STORIES ANALYSIS
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• Edna
• June
• Starting a new life
• Violent life
• Fear of loneliness
EDNA BACK FROM AMERICA
BY CLARE BOYLAN
PLOT
Edna Back From America
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Exposition: June remembers her childhood up to Muriel´s
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Rising action: June is called Edna by Muriel
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Climax: When they are in the car, June decides to go
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Falling action: All the information that she receives about
calling
along with this lie
her husband
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Resolution: There´s no resolution; the story has an open
ending
• R. Wigley
• Man in 4C
• Scadutto
• Lack of
tolerance
• Judgemental
• Obsesion
NEIGHBOURS
BY PAUL THEROUX
Neighbours
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Exposition: Beginning of the story: All the description of
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Rising action: When they go to the pub and Vics starts
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Climax: comments
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Falling action: complain directly. Nobody answers
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Resolution: Since Wigley left it seems that the storm
the 3 characters
asking awkard questions
Wigley´s attitude towards the narrator
The narrator goes to knock on 4C´s door to
trooper is gone too
Plot 2
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Exposition: Beginning of the story: All the description of
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Rising action: asking awkard questions
the 3 characters
When they go to the pub and Vics starts
The narrator goes to knock on 4C´s door to
complain directly. Nobody answers
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Climax:
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Falling action:
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Resolution: Since Wigley left it seems that the storm
trooper is gone too
 Captain Campbell
 Signora Campbell
 Narrator
THE HERO
BY JOANNA TROLLOPE
 Hero image
 Revealing the truth
 Looking for
inspiration
The Hero
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Exposition: Description of reasons of the writer to be in
the island
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Rising action: He finds the story of Captain Campbell
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Climax: He finds out the story is a lie
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Falling action: He goes back to the island, brings back the
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Resolution: He doesn´t tell theCaptain´s widow, he
book
decides not to write the book
TASTE
BY ROALD DAHL
Setting
Place: Dinner party/London
Time: 20th Century, after
WWII
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
PLOT
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Exposition:
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
Rising Actions:
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
 Climax:
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
 Falling actions:
triumph by saying that he had left his glasses in the
cellar before dinner.
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Resolution: There isn´t a real resolution
Theme: Doing the right thing
Andrew
 Irene
 Rosemary
 Martin
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Setting:
Place: Irene´s house,
Church
Time: Day before
the wedding /
Wedding
party/years later
Conflict:
Man vs Self
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.
THE COWARD
BY V.S NAIPAUL
 Narrator
 Big
Foot
 Hat
 Boyee
Setting:
Place: Miguel Street,
Trinidad and Tobago
Time: American setting
in the island, 1940´s.
 Errol
Conflict:
 Man vs Self:
 Man vs Society
 Man vs Man
Theme:
Not judging a book by
its cover
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
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MR KNOW-ALL
BY WILLIAM SOMERSET
 Narrator
Setting:
Time: After WWII
Place: On a ship from
San Francisco to
Okinawa
 Mr.
Kelada
 Mr. Ramsey
 Mrs. Ramsey
Theme:
Appearances can be
deceptive
Conflict
Character vs Character
Character vs Self
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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.
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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.
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Climax:
Mr Kelada 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.
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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.
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Resolution:
Mr Kelada realizes that it wasn´t about the money
when Mr. Ramseys returns it to him on an envelope.
SHARP PRACTICE
BY FREDERICK FORSYTH
The Priest/the farmer
 Judge Comyn
 O´Connor
 Mr. Keane
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Theme:
You get what you give
Conflict:
Man vs Self
Setting:
• Place: On a train
• Time: 1938
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Falling actions: Judge Comyn listens to a statement made by Mr. Keane who
had been cheated in the same manner as Judge Comyn
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Resolution:
Judge Comyn sees the Priest in the car/they are working
together…he was tricked!
THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE
BY OSCAR WILDE
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Hughie Erskie
Alan Trevor
Laura Merton
Colonel Merton
The Beggar (Baron Hausberg)
Gustave Naudin
Theme:
Solidarity and reciprocity keeps
the world turning
Setting:
Place: Holland park
Time: Morning
Conflict:
Man vs Society
Man vs Self
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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.
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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
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Climax: The beggar asks Alan who was the man who had just given him money
and what was his story he feels deeply touched.
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Falling actions: Hughie receives the money he needed to marry his love Laura,
Trevor tell Hughie where the money comes from
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Resolution:
Hughie and Laura live happily ever after, keeping the
condition the Baron had set.