Freytag Pyramid on an Ounce of Cure

Freytag Pyramid on “An Ounce of Cure”

4. Crisis
4. Crisis

5. Falling Action
5. Falling Action
3. Rising Action
3. Rising Action

2. Exposition A. Settings B. Characterization
2. Exposition A. Settings B. Characterization

6. Stable Situation
6. Stable Situation

1. Unstable Situation
1. Unstable Situation

8. Title Effectiveness
8. Title Effectiveness
7. Climax
7. Climax

1. Conflict: The first problem she encounters was falling in love with Martin Collingwood because he then will break her heart after he fell in love with the girl that played opposite of him in the Christmas production of “Pride and Prejudice” (169)

2. Exposition: A. Setting: 1. Time: The year the story was 1968. 2. Place: This Story takes place in several places, but mostly in her house, Mr. and Mrs. Berrymans house, and the liquor store the mom goes to get a new bottle of whiskey. 3. Social Environment: The Social Environment felt if the family was in the middle class. 4. Historical Era: It was a time of transition for the United States with women and African Americans protesting for equal rights. 5. Atmosphere: The atmosphere of the story felt as if the people from the town were really conservative, because after the accident the author had she was judge by the whole town. B. Characterization: 1. The author: She is a dynamic and round character because she falls in love with Martin Collingwood and after he broke her heart, she got depressed and got drunk and that made her change her emotions. 2. The mother: She is a flat character she doesn’t show any emotion, and barely notices that her own daughter is depressed, but she still helps her daughter after the mess she made in the Berrymans house 3. Martin Collingwood: He is a dynamic and round character because at