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Posters and publicity bring several neighborhood children to the show, for which Penrod acts as ringleader. When attendance at subsequent shows lags and a rich boy sneers, Penrod adds this boy to ...
Universe. Cosmere. Introduced In. The Well of Ascension. Lord Ferson Penrod is a noble on Scadrial. After the fall of the Lord Ruler, he becomes a member of the Luthadel Assembly. He becomes the second king of the Central Dominance, succeeding Elend Venture, and later under him in the New Empire.
Penrod (1922), silent feature film, with Wesley Barry as Penrod [ 4 ] and Gordon Griffith as Sam. Penrod and Sam (1923), silent feature film, based on the first sequel to Penrod, with Ben Alexander as Penrod [ 5 ] and Joe Butterworth as Sam. Penrod and Sam (1931), feature film with Leon Janney as Penrod [ 4 ] and Frank Coghlan, Jr. as Sam.
- Booth Tarkington, Grant Gordon
- 1914
Penrod Schofield at twelve wears "an expression carefully trained to be inscrutable." This is the face presented to the adult world, and is a necessity for a boy who is part conman, part showman. Childhood is amoral, Tarkington believes. Only gradually are grownup values accepted.
Penrod released his victim; and the Child King Arthur, somewhat disconcerted, extended his sceptre and, with the assistance of the enraged prompter, said: "Sweet child-friends of the Tabul Round, In brotherly love and kindness abound, Sir Lancelot, you have spoken well, Sir Galahad, too, as clear as bell. So now pray doff your mantles gay.
Penrod, twelve at the time of his appearance in the stories, is nearing the end of this stage. He is essentially savage, but gives indications that this savagery is becoming somewhat tempered.
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Tarkington characterizes Penrod as humorous, thoughtful, and a child-like schemer. Penrod grows up in the Midwest during the twentieth-century. He is filled with much of the history of the period. Tarkington ensures that his character maintains the morals, the talk, and the reference to popular pastimes during this part of American history.
