AM Class: Language Notes on "The Necklace" ( Short Story )

Rising Action: Collaboration of various plots (events) that lead up to a major moment within a story (Climax).
 -        Plot 1: Invitation to the ball.
·       Trigger – kick starts the rising action
·       If she never received the invite the problem that would occur later on (losing necklace) would have not occurred.
·       Lead to her wanting to look a certain way.
·       It emphasized her selfish/vain characteristics. She was never satisfied.
 -        Plot 2: She borrowed the necklace from Mme. Forestier.
·       If she never borrowed the necklace than it would not have been lost.
·       Her greed to be the center of attention encouraged her to take the most eye catching materialistic object. The necklace, to her, was the most expensive since it was large and shiny.
 -        Plot 3: Mme. Losiel going to the ball
·       If she had not gone to the ball, she would not have lost the necklace.
·       Her vain characteristic is emphasized once again when the author points out how other bourgeoisie ( rich class) individuals wanted to know who this new elite individual was.

CONFLICT:  is the problem that occurs within the story. There can be more than one conflict in a given story. Various conflicts can be seen:

(a)           Man vs. Man
-        Main character has an issue with another character
Ex. Batman vs. Superman

(b)          Man vs. Society
-        Main character has an issue with a group of individuals.
-        Society believes in certain norms that is accepted by the large population. The main character finds these norms not to be acceptable and wants to make a change.
Ex. Judy notices that the local power plant is leaking toxic substances in the town’s river.
Ex. Hunger GamesEx. Social Justice

(c) Man vs. Nature-        Main character struggles with a natural disaster.
Ex. Helen is lost in the Amazon trying to find her way back to civilization.Ex. HidalgoEx. HatchEx. Finding Nemo

(D)Man vs. Self- Main character has an internal conflict.
Ex. James struggles with confidence.
Ex. Forest GumpEx. Perks of being a WallflowerEx. Star WarsE . Man vs. Supernatural
-        Main character fights an alien
Ex. Terminator (F.) Man vs. Technology- Main character struggles with artificial intelligence.
Ex. Age of UltronEx. I-Robot