![]() ![]() Sam+Dave are not very good at persevering. They share the same grandfather, so they are at least cousins of about the same age. They are basically the same person in duplicate, and we can consider them in this way. ![]() Now we’ve identified the characters, what is their big shortcoming? What are they not very good at? In a cast of characters, everyone probably has a different shortcoming. The dog stars equally, even though he or she doesn’t say anything. Sam and Dave are in the title, but the dog is also part of this cast. Not many stories do this, but Sam and Dave Dig A Hole happens to be one example. Sometimes stories star a cast of characters and they are all main characters. ![]() STORY STRUCTURE OF SAM AND DAVE DIG A HOLE WHO IS THE MAIN CHARACTER? I’ve previously delved into the structure of This Is Not My Hat, I Want My Hat Back and The Dark, with text written by Daniel Handler. In Sam and Dave Dig A Hole Klassen is paired with Mac Barnett, who wrote the text. Jon Klassen is a favourite picture book illustrator in this house. ![]()
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