Killings Short Story Analysis

Plot Structure for Killings

Setting-Merrimack Valley, MA in late summer though fall
Character-Matt and wife Ruth, Strout and Maryann, Steve and Frank, and Willis
Conflict-Man vs Self, his conflict was what to do about Strout, whether to kill him or let him be
Rising Action-Matt was carrying the gun and planning to kill Strout
Climax-The climax was right before Matt kills Strout
Falling Action-Matt kills Strout and disposes of the body. Cleans up the murder and goes home.
Resolution-Matt and Ruth are in bed. Matt deals with the killing that he did for Ruth.

A Rose For Emily Short STory Plot Diagram

A Rose for Emliy

Plot is not in chronological order.  It begins at the resolution and flashbacks to the conflict, climax, and resolution.
Exposition-Paragraph 60, last line when the police find the dead body in the attic with her grey hair and pillow indention next to it
Setting-1931 in an older, conservative town, mostly in Miss Emily's House or right outside of it
Character- Miss Emily is an old, fat, partially crazy woman who killed her husband/lover right before she died herself; the negro was a black man who took care and brought food to Miss Emily, he didnt talk very much;Homer Barron was Emily's love who ran out on her, he could make her laugh and had a great sense of humor
Conflict-the townspeople wanted to expose Miss EMily and basically ruin her until there was nothing left, they wanted to destroy her privacy (external, man v man)
Rising Action-People of the town felt sorry for her since she just lost her father and sweetheart, they called her "poor Miss Emily" to show their sympathy for how badly they treated her as well as others
Climax- the lady makes everyone think she will kill herself with poison if they don't stop trying to get into her business, makes it worse since everyone wants to know what will happen to Miss Emily
Falling Action-Miss Emily dies herself, people finally get to look inside her house and be nosey with it
Resolution-everyone finally leaves Miss Emily to rest in the ground, and she will no longer be bothered anymore

Short Story Plot Notes

• Plot?
• The procession of events that unfold throughout a story
• A means of revealing character
• A beginning, a middle, and an end
• The significant acts or experiences in a story
• Basic Plot Structure
• exposition is the point in the plot where the reader learns everything he needs to know in order to understand the text
• setting and character are established here
• example-boy loves girl (now in indiana)
• conflict or inciting incident is the point when the protangonist is first introduced to a problem to solve
• example-secret rival boy causes girl to leave boy
• Rising action is the process by which the conflict develops and is usually worsened
• Example-boy's efforts to regain girl drive her into the arms of rival boy
• Climax is the turning point of the conflict in the story, the peak of suspense, the moment where everything changes
• example- boy confronts girl with the ugly truth about rival boy
• falling action is the process by which the conflict is made better
• example-girl is disgusted with both boys, but slowly allows boy to regain her trust
• resolution is point at which the problem conflict is resolved
• Example-boy gets girl back
• Types of conflict
• internal-conflicts related to character's beliefs, ideas, imagination or emotions that orgininate from inside the character
• external-conflicts related to the character's physical condition that orgininate from outside the character
• man vs man, man vs nature, man vs machine/technology, man v self, man v god, man v society, man v animal
• Plot doesnt have to be chronological
• in medias res0middle of things, begins in middle
• flashback-plot strategy in which important plot elements are learned in retrospect
• various orders of events
• begin at climax, flasahback to behin then conclude
• begin at conflict, flashback to exposition
• begin at resolution, flashback to climax or conflict or exposition
• keep important details hidden until the end, then flashback to fill them
• Good stories have multiple plots
• frame stories-stories within a story
• internal and external stories
• point of view-each charactre has his or her own plots
• subplots-plots that are of less importance but which are related to the main plot of a story

Analysis on Friends

• setting is monica and rachel's apartment
• conflict is ross is nervous for dinner and wants to go but noone will get ready
• rising action is all the arguments that arise till they get dressed to go, argument with the seat, and the message from richard, and the phoebe mess on dress, rains,took underwear
• climax is richard has a girl on his answering machine
• falling action is
• resolution is

Dirty Harry by Gorillaz Poetry Analysis

First of all, this poem is about a war in which takes place in Apghanistan or Iraq.  The speaker is a soldier.  In the first stanza, he references the poor people (alliteration), to represent his innocent enemis which he must fight against.  he knows that the US is powerful and they have no chance of winning.  Dancing is a fun time/ memory for the speaker so is why is repeats it in the 6 and 7 line.  The first and second stanza are exact copies of eachother to get across to the reader than this is an important message and he wants the readers to know that times have gotten more complicated and advnaced then back in the day when all he did was dance and enjoy life. 
In the third stanza,  the speaker states he has is act right, which is included in his back pack.  This means his act always has to be up to date and readily available at all time in case one of the poor people acts up.  He references an allusion of Nimoy which was a star trek host of a game show about what the truth really is,  which may show how the speaker wants to know the exact truth behind this war.  the fourth stanza states a peace loving decoy, which are total opposites.  The speaker feels as if he is a decoy to distract the poor people from seeing America's true standpoint.  His orders of robot-likeness are show and is told to strike without asking any questions.  This makes the speaker feel like a robot and shows to readers how stressed and upset he is over this war.
The fifth stanza shows the soldier's characteristics and post tramautic stress disorder after being very on edge at all times with the war.  he doesnt know who is out to kill him or destroy his life.  He makes a reference to a type of car in which Americans fill up with gas, and tells how he is the reason they are able to drive everywhere.  In the 6th stanza, he shows his missing for home and how he only has 90 day visits and recovery periods till he has to go back and fight for his country.  he shows the greediness that consumes americans with how they have such better living conditions and products than the ones that fight for their freedom.  he shows the injustice between the war and America and how much they dont realize what he does for them. 
In the 7th stanza, he references PTSD that overcomes him especially at night and how his cost of life is expendable apparently to the american government.  He doesnt feel appreciated or worth anything.  He references bush with his flight suit on and how this is a tactic he used to advance as president.  He doesnt like bush, and feels as if bush is only using him like a "pawn so he can advance" (lines 47-48).  Lastly he states that he remembers when times were simpler and when he had good memories, instead of these terrible war times.  he just wants to go back to dancing and being happy. 

What I Said by Norman Stock Poem Analysis

This poem uses runon sentences to create a dramatic effect in the poem's words.  This causes readers to pay more attention to what the speaker is actually saying.  Since the poem was written after 2002, the author notes a "terror" which i believe this to be talking about 9/11 and the attack on the twin towers.  In lines 2, 3, and 4, you can see the upset and sadness in the speaker's words with how she went home and cried.  In line 5, she repeats the words why.  This may be to show the author's confusion on why this even happened in the first place, since there was not much knowledge on why this happened in the city of New York.  Throughout the rest of the poem, she asks herself how this could even happen since we have air traffic control and military bases that monitor the sky.  In line 8,  she asks what will happen next and how are we supposed to live with such destruction in the city.  She feels as if this could happen, something even worse could happen.  She uses repetition with  the words "its impossible" to show how something this terrible was so unexpected by the general public such as an allusion back to the "unsinkable" Titanic sinking.  In line 12, she references back to the title when saying "i said and I said".  The 13th lines states "after the terror yes and then i said let's kill them." After i read this line, my thoughts about the poem changed drastically.  I feel as if the use of runon sentences were an effect to create drama about how the American society was so upset and terrorized after such an event, when millions of people in other countries are dying due to the war taking place in their own country.  I feel as if the author is trying to create the point that Americans were very hypocritical because they wanted to kill the group of people who were responsible for this.  Killing hundreds of people of the same culture as the men who did this is just as bad as what they did to us.  Hence the author's use of repeating the same words and ideas throughout the poem. 

Occupation by Eliza Griswold Poem Analysis

Do prostitutes represent American society, culture, and way of life? Who are the prostitutes it talks about, because back in the day, prostitutes were not known for the same things as they are today.  Kabul sounds like a type of Turkish or Muslim town which is where burkas originated.  Burkas could symbolize secrecy, modesty, and culture of Muslim society.  Bread and 15 cents was the same in such a poverty filled town in the middle east.  "taking a man to bed" is the proper way of stating a sexual relationship in American society.  On the 4th line, it says "their husbands dead" which may represent how greedy and foolish and selfish Americans are especially having starving children and a dead husband.  The author could be trying to show how filthy Americans are and how disrespectful they are to one another.  IN the fifth line, the word "occupation" could refer to the American way of prostitution.  In this sense, prostitution could symbolize all things evil in American society and how this evil is being carried over seas to disrupture the Muslim culture of peace, serenity, and modesty.  it shows the poverty and desperation within the town and how life needs to be sacrificed for.  Line 7 was the most arguable because it uses repetition from line 9, and shows how tin symbolizes a cheap metal that is reusable and wasteful.  Line 8 doesnst make any sense except for the fact that man would go for the younger boys, leaving the girls alone.  This exntire line represents the Muslim calm serenading lifestyle and shows how girls were worth much more before the idea of prostitution was introduced to their culture.