Chapter 1 Readers are introduced to Rory and his Granda as they wait for Dr Nicol in the waiting room.

The doctor is concerned that Rory is too young to take care of his grandfather. However,Rory is aware that there are only two of them in the family. Setting : Chapter 2 Granda has a failing memory. He always misplacing things. Rory has the sole responsibility of taking care of Granda like buying him his lunch every day. Setting : Chapter 3 Rory sacrifices some of the things he likes for Granda. He gives up football so that he can be at home with his Granda. Rorys worry is that if Granda is put into Rachnadar, they would be separated. Rorys dad had left them many years ago and Granda is very disappointed with his son, and does not want to see him again. Setting : Chapter 4 Granda is very popular with Rorys friends and meets Mrs. Foley for the first time. Granda accidentally sets fire to his and Mrs. Foleys coats at the schools Parents Night. Setting :

Chapter 5 Val Jessup, a social worker is assigned to take care of Granda and Rory. Darrens mum and Mrs. Foley are both worried for Rory and are glad of the extra help they were going toreceive. However, Granda has a little accident in the flat and is taken to the hospital. Setting :

Chapter 6 Granda has suffered from smoke inhalation and has to be hospitalised. Rory pleads to the Big Man to make Granda wake up. Val Jessup is nervous to let Rory live in the flat alone and drives him to the childrens home at Castle Street. Setting :

Chapter 7 Rory goes to the home because he has no choice and he thinks that it will be for only one night till his granda is out of the hospital. Tess, a young inmate of the home, terrifies Rory with her bad behaviour. Setting :

Chapter 8 Granda admits that he had forgotten that the chip pan was on the stove, hence the fire in the flat. He tries to appease Rory by saying that he would get better soon. However, he is upset that his grandson is in the Castle Street home. Setting :

Chapter 9 Although Rory loves his grandfather, he is slightly annoyed with him as well because of the accident; he had landed himself in the hospital because of that and now Rory is in achildrens home. Rory goes back to the flat with Val and collects Grandas medication.There, Rory realises that he wants to return home. Granda feels the same too. Setting :

Chapter 10 Rory is given the idea that Mrs Foley might foster Rory. Rory goes to the hospital to find that Granda is not there anymore. Setting :

Chapter 11 Granda has been shifted to Rachnadar. Val Jessup tells Rory that he is just a boy and that he cannot take care of Granda anymore. Setting :

Chapter 12 Granda is very upset to be sent to the home and it breaks Rorys heart to see him cry. At Castle Street, Rory fights with Tess. Rory becomes exasperated when Granda retreats further and further into a shell while at Rachnadar and at school, the idea of being fostered by Mrs Foley worries him. Life is certainly unpleasant in Castle Street when Tess become sincreasingly uncontrollable. Rory decides that the only way is to run away with Granda. Setting : Chapter 13 The Great Escape. Darren offers the use of his moms caravan and Rory plans the escape with great detail. Granda relies on Rory to get out of Rachnadar. Setting :

Chapter 14 Granda is like a little boy, allowing him to be led and safe in the knowledge that Rory would look after him. He is happy to be in the caravan and decides that he is indeed a lucky man to deserve a boy like Rory. Rory has done all of this so that they could be together. He realises that he would never let anyone separate them. Setting :

Chapter 15 Happy in the caravan, Granda recovers his old self. Setting :

Chapter 16 While fishing, they meet strangers and Granda is prejudiced when he calls them tinkers.As Grandas health improves and both of them are happy, Darren sends Rory a text message saying that the authorities are after them. Setting :

Chapter 17 Rory prepares Granda for another move away from the police but as they move through the woods, the strangers whom they had met the day before, reach out and help them. Setting : Chapter 18 Rory has no choice and allows them to lead. They are taken to an older caravan camp and Rory meets Tyrone and his family. Tyrones mom responds that they had helped them because it was Rory that they had wanted to help. Setting :

Chapter 19 They are taken care of well in Sammys camp. While there, they realise that they are the top story on the Scottish news as a boy and his grandfather on the run. Apparently, the authorities are worried about Granda whose health is a real concern. Granda decides that he would rather die of cold and hunger as long as he is free. Setting : Chapter 20 Granda and Rory are worried that Sammy would get into trouble by helping them. But Sammy insists that he did not kidnap them and that they are not escaped convicts. Rory learns never to be judgemental of people. Setting : Chapter 21 The runaways enjoy the birthday party in Sammys brothers place. Ruby reads Rorys futureand predicts that he would meet people who would help him; some of whom he would not beable to trust. He would certainly find what he is looking for but would face a terrible sadness before that. Setting :

Chapter 22 The public has mixed responses over Rory and Grandas running away. Ruby indicates that people are taking sides about them, arguing about the rights and wrongs of their case. Rory realises that they would have to be on the move again. Sammy suggests that he drives them to Dundee so that they can take a train to Glasgow to be with family friends who would provide them with shelter and time to think. Setting : Chapter23 In the train, Rory realises that they have been recognised and alights at an earlier station.When Granda goes to the toilet, Rory is bullied by a young man who recognises him.Granda beats the latter with a bottle and decides that he will steal a car to escape. Setting : Chapter 24 Granda seems an expert at stealing cars and his driving scares Rory. They stop at the lay by to have some rest. Setting :

Chapter 25 The runaways meet Rab when they stop to buy petrol. He offers them help. Setting :

Chapter 26 Rab says that he wants to help them because Rory and Granda are not criminals. He allows them the use of his flat and seems kind and concerned. Though pale and tired, Granda says that he is alright as long as he is with Rory. Rory prays for help because he realises he needs someone to help him. Again TV news flashes show that the public is very much ontheir side and Rory gets to know that his Grandas son, his father, has been traced to Liverpool. Setting :

Chapter 27 The television news states that neither Rory nor his grandfather have attempted to contact Jeff McIntosh in Liverpool. Rab encourages Rory to take his grandfather to his son. Setting : Chapter 28 Rab has a grand idea to make sure that they get to Liverpool. A whole line of people are going to take them to Rorys dad and Granda comments that the world is indeed wonderful after having experienced so much kindness. Setting :

Chapter 29 Annie drives them into England and leaves them with Norma and Nicola. The latter admires Rory for what he has done. Granda agrees but his mood changes when he finds out that they are going to his son in Liverpool.

Setting : Chapter 30 Granda refuses to go and for the first time Rory is frustrated. He had hoped that his father would take over the responsibility of Granda but Granda thinks that it would hurt Rory too much if his father would leave them again. Rory begins to hate his father and Granda consoles him by saying that they have never needed him and that they do not need him now. Nicola rings up to tell Rory that the police are coming and that they would have to move on. Setting :

Chapter 31 It is the second escape; both of them run out into the dark. Granda is tired and they both stop to rest and eventually sleep off at a stone bus shelter. Prior to that Granda says that if he was to die, he would as a happy man. On awakening, Rory is not able to awaken his grandfather and is afraid that he may be dead. Setting :

Chapter 32 Rory runs for help and remembers Rubys prophecy about the terrible sadness.Help comes immediately and the police introduce him to his father. Setting : Chapter 33 Granda is not dead. He is hospitalised and recovers eventually. Rory is reunited with his dad and his family. He has two little sisters who endear themselves to Granda. His dad asks tobe given another chance to prove that he can be a good dad and a good son again. Rory has found what he was looking for and realises that if anything happens to his Granda he will not be alone again. He is thankful to all who have helped them on their journey. He isvery happy that he, Granda and his family are together again. Setting :

Character and characteristics Major character

Rory
Responsible and caring He is a teenager.he lives with his granddaughter,Mr.McIntosh in a flat. He is responsible . He always make sure his grandfather,Granda takes his medicine and he looks after Granda. It is difficult to look after Granda but Rory does not complain at all as Granda looks after him when Rory was a baby. Protective Granda throws his homework jotter with the rubbish and forget about it. Rory does not tell the truth to Mrs.Foley. He gives excuses to her. He does not want Granda to get in trouble.he also leaves the football team because he cannot go for football practice as he has to look after his Granda. At Rachnadar, Granda rattles the iron bar on the emergency exit. The nurse scolds him like he is a little baby. Rory is angry and tells her off. He says Granda is the best in the world. Patient Rory takes Granda to the toilets and waits for him patiently there. He patiently teaches Granda is restless but Rory is patient. When Granda is forgetful, Rory does not scold him.For example, when Granda threw his homework jotter with the rubbish. He also does not scold Granda when Granda has cause the fire in the flat. Brave and determined He plans to run away with Granda. He is determined that his Big Escape is successful. He also ready to fight with Sammy and Tyrone to protect his Granda and himself with a stick as he thinks they want to catch them. When the police block the caravan park and they cannot escape, Granda tells Rory to run away and he will go back to the police. But Rory is determined to be together because they are a team . Thoughtful and concerned When Dr.Nicol says he wants to get home help for them,Granda is not happy. Rory likes the idea but he just keep quiet as he does not want to hurt his Granda s feelings. He says his grandfather is of great help. He coaches Granda for more than one hour to behave himself in front of Mrs.Foley. He wants her to think his grandfather is normal and sane.He does not want Granda to be in home.Granda is all he has and he is all his grandfather has. People do not understand that. They think Granda should be in home. The journey from Rachnadar to the train station and the caravan site is long. It is drizzling. Rory lets his grandfather rest a few times because he is sick, tired and wet. He always make sure Granda is warm and never forget Granda s pills. Forgiving He forgives Norma for reporting to the police . He understands that she did it because she was worried about Granda.

Granda Responsible His son,Jeff left Rory when he was a baby. Grand looked after Rory like he was his own son. Every year , he will go to Rory s school on Parent s night.He also makes the breakfast at the caravan. Loving and caring He tucks Rory in bed at night. When Rory was small, he always took care of him. He made toffee apples for Rory , put up Christmas trees and carried him on shoulder high at football matches. Confused and forgetful Sometimes he forgets to put his pipe out properly and puts it in his pocket. His pants catch on fire. He puts his shoes in the fridge and milk in the wardrobe. He throws away Rory s homework with the rubbish and forgets it. He also put the apples in the potato rack and the potatoes in the fruit bowl.then he cuts a bag of apples into chips , thinking they are potatoes. He tries to help Rory to cook but he leaves the electric ring on. Once he burned a pot. Sometimes he forget to pull up his zip after going out from the toilet. Once in the cinema,he went to the toilet and went home straight. Rory waited for his Granda about half an hour for him and went home late. Granda told Rory off for coming home late.Granda cannot remember his own name. He says it is because everybody calls him Granda. In their new flat,he is in the lift. The doctor says his memory will be worse and his lungs irreparable. Hopeless and upset In Rachnadar, granda feels useless and is sad he cannot look after Rory . He says he has let his wife down. He promised to look after Rory before she died. He becomes quieter and more confused in Rachnadar. Funny and likeable Rory s friend like him They call Granda too. They find the things Granda does funny and adventurous. For example, when he causes the fire on Parent s night, they think it was great adventure and he is a hero. He causes fire on Parent s night at rory s school.He is excited and finds it funny and exciting. When he dances with Ruby, he steps all over her toes and she is limping. Then he tells Rory that she is a bad dancer.

Gentlemently and charming He respects women. At Dr. Nicol clinic,he is gentlemently. When a young girls comesin with a baby, he stands up and holds the door for her.He compliment and charmes women. The nurse like him and calls Ruby and Annie sweetheart. He charms Norma too and tells her that she s pretty.

Minor character
Val Jessup A young and eager social worker who is responsible for Rory s wellbeing. Responsible, she is anxious that Granda receives his fullpension benefits and arranges for Rory to stay at the children shome in Castle Street.She is patient too. She waits for Rory when he visit Granda. She explain patiently that Rory cannot look after Granda. Mrs Foley Rory s teacher who is keenly aware of his inability to pass up his homework because of his duty to care for his grandfather. She is very concerned when Granda is admitted into the hospital and realises that Rory should not be in the childrens home. Darren Rory s best friend in school who helps him to stay in the mother scaravan when Granda is taken away from Rachnadar. HE also help Rory to give an excuse to Mrs. Foley and hekp Rory and Granda to escape.He gives Rory spare key to the caravan.He is loyal and secretive. He keeps his promise not to tell anyone where they are hiding. Jeff McIntosh He is Granda son and father of Rory.He was irresponsible as he left his young wife and Rory who was a baby.He reconciliates with his father and son when he sees them on television. HE not brave and confident . He feel guility. He gives lame excuses for not taking care of Rory and his father.He says he was young and stupid and scared to come back because Granda hate him. Sammy, Ruby and Tyrone The family that offers comfort and security knowing that if they did not, the police would have taken Rory and his grandfather away. Rab and his friends Offer security and are keen for Rory and Granda to go to Liverpool to meet with Rory sfather.

Interesting event In the novel Catch us if u can by Catherine MacPhail, an interesting event that shown in this adventurous novel is when the boy at the Perth Station tries to turn Rory and his Granda in to the police. He wants to be famous on television. There is suspense here and make the story become so attractive and we want to know if he will report them to the police. Rory calls him Sprout Breath because he has a dirtyteeth. He wears his cap back to front and has a bottle of lemonade. Sprout Breath grips Rory jacket, pushes him to the wall and asks for Granda. When he turns to look for Granda, Granda hits Sprout Breath across his head with his lemonade bottle and he falls unconscious. The challenge adventured of Rory starting from here. We could see a change in Granda. He behaves like a normal healthy person and they meet helpful person all the way. At Perth Station, Granda goes into the toilet as a gibbering old loon but comes out as the Godfather. He is in controland not Rory. He grips Rory and pulls him along to a steal car. He breaks the law. Granda hot wires an old blue Corsa and drives on the wrong side of road talking excitedly. Later , they stop at a petrol station in a small village to pump petrol. Granda is sleeping soundly in the car.There, the garage man gives Rory and Granda food and lets them sleep in his flat. The perth station incidence also motives Rory to plan to meet his father in Liverpool. Granda is ill in Rabs flat. That night, Rory listen to the news reporter on television. She says Granda has ason in Liverpool. There and then, he decides that his father , Jeff has to be responsible for them now. Rory plans to get money from him. We see that what Ruby told about his future comes true. At Zaras birthday , Ruby said people would helphim. Rab arranges for people to help Rory and Granda all the way to Liverpool. He drives them to the Borders. From there, Annie , his girlfriend takes them to Lake District. They meet Annies cousin , Norma and her daughter , Nicole there. They are passed like the baton in a relay race. However, Norma reports them to the police as she is worried about Granda. He is very ill . Nicole calls Rory immediately and tells him the police are coming to get them and they are waiting for someone. Granda and Rory are on the run again. That night , they sleep on the seats in a stone bus shelter. In the middle of the night, Rory wakes up and sees that Granda is not breathing. He thinks Granda is dead. He runs for help. Ruby said the authorities would not find him but he would go them. This also comes true.Rory gets help from aman called William. William calls the police and an ambulance to take the Granda to the hospital. What started at the Perth Station has a happy ending for Rory and Granda. Rory gets what he is looking for as Ruby said. He meets his father, Jeff. Jeffs wife , Karen and his sisters , Rhonda and Ava. In the end, Rory and Granda live comfortably near Jeff in Liverpoool. The incident at Perth Station with Sprout Breath speeds up the plot with many adventurous, cliff hangers. It changes rorys life in the end.That is why it is interesting.

Based on the novel Catch Us If You Can by Catherine MacPhail, the writer had potrayed many interesting event that make me so eager to read this novel. The first reason is the escape shows that love conquers all with Granda from the auhorities that want they separate where Rory lives in Castle Street while Granda lives in Rachnadar. However , Rory does not want to separate with Granda so he plans to escape with his friend, Darren. Fortunately, Darren gives key to his mums caravan for Rory and Granda to live in it. Then, Rory goes to Rachnadar and wedges the emergency exit door. After packing Grandas , Rory bring Granda away from there. This shows that if we love someone we are wiling to do anything for him or her.Therefore, it realized us that we need to take good care of our loves one to show our love towards them. Meanwhile, the second reason is the Great Escape creates a lot of good relationship. During the escape Rory meets lots of good people there. They lend their helping hand to help Rory in his escape plan. For example, Sammys family saves Rory and Granda from being caught by the police. They bring Rory and Grandato their caravan. They also give them shelter and food for them. Besides, Rory makes friend with Rob which is the owner of a petrol station. Rob is understanding towards Rorys plan which is meet Rorys father at Liverpool. Therefore, Rob does not reveal the plan to Granda. This totally clear that we need to have a good relationship with neither everybody nor everybody as we need some help from them when we are in trouble. On top of that, another interesting view that potrayed is strengthness bond between family members. At the caravan site, Rory and Granda do a lot of things together. They fishing together merrily. Although Granda does not catch any single fish, Rory feels grateful as he still can see his Grandas brightness smile after being separate about few days. Moreover , Granda also cooks some mouthwatering breakfast for Rory even he does a lot of silly things before like setting up a fire in their flat when left chip pan stove on. Granda also hotwires a car for Rory and his escape from authorities. This obviously shows great escape causes the relationship between Rory and Granda become more stronger. Therefore, we need to always nourish our family relationshipin any matter that happened in our life. In the conclusion, the part of the novel Catch Us If You Can which is the great escape teaches me a lot of superior lesson that I can practice in my life.

Based on the novel that I have studied which is Catch Us If You Can by Catherine MacPhail, there are many interesting event occurs that helps to develop the storyline of novel. The part that I think it make me so fervent to continue reading is when Rory and Granda were on the way of Great Escape. This is because a young boy is manage to take care of his grandfather all the way. Before Rory and Granda went for Great Escape, Rory did make preparation in order to take care of his Granda. He took all Grandas medicine and sweater for his grandfather as he know that he really need that things.Run away from authorities make granda looks pale and unhealthy. Immediately, Rory gave the medicine so that Granda will be fine. This shows that despite at young age, someone could be matured and can be hope on. Apart from that, kindness and compassionate are shown when someone in hardship condition. Rory and Granda faced so many challenges during their Greay escape. Instead of that, many strangers had helped them as kindness and compassionate exist in themselves. For example, Rob had helped them at petrol station . Looking at Granda, Rob feels so sorry as Granda looked extremely exhausted and pale. Rob did offered them a shelter and food in order to help them. With gentleness Rab handle Granda into his flat to take a rest. This is obviously appered in the novel and we should practice this value in real life. In addition love and care are shown between family members in a strong family relationship. This can proven when Granda did prepared breakfast for Rory in the first morning they at the caravan. With full of love, Granda made breakfast for Rory who he loved so much and their relationship is just like move to fatner and son rather than grandfather and grandson. Rory taught Granda had back normal but when he relised Granda make mistake with the coffee, he knows the reality. But for Rory it was alright as Granda only wants to show his love. For Rory, he does not care all that, as what he know, he love his Granda and cannot be saperated even his Granda has memory lapses. This shows that love is really strong between them and we should follow this in daily life. As a conclusion, I think this Great Escape has many interesting event that had been portrayed in the novel.

Themes
Family and relationships
A journey of love and protection between a grandfather and his grandson.

Growing up / Adolescence
Explores key issues that young boys of this age may confront as their characters areshaped by relationships around them.

Bridging the generation gap

A young boys love for his aging grandfather; it shows a young boy realizing that someone heloves deeply may die.

Social and civic responsibilities

How society tries to intervene and help those who they think are unfairly treated or who theythink deserve a better treatment.

Social bias
How society is quick to decide what the aged and ailing as well as the young should betreated

Moral values 1.Family relationships and bonds must be appreciated and maintained. 2. Communication is an important feature among friends and family members. 3. Trust is a vital component in bridging generations. 4. Appearances may not be what they seem.