This project is supposed to show the plot points of a short story called “Father and Son”.  supposed to take 8 quotes, that show examples of the different points of the plot. Like a quote from the story for Rising action, or for falling action, etc.  After that’s done, one would need to take pictures that reflect the quote and insert them into the post for each quote.

1.Exposition

Quote: “Because I do not sleep well I hear my father rising to go to work. I know that in a few minutes he will come in to look at me sleeping. He will want to check I cam home last night. He will stand in his bare feet, his shoes and socks in his hand, looking at me. I will sleep for him” (MacLaverty 165).

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Explanation: This quote fits the position picked for it because it introduces the reader to the two main characters of the book, the father and the son. It shows that the two don’t talk, because the son didn’t tell the father he was home and it shows that the father watches him sleep.

2.Initiating Incident

Quote: “My son is breaking my heart. It is already broken… If I leave him alone he will break my heart anyway. I must speak to him…

‘What do you be doing out to this time?’

‘Not again’

‘Answer me.’

‘Talking.’

‘Who with?’

‘Friends, just go to bed, Da, will you?’

‘What do you talk about?’

‘Nothing much.’

‘Talk to me, son'” (MacLaverty 166).

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Explanation: This quote shows one that the father’s had his heart broken before, but his son is still able to break his heart. It fits this plot point fairly well, showing what seems like a point for which the father to improve his relationship with the boy.

3.Rising Action

Quote: “I pulled you away from death once and now you will not talk to me. I want to know if you are in danger again” (MacLaverty 166).

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Explanation: This quote show that the father had to save the sons life once already and would prefer to not have to. It shows that through thick and thin the father will always care about his son, no matter how much they distance. This fits rising action as it’s one of the actions that furthers the conflict and approaches the climax.

4.Rising Action

Quote: “Your hands shake in the morning, Da, because you are a coward” (MacLaverty 167).

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Explanation: This quote shows what the son thinks of the father, and how he treats him. It furthers the conflict because it shows how the son is further hating the father.

5.Rising Action

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

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Explanation: This quote is the last rising action quote before the climax. It shows that the son plans to escalate things soon. It foreshadows that something pretty bad is about to happen.

6.Climax

Quote: “There is a bang. A dish-cloth drops from my hand and I run to the kitchen door” (MacLaverty 169).

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Explanation: This quote fits the climax because it depicts a gun shot going off. The father realizing that a gun shot went off at his front door, rushes to see what happened. Worrying either that his son was shot, or his son shot someone.

7.Falling Action

Quote: “My son is lying on the floor, his head on the bottom stair, his feet on the threshold” (MacLaverty 169).

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Explanation: The father reaching the front door sees his son lying down on the floor. Wanting to believe that his son is only resting, and not dead, he forces himself to believe that he’s just lying there.

8.Denouement

Quote: “My son, let me put my arms around you” (MacLaverty 169).

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Explanation: The father finally realizing that the son is dead, and finally accepting it. Puts his arms around his son and holds his lifeless body. this fits perfectly in the Denouement, it wraps up the conflict by killing off one of the people within the conflict. Although it starts a new conflict having the father alone and not knowing who killed his son.