Robin Hood Chapter Summary

This essay will be covering chapters five through eight of the Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. It will include a general half page summary of each chapter. There will also be a conclusion at the end. In order to summarize the chapters, there must be a main character introduction. Robin Hood is the main character. He and the Sheriff have had a few feuds through the book (considering he is an outlaw). Little John is Robin Hood’s right hand man or “lieutenant,” as stated by Allen W. Wright. The Sheriff of Nottingham is a greedy sheriff who is very focused on capturing Robin Hood. In chapter five, Robin Hood has now been in the forest for two years. The confinement is beginning to make him anxious, so he decides to get back at the Sheriff.

He sends Little John at night, so he won’t be seen by any of the Sheriff’s men. On his way to Ancaster, Little John decides to go to the Blue Boar for a while. He chose pleasure over work and he would pay. The next morning Little John sets off to Ancaster again. He meets a Tanner, whom he ends up challenging to cudgel play. Robin hears that Little John spent the night at the Blue Boar, and goes to look for him. Robin ends up watching the fight between the two men. The Tanner beats Little John at cudgel play, something Robin Hood did not think could be done. The Tanner introduces himself as Arthur a Bland, and he joins Robin Hood and his merry men. In conclusion, “Howard Pyle's Robin Hood is the first, the most beautifully illustrated, and the most complete of the many renditions for young people of the adventures of the famous yeoman-thief of Sherwood Forest,” (Bookrags.com). So far we see Robin Hood as being a powerful leader. He wants to do the right thing, even though he may not have the best methods of doing so. Little John is very loyal to Robin Hood. Even though he left for a few months, he did return. The Sheriff has even more of a reason to capture Robin, since Little John and the cook left. Will the Sheriff capture Robin? Let’s soon find