Plot Questionaires

1. What is the story about? What are the main events in the story, and how are they related to each other?
Ans: This story is about a guy who has a large as whole and in his nose is prospecting for gold. His wife died many years ago but then this man lied to himself that his wife is at work and will come back.He invited his friend to come over to his house and throw a party.

2. Are the main events of the story arranged chronologically, or are they arranged in another way?
Ans:The main events in this story are arranged chronologically.

3. How is the story narrated? Are flashbacks,summaries, stories within the story used?
Ans: The story was narrated flashbacks.The story keep going back to the past to talkabout the man's wife.

4. Is the plot fast-paced or slow-paced?
Ans: The plot in the story is fast-paced because the story goes by so fast, it doesn't really describe but go to the main point.

5. How do the thoughts, behaviors, and actions of characters move the plot forward?
Ans: The way the man behave and the way his friends help the man to get out of his grief move the plot forward.

6.What are the conflicts in the plot? Are they physical,intellectual,moral or emotional? Are they resolved? How are they resolved? Is the main conflict between good and evil sharply differentiated, or is it more subtle and complex?
Ans: The conflict is that the man still lied to himself about his wife and went mad. The conflict is mentally problem. The story end by the man' friend went to the man's party and give him alcohol and drugs so he doesn't go mad with a grief. The story end more subtle and complex rather than sharply differntiate.

7. What is the climax of the story and at what point in the story does the climax occur?
Ans: the climax occur on the man's party. When the friends tried to help the man get out of his grief.

8. Does the plot have unity? Are all the episodes relevant to the total meaning or effect of the story? Does each incident grow logically out of the preceding incident and lead naturally to the next?
Ans: the stroy goes in a flow. The meaning of this story is that what happen already happen and we should except the truth. There is no plot twist in this story.

9. What use does the story make of chance and coincidence? Are these occurences used to inititate, to complicate, or to resolve the story? How improbable are they?
Ans: the story ended complicatly and not really resolved. When the man take drug and slept, that is the end of the story. This story doesn't resolve properly and is not happy ending. The ending is the man still will lied to himself.