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Short Stories

Short Stories. Notes: 8-1. “The Battle by the Breadfruit Tree”. Setting: African…1900s Protagonist: cameramen…observers Antagonist: circle of life Conflict: leopard wants to eat the baby Climax: the leopard kills the mama, ambush! Ending: twist- ambush…tied up- cameramen done

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Short Stories

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  1. Short Stories Notes: 8-1

  2. “The Battle by the Breadfruit Tree” • Setting: African…1900s • Protagonist: cameramen…observers • Antagonist: circle of life • Conflict: leopard wants to eat the baby • Climax: the leopard kills the mama, ambush! • Ending: twist- ambush…tied up- cameramen done • Quote: “The greatest fight…unrecorded.” • POV: 1st person

  3. “The Gun” • Setting: m-lateid 1900s empty schoolyard city • Protagonist: Derek • Antagonist: the gun…detectives • Conflict: had a gun…lack of knowledge • Climax: end, detective told him that he had killed someone • Ending: twist- unexpected information • Quote: “What gun?” (sarcasm?...cover up?) • POV: 3rd- he/she

  4. “Finding Myself” • Setting: 1980s, high school gym • Protagonist: Jeannie Ryan • Antagonist: herself • Conflict: she can’t shoot or score • Climax: she makes her shot • Ending: tied up • Quote: “Don’t ruin it. Don’t analyze it to death…just enjoy it.” • POV: 1st person

  5. “The Secret” • Setting: moon, dome/community, near future • Protagonist: Henry Cooper • Antagonist: Dr. Hastings and crew • Conflict: he wants to know what’s going on • Climax: he discovers/is told the secret • Ending: cliffhanger • Quote: “Henry Cooper had been on the moon for two weeks before he discovered something was wrong.” • POV: 3rd person

  6. “On the Outside” • Setting: train, 1930s • Protagonist: narrator…an observer • Antagonist: hunger, GD, capitalism • Conflict: business, capitalism, starving, shooting in Detroit…bread/starvation • Climax: the boy tells the man that his dad is dead • Ending: twist- man-in-a-box…tied up (no questions)…cliffhanger-not resolved • Quote: “Your dad’s been gone some time…a big box.” • POV: 1st person…I

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