Summer Reading Project: Chains
Natalie Speer
Plot
Here are the events:
Exposition-
*Main Character- Isabel Gardener, Ruth Gardener, Curzon
*Setting- Madam Lockton's house, jail, the sea
Rising Action-
*Isabel and Ruth get sold to Madam Lockton and her husband
*Isabel meets Curzon, Bellinghams son
*Isabel hears about Lockton's plan to kill General Washington
*Isabel goes and tells Colonel Regan and learns the code word
*Lockton is sent off to some other place and Madam is left with the two children
Climax-
*Ruth gets sold and Isabel stayed because she was drugged
Falling Action-
*Isabel tries to run away to get Colonel Regan, but is caught by Madam, and is stamped by iron on the cheek for bad behavior
*Curzon later becomes a soldier, and leaves Isabel all alone with Madam and Becky, the other maid
*Curzon goes to jail and Isabel meets him everyday
*She gets Curzon out of prison, but he is very sick
Resolution-
*Isabel and Curzon get on a boat to go find Ruth and save her