Quitters Inc.
by Steven King
Theme
Conflict
Richard Morrison
Morrison's Wife
Vic Donatti
Plot Line
The exposition starts in the beginning of the story when Morrison is sitting at the bar, and sees a good friend by the name of Jim McCann. Jim McCann used to be a smoker, and so he tells Morrison about a business that helped him to quit his smoking addiction.
-Rising Action:
The rising action begins when Morrison decides to go to the business and see what they have to offer. He has no idea what to expect, but he goes just to see what they do to him or how they offer to help him.
-Climax:
The climax is when Morrison decides to smoke a cigarette briefly, and after realizing his mistake he returns to the house. Once he is at his house, he gets a call from Donatti, who tells him that they had captured Morrison's wife. He asks Morrison to come and pick her up... after watching her endure pain.
-Falling Action:
The falling action is when Morrison explains his situation with Quitters Inc. to her, after she has been electrocuted. Although she was originally crying to him about how she was "kidnapped" and "tortured", after he explains it to her, she feels much better.
-Resolution:
The resolution is when Morrison's wife explains to him, that she was happy for him to be quitting, and that she is able to put all the pain and discomfort that she experienced aside, if it makes him stop quitting. She tells him that she is able to do it because she loves him, and that is when Morrison realizes that love is capable of overcoming everything, whether it be an addiction, or pain and sacrifice. The story then skips ahead eight months later to a situation in which Morrison promotes the business to one of his smoking friends. He does that, because he although he was originally skeptical of the business, he is able to accept that it changed his life.