1. Exposition: Scene is set in a little village. Main character is a little girl who has family problems and, as a result, develops a peculiar personality that makes her a social outcast. The whole story starts with the village about to be destroyed by crazy protesters and with the protagonist flashing back to her childhood memory when she meets her first friend in her life, which is a cat.
Inciting Incident: Time flashes back to the protagonist’s childhood. She finds a cat that is born with physical disabilities in the woods. She takes it home even though there is a risk to be punished.
Rising Action: The father finds out the cat one day before dinner. Few days later, the girl is thrown into a room with thousands of kitties. The father commands the girl to kill the kitties or else she will be starved to death.
Climax: The girl is having a struggle between the moral of her family and her friendship with the cat.
Falling Action: The girl deals with kitties.
Resolution: The girl starts to have more chances to know about the life beyond the residence. Yet she has a hard time building relationships with others.
Dénouement: Violent ideas against the government strike the village. Protesters go mad and set the village on fire, including main character’s house. Emptiness that the protagonist feels is described.
The plot summary is depressing and creepy, yet I bet it would make a wonderful story :)
ReplyDeleteVivian,
ReplyDeleteThis seems like a very dark, yet moving tale with themes that include childhood innocence, family loyalty, loss and alienation, and political drama. That is a lot for one story! I'm unclear about a few things. 1.) Does the girl actually kill 1,000 cats? That seems like a lot; how would her father even get 1,000 cats? I think 1 litter would be enough, and even sadder, in a way. And what is it that makes her family so opposed to her relationship with the cat? Does the cat represent something symbolic, like human frailty? Is this what draws the girl to the cat in the first place? I like the idea that her family hates this cat because it is weak and inferior. Maybe this also corresponds to the ethics/beliefs of the culture they're in? In any case, I think you need to establish both the reasons for the bond between this girl and the cat and the reasons her family is so opposed to it. And, will the political drama simply serve as background, or will it be linked philosophically/symbolically to the rest of the plot? Lastly, what does the girl learn in the end? The resolution seems somewhat positive, but your denouement hits a negative note. How will the story end?
How did the "Dénouement" part happen?
ReplyDeleteIs it another event of the story?
Anyways,
although I don't like cats that much,
but that is really sad!
Every living has a right to live! D:<