1. 6th Period / Ms. Horst

2. Characters Nemo Marlin Main Characters:
Marlin’s son who gets taken by a diver
Marlin
Nemo’s dad who is determined to find his son

3. Characters Crush Dory Bruce Gill Minor Characters:
Helps Marlin find Nemo and suffers from short term memory loss
Bruce
A turtle riding the EAC and helps Marlin to find Sydney
Gill
Trapped in a fish tank and helps Nemo get back to the ocean
A vegetarian shark who has a lapse and tries to eat Marlin and Dory

4. Characters
Protagonist:
Marlin
Nemo

5. Characters
Antagonist:
The diver
Darla

6. Main Idea
Overview- Marlin goes in search of Nemo and has many adventures.
Beginning- Marlin, a clownfish , loses his wife after all their eggs and wife are attacked by a barracuda. Only one egg survives and Marlin is left to raise him on his own. Because of his tragedy he becomes a very over protective father and is in constant fear that something may happen to his only son. When it comes times for his son, Nemo, to leave and go to school his worst fear comes true and Nemo is taken by a diver.
Middle- Nemo is taken and put into a fish tank in a dentist office . Marlin searches for Nemo throughout the ocean with the help of a fish named Dory who forgets things every 2 minutes. Together they have legendary adventures with sharks, jellyfish , turtles and a whale.
End- Nemo gets word that his father is searching for him and devises an escape plan to escape the dentist office and get back to his father. After help from friends Marlin and Nemo are reunited .

7. Setting Model Finding Nemo place time the ocean the dentist office
2003
Summer
Finding
Nemo
mood
environment
determined
happy
sad
underwater
schools of fish

8. Theme
Love Conquers Fear

9. Plot Climax Conflict Falling Action Rising Action Resolution
*Marlin and Dory finally reach Sydney and find Nemo is alive
*Nemo reaches the ocean.
*Nemo rescues the fish trapped in the net
Conflict
*Man vs Man (Fish vs Fish) Marlin and Dory try not to be eaten by the Anglerfish
Falling
Action
*Nemo is flushed down the toliet
*Nemo saves Dory and Marlin learns to trust his son.
Rising
Action
*Nemo is taken by the divers!
*Marlin encounters the sharks.
*Marlin goes through the jellyfish.
*Nemo gains the friendship of the aquarium fish.
*Nemo attempts to escape the aquarium.
Resolution
*A barracuda attacks Marlin’s wife and his family and all but one egg survives. Marlin has sheltered Nemo for so long and now it is time for him to go to school
*Marlin finally tells his whole joke.
*Marlin is no longer over protective
of his son.
*Nemo is confident and happy.
Exposition