The Street That Got Mislaid
Plot of the Short Story the Street that Got Mislaid
1. Exposition
a.)Marc Girondin – the main character on the short story, who had worked in the filing section of the city hall's engineering department for so long that the city was laid out in his mind like a map, full of names and places, intersecting streets and streets that led nowhere, blind alleys and winding lanes.
b.)Michael Flanagan- who lives at number four," she went on, "a most interesting man, who said that if miracles happened, we should aid and abet them, who had the door built and put up at the entrance to keep out passers-by or officials who might come along.
c.)Jean Desselin -he's in number six and sometimes goes into the city returned.
d.)Mr.Plonsky – he is a refugee, who was very tired and worn out with his travelling’s and gladly moved in with us.
e.)Miss Hunter -she lives in number three, brought home a very nice person, a distant relative, who quite understand the situation. Who plays the piano and gives concerts.
f.)Sara Trusdale –about 60 years old ,who had lived there for more than twenty years, who has a boy(nephew) and was heartbroken when he died in the influenza epidemic after the war. She is the only one who is still alive.
g.)Mr. Hazard and Mr.Desselin - who are very fond of chess and who brew wine in the cellar.
2. Rising Action
It started a conflict when something happened that filled him with amazement, shocked him beyond measure, and made the world of the filing cabinets tremble to their steel bases. He found an old index card, dirty and torn, but still perfectly decipherable. It was labelled RUE DE LA BOUTEILLE VERTE, or GREEN BOTTLE STREET.
3. Climax
Marc stared at it in wonder. He had never heard of the place or of anything resembling so odd a name. Undoubtedly it had been retitled in some other fashion befitting the modern tendency. He checked the listed details and ruffled confidently through the master
1. Exposition
a.)Marc Girondin – the main character on the short story, who had worked in the filing section of the city hall's engineering department for so long that the city was laid out in his mind like a map, full of names and places, intersecting streets and streets that led nowhere, blind alleys and winding lanes.
b.)Michael Flanagan- who lives at number four," she went on, "a most interesting man, who said that if miracles happened, we should aid and abet them, who had the door built and put up at the entrance to keep out passers-by or officials who might come along.
c.)Jean Desselin -he's in number six and sometimes goes into the city returned.
d.)Mr.Plonsky – he is a refugee, who was very tired and worn out with his travelling’s and gladly moved in with us.
e.)Miss Hunter -she lives in number three, brought home a very nice person, a distant relative, who quite understand the situation. Who plays the piano and gives concerts.
f.)Sara Trusdale –about 60 years old ,who had lived there for more than twenty years, who has a boy(nephew) and was heartbroken when he died in the influenza epidemic after the war. She is the only one who is still alive.
g.)Mr. Hazard and Mr.Desselin - who are very fond of chess and who brew wine in the cellar.
2. Rising Action
It started a conflict when something happened that filled him with amazement, shocked him beyond measure, and made the world of the filing cabinets tremble to their steel bases. He found an old index card, dirty and torn, but still perfectly decipherable. It was labelled RUE DE LA BOUTEILLE VERTE, or GREEN BOTTLE STREET.
3. Climax
Marc stared at it in wonder. He had never heard of the place or of anything resembling so odd a name. Undoubtedly it had been retitled in some other fashion befitting the modern tendency. He checked the listed details and ruffled confidently through the master