History Literature / Sounder

''Sounder'' is a 1969 [[YoungAdultLiterature Young Adult novel]] written by William H. Armstrong, which was made into a 1972 film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Creator/CicelyTyson and Creator/PaulWinfield.

* CoolTeacher: The nameless male teacher (in the novel) or Miss Johnson (in the film) who takes the boy in and undertakes to educate him.

** In the ''movie'' however, the sheriff ''instead'' stabs ''holes'' in the cake with his ''pocketknife''.

The story involves a family of black sharecroppers in [[TheGreatDepression 1933]] Louisiana (in the movie; the book does not specify a date). They are poor and hungry, stuck in a rigged system designed to keep blacks poor and hungry. The father tries to supplement their diet by going raccoon hunting with their coonhound Sounder, but they don't catch very much. One day the father brings some meat, which the family enjoys for a few days until the father is arrested for stealing the meat from a smokehouse. As the father is taken away, Sounder follows after, until the sheriff takes a shot at him. Sounder runs off into the woods, wounded.

* WorkingOnTheChainGang: The boy makes his way to a chain gang labor camp where his father is supposed to be but fails to find him.

''Sounder'' is a 1969 [[YoungAdultLiterature Young Adult novel]] written by William H. Armstrong, which was made into a 1972 film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Creator/CicelyTyson and Paul Winfield.

* NoNameGiven: Almost a NamelessNarrative, in fact--in the novel, Sounder the dog is the only character with a name.

* JailBake: DiscussedTrope by the sheriff when the boy brings a cake to the jail for his father. It's really just an excuse for the sheriff to be a {{Jerkass}} and break up the cake.

* WorkingOnTheChainGang: The boy makes his way to a chain gang labor camp where his father is supposed to be, but fails to find him.

* InstitutionalApparel: In the movie, the prisoners at the work camp David goes to are wearing the standard striped prison uniform.

The story involves a family of black sharecroppers in [[TheThirties 1933]] Louisiana (in the movie; the book does not specify a date). They are poor and hungry, stuck in a rigged system designed to keep blacks poor and hungry. The father tries to supplement their diet by going raccoon hunting with their coonhound Sounder, but they don't catch very much. One day the father brings some meat, which the family enjoys for a few days until the father is arrested for stealing the meat from a smokehouse. As the father is taken away, Sounder follows after, until the sheriff takes a shot at him. Sounder runs off into the woods, wounded.

The story involves a family of black sharecroppers in 1933 Louisiana (in the movie; the book does not specify a date). They are poor and hungry, stuck in a rigged system designed to keep blacks poor and hungry. The father tries to supplement their diet by going raccoon hunting with their coonhound Sounder, but they don't catch very much. One day the father brings some meat, which the family enjoys for a few days until the father is arrested for stealing the meat from a smokehouse. As the father is taken away, Sounder follows after, until the sheriff takes a shot at him. Sounder runs off into the woods, wounded.

''Sounder'' is a 1969 [[YoungAdultLiterature Young Adult novel]] written by William H. Armstrong, which was made into a 1972 film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield.

* ABoyAndHisX: The boy and his dog, Sounder.

The story involves a family of black sharecroppers in 1933 Louisiana (in the movie; the book does not specify a date). They are poor and hungry, stuck in a rigged system designed to keep blacks poor and hungry. The father tries to supplement their diet by going raccoon hunting with their coonhound Sounder, but they don't catch very much. One day the father brings some meat, which the family enjoys for a few days until the father is arrested for stealing the meat from a smokehouse. As the father is taken away, Sounder follows after, until the sherriff takes a shot at him. Sounder runs off into the woods, wounded.

''Sounder'' is a 1969 [[YoungAdultLiterature Young Adult novel]] written by William H. Armstrong, which was made into a 1972 film starring Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield and directed by Martin Ritt.

''Sounder'' is a 1969 [[YoungAdultLiterature Young Adult novel]] written by William H. Armstrong, which was made into a 1972 film starring Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield and directed by Martin Ritt. The story involves a family of black sharecroppers in 1933 Louisiana (in the movie; the book does not specify a date). They are poor and hungry, stuck in a rigged system designed to keep blacks poor and hungry. The father tries to supplement their diet by going raccoon hunting with their coonhound Sounder, but they don't catch very much. One day the father brings some meat, which the family enjoys for a few days until the father is arrested for stealing the meat from a smokehouse. As the father is taken away, Sounder follows after, until the sherriff takes a shot at him. Sounder runs off into the woods, wounded.

* GretzkyHasTheBall: In the film, Nathan likes to play baseball in his free time. He refers to his best pitch as a "speedball". In RealLife that's a fastball.

''Sounder'' is a 1969 [[YoungAdultLiterature Young Adult novel]] written by William H. Armstrong, which was made into a 1972 film starring Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield. The story involves a family of black sharecroppers in 1933 Louisiana (in the movie; the book does not specify a date). They are poor and hungry, stuck in a rigged system designed to keep blacks poor and hungry. The father tries to supplement their diet by going raccoon hunting with their coonhound Sounder, but they don't catch very much. One day the father brings some meat, which the family enjoys for a few days until the father is arrested for stealing the meat from a smokehouse. As the father is taken away, Sounder follows after, until the sherriff takes a shot at him. Sounder runs off into the woods, wounded.