SUMMARY OF THE GOOD DINOSAUR

By: Dianne Royo Totanes

The movie was about a good dinosaur, whose name was Arlo. The title character is
Arlo, a young Apatosaurus born as a runt. Awkward and cowardly, he was hard-pressed to
put his mark on the family wall. He was the smallest, fearful and weak dinosaur from all
siblings, but his Poppa and Momma believe that someday he will be a strong and brave
dinosaur, just like them. Henry, his father, wanted him to be brave and face his fears. So
Henry assigned Arlo to guard their silo from critters and helps him set up a trap.

While Arlo was guarding, the trap captured a feral cave boy, but he was too reluctant
to kill him and sets him free. Heavily disappointed, Henry accompanied Arlo to track the
cave boy through a ravine where it began to rain. While running, Arlo injured himself and
Henry decided to stop and go back instead, but flash flood occurs and a massive rapid of
waters appeared. Henry only managed to save Arlo before he was swept away and killed. In
spite of what happened to his father, Arlo became braved and tried to stand strong for his
family.

While he was harvesting crops, he spotted the cave boy inside the silo. He tried to chase
the cave boy, but Arlo fell into a river that washed him away and he found himself far from
home and tries to survive on his own with minimal success. Even though he was lost, that
became the start of his adventure that made him strong and courageous in his travel back to
his home. Arlo realized that the cave boy, Spot, was the one who was helping him in times of
trouble. As a result, they became closer to each other and became best friends. They
experienced different kinds of dangers and troubles that almost killed them, but they faced it
together on their way home.