The way up to heaven
Setting: New York-the Foster mansion
Character: Mr. Foster- nearly 70
Mrs. Foster- Loyal wife, obsessed with being late
Several servants
Problem: Mrs. Foster is worried about missing her plane to Paris, Mr. Foster seems to be delaying her, possible on purpose.
Rising Action: Mrs. Foster is preparing for her trip to Paris to visit her daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren.
-She is impatiently waiting fir her husband.
-She keeps on asking walker, the butler for the time.
-The servants are preparing the house.
-They have 6 weeks holiday.
-Mr. Foster finally appears from him study. Mrs. Foster is anxious to leave.
-Mr. Foster delays again by saying that he needs to wash his hands.
-They finally leave for the airport.
-There is talking about fog.
-Mrs. Foster arrives at the airport on time, but the flight is delayed.
-Mrs. Foster spends many hours at the airport.
-The flight is postponed to the next day.
-Mrs. Foster calls her husband and they decide to meet at the house. Mr. Foster tells his wife a car will work her up at 9 am. He also mentions. She can drop him off at the club before she goes to the airport. In the morning Mr. Foster procrastinates again. Mrs. Foster is waiting in the car. She finally decides to go back into the house to get him. (Her fount the present he was looking for.)
Climax: She stops at the front door with her key in the lock. She listens by the door. She suddenly goes back to the car and tells the driver to hurry to the airport. She can not wait any longer or she will miss her plane. She says Mr. Foster will call a cab that he will understand.
Falling Action: Mrs. Foster goes to the airport. She caught her plane to Paris. She is very calm on the plane. She meets her family at the airport. She is enjoying her visit. Every Tuesday she writes her husband a letter and tells him to take care of himself. After her 6 weeks visit she returns home. She mentions possibly returning to Paris soon. No car picked her up at the airport. She gets a car ride home. She arrived home and rang the bell several times. No-one answered. She goes inside. It was cold. The mail was lying on the floor. It was dark, dusty. She paused- located her husband address book and picked up the phone and has a conversation with someone about coming to repair the lift. She sits and waits patiently.
Resolution: Mrs. Foster has arrived home from her 6 weeks holiday to find the lift stuck between floors. It seems she was listening to the lift get stuck or her husband yelling for help when she decided to leave him there and go on her trip.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Blog Assignment #4
Using one of the stories from our Mystery and Suspense unit (duo-tang) - complete a journal entry. Use the example given in your notes and answer the following questions.
Is it a mystery or suspense?
suspense
When is the suspense introduced?
The suspense is introduces when two men stumbled in and carried pistols, then they search the house. (frist page)
How is it resolved?
The supense is resolved when Karen said "I don't know about you. but while there's still time, I'm going intothat storm cellar." (last page)
Did the author include any red herrings?
No, he did not.
Is the story an example of poetic justice?
Yes, it is.
Night of the twister
This is a good story. It is a typical suspense story! This story tells us about a “tornado” night.
Karen saw two men broke into her house whit guns. They search the house and told her sat down. They want money. The weather is very bad. They are tornados in the area. Karen is very scared, but she keeps her voice calm. Terry came back and found photograph. They asked questions “What is your name?” “Who lives here with you?” Then they talked about tornados. They wanted money and broke everything in the house. Karen made some food for them. The men drank beer and ate quick supper. She told them “The door is in the kitchen floor, you got storm cellar in this place, and it is safe at there.” The men asked her “Any guns in the house?” She told them where some guns are. But she don not antique. They are hung so high that to get it. They asked “Where is the money?” “If you don not tell us, we will hurt you, even kill you!” Karen managed a smile “You are just trying to frighten me, you are playing games…” “Just a minute. You hear that?” She said. Then they really hear it. They though the storm is close, so they want to go to the storm cellar. When they were trying into the cellar, Karen got the guns and shoots them. At the end of story the police came to her house. She said “I had told them how a tornado sounded like a fast freight train.” “So when the night freight came highballing by a little before ten, like it always does, I made out like it was a twister.”
Is it a mystery or suspense?
suspense
When is the suspense introduced?
The suspense is introduces when two men stumbled in and carried pistols, then they search the house. (frist page)
How is it resolved?
The supense is resolved when Karen said "I don't know about you. but while there's still time, I'm going intothat storm cellar." (last page)
Did the author include any red herrings?
No, he did not.
Is the story an example of poetic justice?
Yes, it is.
Night of the twister
This is a good story. It is a typical suspense story! This story tells us about a “tornado” night.
Karen saw two men broke into her house whit guns. They search the house and told her sat down. They want money. The weather is very bad. They are tornados in the area. Karen is very scared, but she keeps her voice calm. Terry came back and found photograph. They asked questions “What is your name?” “Who lives here with you?” Then they talked about tornados. They wanted money and broke everything in the house. Karen made some food for them. The men drank beer and ate quick supper. She told them “The door is in the kitchen floor, you got storm cellar in this place, and it is safe at there.” The men asked her “Any guns in the house?” She told them where some guns are. But she don not antique. They are hung so high that to get it. They asked “Where is the money?” “If you don not tell us, we will hurt you, even kill you!” Karen managed a smile “You are just trying to frighten me, you are playing games…” “Just a minute. You hear that?” She said. Then they really hear it. They though the storm is close, so they want to go to the storm cellar. When they were trying into the cellar, Karen got the guns and shoots them. At the end of story the police came to her house. She said “I had told them how a tornado sounded like a fast freight train.” “So when the night freight came highballing by a little before ten, like it always does, I made out like it was a twister.”
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