Robin sent Little John off to Ancaster for the lincoln green. As he is headed to Ancaster he comes across the Blue Boar Inn and he stopped there for the night, knowing that there's bad weather coming. Yet there was no bad weather coming in. He had a drinks with a few people that was there and he spent the night. That morning he continued on his journey to Ancaster. As he reached the town of Blyth, came upon a tanner named Arthur Bland. Bland’s house had more venison then the law would allow. Yet the tanner still went hunting, and Little John decided to go with him. As they are in the forest they start to have an argument. They decide that they are going to fight with cudgels. As this is going on, back at the forest Robin finds out that Little John didn't go straight to Ancaster he stopped at the Blue Boar