1. Characters
1.1. Richard Ebright
1.1.1. Protagonist
1.2. Mother
1.2.1. Richard's sole companion in childhood
1.2.2. Took him on trips, helped him in collecting fossils, butterflies coins etc
1.2.3. Imbibed scientific temper in him
1.2.4. Gifted him the book "The Travels of Monarch X"
1.3. Dr Frederick Urquhart
1.3.1. Wrote the book "The Travels of Monarch X" which inspired Richard
1.3.2. Corresponded with Richard and gave him ideas for experiments
1.3.3. Developed his scientific interests
1.4. James Wong
1.4.1. His room-mate
1.4.2. Helped him in his research with DNA
1.5. Mr Weiherer
1.5.1. His SST teacher
1.5.2. Helped develop his interest in debating and MUNs.
1.5.3. Admired by Richard
2. Extract from biography
2.1. Biography of Richard Ebright
2.2. Author- Robert W. Peterson
3. Themes
3.1. Never give up
3.2. There is no alternative to hardwork
3.3. Importance of right mentorship in success
3.4. The effort is more important than the result
4. Competitive Experience
4.1. Science Fairs
4.1.1. Lost in his first fair, where he presented a slide of frog tissue
4.1.1.1. The loss imbibed competitive spirit in him
4.1.2. The next year, he attempted to find the cause of a viral disease that killed most monarch caterpillars every few years
4.1.2.1. Won despite not getting concrete results, for his efforts