includes the introduction‚ rising actions‚ climax‚ and falling action. The plot gives a story structure and helps keep the story organized. If an author were to write down random thoughts without any type of plot‚ the reader could get lost in the story‚ and the book would not make sense to the reader. An introduction describes where the story takes place‚ when it takes place‚ and introduces the characters. The introduction of
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In the story “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry the two main characters are a husband and wife who give up their most precious possessions to be able to afford gifts for each other on Christmas Eve. The story follows the wife Della throughout the day as she tries to find a way to get money so she can buy her husband Jim a Christmas gift. Throughout the story there are a lot of themes that are shown through Della and Jim’s actions. The three most important themes found in this story are sacrifice
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The definition of love is " a deep‚ tender‚ ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person." In "The Gift of the Magi‚" the two main characters possess a love for each other that is so strong that they are willing to sacrifice their greatest treasures for each other‚ with no regrets. Also‚ they do not obsess over superficial things like appearances. Therefore‚ the moral of the story is that it is not the material things that matter‚ it is the love you have for another person‚ and the
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A majority of plays follow a 5 act system creating a correlation between the acts and the exposition‚ rising action‚ climax‚ falling action‚ and resolution of a story. Many can argue that Macbeth follows this same pattern‚ however‚ with a more in depth look at the story the obvious climax occurs in Act 2‚ followed by two acts of falling action and finally a resolution in Act 5. This can be observed by the shift in Macbeth’s demeanor. The murder of Banquo can be seen as Macbeth’s point of no return
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their squad. The Talabi then fired an RPG at him. Type of conflict: Man vs. Self Problem: Even though Justin tells Matt what happened that day he continues to see visions of the dog with a pigtail and a little boy named Ali. 3 Rising Action Events: Matt grows close to Francis who accidentally shot his squad leader. Matt begins to have more visions of what happened the day of the accident. Matt talks to the hospital therapist‚ Megan. Matt thinks he killed Ali‚ Lieutenant colonel Fuchs
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What one must know is that though people can change on the outside‚ their inner personality always ends up showing. In The Cask Of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe‚ Montresor vows revenge against a foe of his. His method is murder. While in The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry‚ Della is a beautiful woman who wants to please her husband and stops at nothing to accomplish it. These two very different characters do have something in common. Both Montresor and Della develop their personality into motives that
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The rising action is the actions leading up to the ray gun detonating. The climax is that the narrator and the curate fight in the ruined house; the narrator’s brother and his friends get to a ship. The falling action is that the Thunder Child defends the ships fleeing England; the narrator finds the world totally changed when he emerges from the ruined house. Who is the protagonist? Antagonist? The protagonist of this chapter is the narrator and the antagonist is the aliens. What are the most important
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All shorts stories are divided into five major parts‚ an exposition‚ rising action‚ climax‚ falling action and last but not least‚ a resolution. In the short story “Desiree’s Baby” by Kate Chopin is divided into the five parts of a plot but concentrates mostly on the conflict‚ climax and resolution. The exposition is an important major part of a short story‚ it is used to catch the reader’s attention or in other words the hook. This is important because as you know a reader would greatly be more
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through his job at the theater. The rising action begins‚ as Paul’s father is angry because he wants Paul to be successful through education. Paul looses his job at the theater because of his father. He then get’s expelled from school. Paul steals $2‚000 and leaves on the train to live extravagantly for a short amount of time. After his adventure Paul returns on the train and starts walking in the woods. From
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In O’Henry’s “Gift of the Magi‚” Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues‚” and in Bontemps’s “A Summer Tragedy” one discusses the love they have is a healthy relationship. In O’Henry’s “Gift of the Magi” James and Della sold their prized possessions for each other‚ and they are poor. In Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” Sonny and his brother builds a bond. In Bontemps’s “A Summer Tragedy” Jeff and Jennie dies together out of love and being brave. Have you ever loved someone so much? Even though James and Della do not
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