Sweet Potato Pie: Plot
Thursday, February 21, 2013 @ 6:24 AM
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1. What is the story about?
What are the main events in the story, and how are they related to each other?
This story is about Buddy. He talked about her childhood. He explained
that his brother Charley never really had a childhood. He always helps their
parents work. They are poor. So his family had to work hard for him to go to
school because he is the smartest in the family. The main event in the story is
when Buddy went to see his brother Charley in New York. He was having a meeting
there. His brother and the family were surprise that Buddy came without telling
them. Charley’s wife, Bea, made him a sweet potato pie which he loved. When
Charley drove to send Buddy off at the hotel, he noticed that Buddy was
carrying a brown paper bag with sweet potato pie in it. He told Buddy to give
it to him because it looks bad to have a brown paper bag in the hotel. Buddy
was upset that he can’t have his sweet potato pie but he gave it to Charley
anyway. After he walks in to the hotel, he turn around and saw Charley carrying
a brown paper bag proudly.
2. Are the main events of the
story arranged chronologically, or are they arranged in another way?
I think that it is arranged chronologically. Everything was in their
place.
3. How is the story narrated?
Are flashbacks, summaries, stories with the story used?
Most parts of the story are flashbacks. It was flashbacks about his
family, and how they struggle to put him in school and getting money for
surviving.
4. Is the plot fast-paced or
slow-paced?
It was in its own pace. But I think that it was quite fast. I don’t want
it to end. I want to read some more.
5. How do the thoughts,
behaviors, and actions of characters moved the plot forward?
Buddy took his chance to do the best he could in the school.
He graduated from a university, has a good job, and still sent his money to
some of his siblings.
6. What are the conflicts in
the plot? Are they physical, intellectual, moral or emotional? Are they
resolved? How are they resolved? Is the main conflict between good and evil
sharply differentiated, or is it more subtle and complex?
The conflict was at the end of the story. His brother was still the same
when they were little. Charley was still proud of his brother who is smart. He
wanted his brother to do what is right or wrong.
7. What is the climax of the
story and at what point in the story does the climax occur?
The climax occurred at the end of the story. Buddy cried at the end
because he saw Charley carrying a brown paper bag toward him. Charley was right
about the people in hotels don’t carry a brown paper bag.
8. Does the plot have unity?
Are all the episodes relevant to the total meaning or effect of the story? Does
each incident grown logically out of the preceding incident and lead naturally
to the next?
All the parts just naturally lead to the next. It was a smooth, flowing
story.
9. What use does the story make
of chance and coincidence? Are these occurrences used to initiate, to
complicate, or to resolve the story? How improbable are they?
Buddy was telling the story of how his life goes. It is not about
coincidence. It is about his hard work, and his family suffering. It helps us
know that what we have right now is important. What we are doing right now, some
people might not have the chance to do it.
Sweet Potato Pie: Plot
Thursday, February 21, 2013 @ 6:24 AM
| 0 notes
1. What is the story about?
What are the main events in the story, and how are they related to each other?
This story is about Buddy. He talked about her childhood. He explained
that his brother Charley never really had a childhood. He always helps their
parents work. They are poor. So his family had to work hard for him to go to
school because he is the smartest in the family. The main event in the story is
when Buddy went to see his brother Charley in New York. He was having a meeting
there. His brother and the family were surprise that Buddy came without telling
them. Charley’s wife, Bea, made him a sweet potato pie which he loved. When
Charley drove to send Buddy off at the hotel, he noticed that Buddy was
carrying a brown paper bag with sweet potato pie in it. He told Buddy to give
it to him because it looks bad to have a brown paper bag in the hotel. Buddy
was upset that he can’t have his sweet potato pie but he gave it to Charley
anyway. After he walks in to the hotel, he turn around and saw Charley carrying
a brown paper bag proudly.
2. Are the main events of the
story arranged chronologically, or are they arranged in another way?
I think that it is arranged chronologically. Everything was in their
place.
3. How is the story narrated?
Are flashbacks, summaries, stories with the story used?
Most parts of the story are flashbacks. It was flashbacks about his
family, and how they struggle to put him in school and getting money for
surviving.
4. Is the plot fast-paced or
slow-paced?
It was in its own pace. But I think that it was quite fast. I don’t want
it to end. I want to read some more.
5. How do the thoughts,
behaviors, and actions of characters moved the plot forward?
Buddy took his chance to do the best he could in the school.
He graduated from a university, has a good job, and still sent his money to
some of his siblings.
6. What are the conflicts in
the plot? Are they physical, intellectual, moral or emotional? Are they
resolved? How are they resolved? Is the main conflict between good and evil
sharply differentiated, or is it more subtle and complex?
The conflict was at the end of the story. His brother was still the same
when they were little. Charley was still proud of his brother who is smart. He
wanted his brother to do what is right or wrong.
7. What is the climax of the
story and at what point in the story does the climax occur?
The climax occurred at the end of the story. Buddy cried at the end
because he saw Charley carrying a brown paper bag toward him. Charley was right
about the people in hotels don’t carry a brown paper bag.
8. Does the plot have unity?
Are all the episodes relevant to the total meaning or effect of the story? Does
each incident grown logically out of the preceding incident and lead naturally
to the next?
All the parts just naturally lead to the next. It was a smooth, flowing
story.
9. What use does the story make
of chance and coincidence? Are these occurrences used to initiate, to
complicate, or to resolve the story? How improbable are they?
Buddy was telling the story of how his life goes. It is not about
coincidence. It is about his hard work, and his family suffering. It helps us
know that what we have right now is important. What we are doing right now, some
people might not have the chance to do it.
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