The Riders: Summary and Analysis Good morning /afternoon Miss Martin and fellow class students. Tim Wintons novel “The Riders” is a very detailed novel about being a father and being a husband. The protangonist, Mr fred scully, more commonly known as Scully encounter and overcomes his main dissapointment of losing his beloved wife, Jennifer. Jennifer runs away from this family leaving scully and his daughter, billy, behind together. One of the techniques which made this novel so detailed and sucessful is the interacting between scully and other characters. This talk will be concentrated on the minor characters Peter Keneally and Jimmy Bererton.