“Father and son” Plot Point Photos

 

In this project, we are told to find quotes that would match the plot points of the story and have explanation to it. Also had to take photos that went along with the plot points from the short story          “ Father and Son” by Bernard MacLaverty shows a dark relationship between father and son. Both the father and son had struggles after the passing of the mother and had to play both role of the mother and father in that family and he had to try and be there for the son. We are able to see both point of views from the father and the son, and to know how they really feel towards each other.

Exposition

Quote: “I know that in a few minutes he will come into look at me sleeping” (MacLaverty 165)

Explanation: at the beginning of the short story, the father was very protective of his troubled son, to ensure his safety and his son doesn’t like that his father is trying to know what’s going on.

Inciting incident

Quote: “why do you always spy on me, you nosey old bastard” (MacLaverty 169)

Explanation: the father is always trying to know where is son is and what he is doing but the son is so tried of his father of being over protective.

Rising action

Quote: “I want to know if you are in danger again” (MacLaverty 167)

Explanation: the short story is hinting that the son previously in trouble and probably came to a close death experience or was in with the wrong people

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Rising action

Quote: “you should be in your bed a man at your age. its passed one” (MacLaverty 166)

Explanation: the father walks into the son’s room and see’s that he is still awake past one he doesn’t want him up because he doesn’t want him stay up all night doing bad things.

Rising action

Quote: “the door swings open and he pushes a hand-gun beneath the pillow” (MacLaverty 169)

Explanation: the dad walks into the son’s room and see’s him slip a hand- gun under his pillow but he didn’t know if he seen that right and hints that there was going to be conflict

Climax

Quote: “there is a bang. A dishcloth drops from my hand and I run to the kitchen door. Not believing , I look into the hallway” (MacLaverty 169)

Explanation: the father was and hears a bang at the door and walks into the hallway hints that something bad happened at the door.

 

 

Falling action

Quote: “my son is lying on the floor, his head on the bottom stair, his feet on the there hold (MacLaverty 169)

Explanation: the father walks to the front door and sees his soon lying there and he didn’t know what happened to his son or what was wrong

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Resolution

Quote: my son, let me put my arms around you” ( MacLaverty 160)

Explanation: the son would never let the father come near him and give him emotional and physical love and wouldn’t let him hug and so he did well he was lying there.

We read the short story “Father and son” as a class and had to write a plot point of how the story follows the plots and had to find quotes to that prove the plots that we followed. The exposition I put how the father check on the son when he is sleeping because I think it fit because it introduces the characters, really sets the mood of the story of how he does really trust his son ,and shows where the short story takes place in there house. The Initiating incident shows how the son mood is and shows how he is not open to his father which starts the problems. The rising actions are all because of him not listening to his father he wouldn’t tell if he was in danger , and wasn’t in his bed before one. The climax fits because the bang goes off and was the most intense part of the story and it produced a lot of emotions and energy from the father. the falling action fits because the father just sees his son laying there and didn’t know what happened until he seen the extra hole in his nose then the conclusion the son the final let the father have what the father wanted to hold his son again.

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