Monday, February 12, 2007

sorry for some reason my outline got cut off, so here is again:

Exposition:
· A family of four is living in Columbia under the power of Spain.
· The father, Antonio is a farmer
· He is having to work really hard to feed his family but is living with it.

Rising Action:
· The Spanish enforce even more restrictions for the people of Latin America to follow.
· Antonio and his family suffer greatly from these restrictions.
· They are barely able to survive.
· The family hears about how many of their fellow farming neighbors have joined as a group and are going to try and fight against the Spanish for freedom and independence.
· Antonio wants to join this group of neighbors and be able to fight for his rights.
· Antonio’s wife, Maria is scared for her husband and will not let him go
· However, Antonio is determined and sneaks out in the middle of the night to fulfill his yearn for independence.
· Antonio makes a very good friend named Miguel who is another farmer and they fight together side by side
Climax:
· The army Antonio and Miguel belong to fights an unusually large group of people representing Spain
· Miguel gets killed
· Antonio becomes very depressed
· Meanwhile Maria (Antonio’s wife) has concluded that Antonio is dead and is preparing to get married to another man


Falling Action:
· Antonio is so depressed he decides to come home
· When he returns to his village he is met with the neighbor telling him his wife is getting married
· Quickly Antonio finds where the wedding is and walks there
· He walks in on the wedding and has to stop his wife from getting married

Resolution:
· After seeing Antonio Maria decides not to get married again
· Antonio returns to his farm with his family
· They live there happily

Saturday, February 10, 2007

story outline

Exposition:
· A family of four is living in Columbia under the power of Spain.
· The father, Antonio is a farmer
· He is having to work really hard to feed his family but is living with it.

Rising Action:
· The Spanish enforce even more restrictions for the people of Latin America to follow.
· Antonio and his family suffer greatly from these restrictions.
· They are barely able to survive.
· The family hears about how many of their fellow farming neighbors have joined as a group and are going to try and fight against the Spanish for freedom and independence.
· Antonio wants to join this group of neighbors and be able to fight for his rights.
· Antonio’s wife, Maria is scared for her husband and will not let him go
· However, Antonio is determined and sneaks out in the middle of the night to fufill his

Climax:

Falling Action:

Resolution: