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somebody's son
English
Question | Answer |
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setting | at the side of the road, a narrow high way |
mood | the mood was depressing because the little boy ran away from his parents, because his parents wanted to take him to collage but the little boy said he wasn't ready for it, so he ran away. |
theme | the theme was that he would come home if his dad permitted it. |
conflict | the problem was that he had nowhere to go, rather then stay on the streets and roam. |
internal conflict | he was lonely, had nowhere to sleep, & no food |
person vs self | it was a difficult decision because he wanted to experience life before going to collage, he wanted to work instead of studying. |
external conflict | external, when he was walking down the road alone, while cars passing by without stopping to ask him if he needed help or anything |
plot | the plot was that he ran away to get more free time to himself |
exposition | it says that he's stairing down the road, & that Dakota plains are empty. |
narrative hook | the main problem was that he ran away, and the conflict was that his dad doesn't let him come back home |
rising action | its when he's in the train going home to his house but he is still no convinced if his dad will let him go back home |
climax | the climax is when he goes home & see's that his dad did tie a white cloth to the apple tree, not just that one tree but to all of them, meaning that he does want him to come home. |
falling action | is when he see's the stuff his dad did for him |
conclusion | the conclusion is when he makes up with his dad |
Narrator | the little boy that ran away, he is the one telling the story |
Tone | the authors attitude is depressing for the decision that he made |
point of view | 1st person, david is in the story |
1st person | the David telling the story is part of the story |
3rd limited | David |
3rd omniscient | |
1st person | the David telling the story is part of the story |
3rd limited | David |
3rd limited | David |
major | the main character is david |
3rd omniscient | the good guy is the man who gave david a ride |
3rd omniscient | theirs mom, dad, David, the man who gave him a lift heading home |
characters | theirs mom, dad, David, the man who gave him a lift heading home |
characters | theirs mom, dad, David, the man who gave him a lift heading home |
major | the main character is david |
minor | |
antagonist | i'd say it's his father for not wanting to come back home |
protagonist | the good guy is the man who gave david a ride |
minor | |
antagonist | i'd say it's his father for not wanting to come back home |
major | the main character is david |
minor | david does not change at all |
indirect characterization | david writes a letter to his mom apologizing to go back home |
dynamic character | the father changes in the story because at first he doesn't want his son back but at the end he does. |
protagonist | the good guy is the man who gave david a ride |
static character | david does not change at all |
antagonist | i'd say it's his father for not wanting to come back home |
minor | |
dynamic character | the father changes in the story because at first he doesn't want his son back but at the end he does. |
static character | david does not change at all |
indirect characterization | david writes a letter to his mom apologizing to go back home |
direct characterization | |
1st person | the David telling the story is part of the story |
3rd limited | David |
3rd omniscient | |
characters | theirs mom, dad, David, the man who gave him a lift heading home |
major | the main character is david |
protagonist | the good guy is the man who gave david a ride |
antagonist | i'd say it's his father for not wanting to come back home |
minor | |
dynamic character | the father changes in the story because at first he doesn't want his son back but at the end he does. |
static character | david does not change at all |
indirect characterization | david writes a letter to his mom apologizing to go back home |
direct characterization | |
1st person | the David telling the story is part of the story |
3rd limited | David |
3rd omniscient | |
characters | theirs mom, dad, David, the man who gave him a lift heading home |
major | the main character is david |
protagonist | the good guy is the man who gave david a ride |
antagonist | i'd say it's his father for not wanting to come back home |
minor | |
dynamic character | the father changes in the story because at first he doesn't want his son back but at the end he does. |
static character | david does not change at all |
indirect characterization | david writes a letter to his mom apologizing to go back home |
direct characterization | |
symbol | the white cloth tied to a twig represents that the father wants him to be home |
irony | |
foreshadowing | at the begining it said that he doesnt know where he will be at next, he has no destination |
flashback | |
simile | |
metaphor | |
personification |