Stories analysis

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2. EDNA BACK FROM AMERICABy Clare Boylan • Edna • June • Starting a new life • Violent life • Fear of loneliness

3. Plot Edna Back From America • Exposition: • Risingaction: • Climax: • Fallingaction: • Resolution: June remembers her childhood up to Muriel´s calling June is called Edna by Muriel When they are in the car, June decides to go along with this lie All the information that she receives about her husband There´s no resolution; the story has an open ending

4. Neighbours by paultheroux • R. Wigley • Man in 4C • Scadutto • Lack of tolerance • Judgemental • Obsesion

5. Beginning of the story: All the description of the 3 characters Neighbours • Exposition: • Risingaction: • Climax: • Fallingaction: • Resolution: When they go to the pub and Vics starts asking awkard questions Wigley´s attitude towards the narrator comments The narrator goes to knock on 4C´s door to complain directly. Nobody answers Since Wigley left it seems that the storm trooper is gone too

6. Beginning of the story: All the description of the 3 characters Plot 2 • Exposition: • Risingaction: • Climax: • Fallingaction: • Resolution: When they go to the pub and Vics starts asking awkard questions The narrator goes to knock on 4C´s door to complain directly. Nobody answers Since Wigley left it seems that the storm trooper is gone too

7. The heroby Joanna Trollope • Captain Campbell • Signora Campbell • Narrator • Hero image • Revealing the truth • Looking for inspiration

8. Description of reasons of the writer to be in the island The Hero • Exposition: • Risingaction: • Climax: • Fallingaction: • Resolution: He finds the story of Captain Campbell He finds out the story is a lie He goes back to the island, brings back the book He doesn´t tell theCaptain´s widow, he decides not to write the book

9. Taste by RoaldDahl Theme: Greed Egos involved • Mike Schofield: • Mrs Schofield: • Mr. Pratt • Louise Schoffield • Maid Conflict: Man vs Man: Schoffield and Pratt. Egos involved. Man vs Society: Chauvinism. Man vs self: Mr Schofield struggles against himself against getting into the bet Setting Place: Dinner party/London Time: 20th Century, after WWII

10. plot Dinner party at the Schofield´s house, a special guest arrives (Mr. Pratt) who is challenged by the host to bet on knowledge of wine • Exposition: • Rising Actions: • Climax: • Falling actions: • Resolution: As the host chooses a very rare wine their bet begins to rise resulting in having Louise as a prize if Mr. Pratt names the wine accurately. Against all odds previously thought by Mr. Schofield, Mr Pratt calls on the type of wine, from a tiny harvest is France. In horror the Schofield family stares Mr. Pratt knowing that they now will have to give their daughter´s hand for marriage to Mr. Pratt The maid approaches the table and unmasks Mr. Pratt triumph by saying that he had left his glasses in the cellar before dinner. There isn´t a real resolution

11. Tellingstoriesby maevebinchy • Andrew • Irene • Rosemary • Martin Theme: Doing the right thing Setting: Place: Irene´s house, Church Time: Day before the wedding / Wedding party/years later Conflict: Man vs Self

12. plot Exposition: The bell rings to announce an unexpected guest, the groom, who wanted to speak with his bride urgently, his nervousness and anxiety unease Irene. Rising Actions: Andrew talks about his youth and how important it is to him to live to the fullest, which means that marriage would only act against his freedom, as he talks Irene creams her hands patiently waiting for her turn to talk. They both agree on Andrew going to the church the next day and make it seem as Irene had left him waiting at the altar. Climax: As ¨Here comes the bride¨ is sung by the church choir Andrew realizes that Irene has come leaving him no chance or option to walk away as she walks to the altar by her father´s side. Falling actions: After their ¨I do´s ¨ they walk out of church as husband and wife, Andrew faces his fears realizing that he could have made a terrible mistake. Resolution: Andrew and Irene live a happy and full life together.

13. The cowardby V.S Naipaul • Narrator • Big Foot • Hat • Boyee • Errol Setting: Place: Miguel Street, Trinidad and Tobago Time: American setting in theisland, 1940´s. Conflict: • Man vs Self: • Man vs Society • Man vs Man Theme: Notjudging a bookbyitscover

14. plot • Exposition: All Miguel Street was afraid of Big Foot but as time passes the myth on his violent ways began to merge. • Rising Actions: when the narrator gets to know his more sensible side on a glass accident and his laughable reaction towards a dog. During his first fights Big Foot defeats all of his contenders as expected • Climax: When the boxer comes to the town and fights Big Foot, who is defeated at the end. • Falling actions: Big Foots cries loudly and the crowd laughs at him • Resolution: Big Foot leaves Miguel Street, the fighter wasn´t really a boxer

15. Mrknow-allby William Somerset • Narrator • Mr. Kelada • Mr. Ramsey • Mrs. Ramsey Setting: Time: After WWII Place: On a ship from San Francisco to Okinawa Theme: Appearances can be deceptive Conflict • Character vs Character • Character vs Self

16. Exposition: A very outgoing Mr. Kelada interrupts a rather quiet passenger´s life when they share a cabin in a ship, Mr. Kelada speaks about his exclusiveness on all kinds of good difficult to obtain or prohibited during this time in history. • Rising Actions: Mr. Kelada talks about his keen eye on pearls and business in general; as he keeps talking about it Mr. Ramsey dares him to guess the amount he paid for his wife´s pearls. Always trying to keep his appearance he flatters Mrs. Ramsey´s pearls for a while. • Climax: MrKelada sets the price of the pearls on around 20, 000 US dollars. Mr. Ramsey feels very pleased once he tells Kelada that he had only paid 18 dollars for the pearls at a department store in NYC. • Falling actions: Mr. Kelada write the 100.00 US dollars to Mr. Ramsey for not guessing if the pearls were real, ashamed he leaves the room. • Resolution: MrKelada realizes that it wasn´t about the money when Mr. Ramseys returns it to him on an envelope.

17. Sharp practiceby Frederick Forsyth • The Priest/the farmer • Judge Comyn • O´Connor • Mr. Keane • Theme: • You get what you give • Conflict: • Man vs Self • Setting: • Place: On a train • Time: 1938

18. Exposition: Three men are absorbed during a train trip into a game of cards, along the journey they change strategies and raised their bets until they arrived to destination and one of them is set to pay the highest bid. • Rising Actions: As the game progressed all three men decided to raise the bar and put more excitement into the game resulting in one big winner, The Priest, who mentioned a good donation place for the money. • Climax: Judge Comyn realizes that the person in court under his jurisdiction was O´Connor who was being charged of misleading the game and earnings of the card game. • Falling actions: Judge Comyn listens to a statement made by Mr. Keane who had been cheated in the same manner as Judge Comyn • Resolution: Judge Comyn sees the Priest in the car/they are working together…he was tricked!

19. The modelmillionaireby Oscar Wilde • Hughie Erskie • Alan Trevor • Laura Merton • Colonel Merton • The Beggar (Baron Hausberg) • GustaveNaudin • Conflict: • Man vs Society • Man vs Self • Theme: • Solidarity and reciprocity keeps the world turning • Setting: • Place: Holland park • Time: Morning

20. Exposition: Hughie feels sad for not having his girlfriend´s family blessing for being poor, he goes to talk about it over his painter friend Alan looking for a word of advice. • Rising Actions: As he arrives to Alan´s studio he realizes that his friend is working on a portrait of a beggar. He realizes that the beggar is in more need of money than he is therefore he gives them all the money he has • Climax: The beggar asks Alan who was the man who had just given him money and what was his story he feels deeply touched. • Falling actions: Hughie receives the money he needed to marry his love Laura, Trevor tell Hughie where the money comes from • Resolution: Hughie and Laura live happily ever after, keeping the condition the Baron had set.