"The Prowl" by Gregory Frost

1. This story is about a man who's been taken away from his village in Angola, Africa and brought to Charleston, South Carolina as a slave. During that process, he meets a man whom he later finds out is a plateye, also known as a shape-shifter, or a ghost of some sort. 
2. The setting in the beginning of the story takes place during the Civil War on a slave ship. The middle is when they get to Charleston and put on a plantation. And the final part is when the narrator moves to Canada. 
3. The point of view of the story is first person narrator. 
4. The protagonist of the story is George Williams and the antagonists are the white people, or the slave owners. 
5. The main conflict is between a person and a societal force. 
6. The protagonist's main struggle is trying to find a way to rebel against the racist whites and terrorize them. 
7. I really liked this story. I couldn't put it down. It was interesting from beginning to end!