Cue for Treason

Chapter 1 Summary: 
Dawn is Dangerous

Peter Brownrigg, the narrator and protagonist in the book, is about to go on an adventure at night to Sir Philip Morton's wall, with his father and brother; Peter and his family are meeting the other men and boys from every farmstead to take down the wall by hand. Then his father requests for Peter to be their scout for them. As Peter goes out, he notices that Sir Philip Morton is approaching the wall with his armed men, so he warns his fellow farm mates that they're coming. As Sir Philip passes by, Peter dumbly throws a rock at Sir Philip, which leads to Sir Philip trying to blow Peter's head off with his pistol. Sir Philip misses his head, but hits Peter's cap. Then Peter runs back home, thinking mainly of breakfast.

Chapter 2 Summary:
Escape

The beginning of this chapter talks about Peter's school day. Peter decides to go swimming during midday break, which lasts for 2 hours, but then one of his schoolmates, George Bell, rushes towards him and tells him that there are two men looking for Peter, and says that the men are in possession of Peter's green cap. Peter panics, then decides to go home. His parents sadly informs him that Peter cannot remain in the district while it is under Sir Philip's rule, as Sir Philip has found out he was the one who threw the rock at him, and would then hunt him down and punish him (jail, torture, etc..) Peter decides to travel on foot and explore the outside world.

This novel includes lots of the topics we talked about in class, such as social hierarchy, tyranny, etc...
We see a lot of different types of classes in this novel, such as Sir Philip, the high-class, noble, wealthy rich man, and the Brownriggs, the poor, non wealthy, low-class farmers.

From my point of view, Sir Philip is a tyrant in the story. Examples to prove that he is are: "And heaven help the man who puts a stone wall round them [meadows] and calls them his - even if he has money and men in livery and a 'Sir' in front of his name." (page 17 paragraph 2), "-and when Mr. Atkinson went down to warn them off, they threatened to throw the poor old man into the Greta." (page 17 paragraph 3) This shows how he uses his power cruelly by taking away rights from the farmers. If I were one of the farmers and was in that specific position, I wouldn't be a happy farmer. Why would someone put a wall around their farm so they can't farm? Was he going crazy with all the power he inherited from his grandfather? This displays his cruel and tyrannous behavior.

So far, this novel seems like an interesting novel, and I think that I will enjoy reading this novel.  But one thing I was wondering was since this novel is in the first person (narrated by Peter Brownigg) and told in past tense, does that mean Peter never dies during the novel? Because if in the story, Sir Philip does find Peter, and kills him, wouldn't it not make sense for this to be told in the past tense?