Shane Study Guide

Shane

Shane by Jack Schaefer

Shane is a 1949 novel by Jack Shaefer about the Starrett family, homesteaders in Wyoming in the late 1800s. The story is narrated by the homesteader's son Bob, who recounts how the Fletchers began to encroach on their territory, intimidating them and trying to buy up their land. However, a brave and mysterious gunman named Shane saves the Staretts, fighting off the Fletchers and allowing the Starrett's to keep their land.

Shane Characters

Table of Contents

  • Shane – a mysterious gunslinger who enters into the life of Joe Starrett and his family and carves a place for himself in their hearts. Although he tries to leave his gunslinging past behind, refusing to even carry a gun, he decides to fight Fletcher , the town nemesis, in order to save Joe Starrett’s farm.
  • Bob Starrett – Joe Starrett's son. He is eleven years old. He is the protagonist.
  • Joe Starrett – Bob's Starrett's father. He is a former cattle driver. He is a homesteader and a farmer.
  • Marian Starrett – Joe Starrett's wife.
  • Luke Fletcher – the antagonist. He is set on purchasing or stealing all the land rights from the homesteaders and farmers. When the homesteaders refuse he resorts to intimidation and deadly force.
  • Chris – is one of Fletcher's cowhands who intimidates the homesteaders.
  • Stark Wilson – is a gunslinger hired by Fletcher to intimidate the homesteaders and kill those who refuse to sell their land. He kills Ernie Wright .
  • Ernie Wright - one of Stark Wilson's victims.
  • Mr.Grafton - the general store owner who witnesses the fight with Shane involved.
  • Will Atkey - the bartender at Mr. Grafton's general store.

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