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
3 comments:
Hey Venna,
Your outline sounds great! I can't wait to see the beginning of your story! I don't know what else to say... hmmmmmmmmmm....i think it's sad that his wife thinks he's dead but the ending seems happy! Very you!!!!!! Okay now I'm going to say something academic...thinking....ommm... How old is Antonio? Does he have kids? Also what topic are you connecting your story to? Who are the other characters besides Antonio, Miguel and his wife. I will try to make a better comment tomorrow but for now here it is!
See ya later!
YIngy
Hi Venny,
Your plot outline sounds really good, Ying is right it is very you. I hope you make it nice and romantic, and I also hope the guy Maria was going to marry doesn't take it 2 hard.
Anyway, I think your plot and mine connect a lot, because my guy, Maurice, is trying to figure out if he wants to join the revolution or not and his grandmother really doesn't want him to (kind of like Maria). At the climax he sees something that really enrages him and by the end of the story he knows he is meant to fight for his people. Your plot is much more complex than mine and it's like my plot is the rising action section of your plot blown up. Kind of like that evolution exercise we did in class today, my plot is just one small section of yours. And both our plots take place in Latin America roughly during the same time period. So, although the endings of our plots are different I think in all they r very much the same.
Can't wait 2 read your story :) bye now -
Shoe Stealer
Great idea for your story. You didn't spell out your internal and external conflicts, so it sort of seems to me like you have two climaxes, as I'm not sure if what is being resolved is what happens with the fighting or what happens at home (which climaxes in the falling resolution).
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