Bastard Out of Carolina
By Dorothy Allison
Conflict
Young girl
Store Manager
Mother
Plot Line
Rising Action: As the daughter starts to hang out with her cousins who lie and steal, she finds her self doing it to and has to think of ways to hide it from her mother and not get caught.
Climax: The young girl gets caught after stealing multiple pieces of candy by her mother. The mother has her daughter go to the store she had stolen from, and tell the store what she had done and pay for the stolen candy.
Falling Action: The young girls mood changes. It goes from feeling very guilty and sad about stealing the candy, to very angry with the store manager about yelling at her and being so mad at her and not just making her pay and forgiving her
Resolution: The story ends with the young girl being asked to not come back to the store for a long time, and the young girl having to deal with the felling of guilt, anger, and regret every time she sees the store and remembers what she had done.