Bastard Out of Carolina
By Dorothy Allison
Conflict
The protagonist
The protagonist's mom
Plot Line
• Rising Action: The rising action of the story starts when the protagonist gets caught stealing and admits to it. She then gets another lecture from her mother about stealing, and that her mother never wants her to be like her cousins. Her mother then tells her a story about when her and her little sister were younger, and worked for a man who owned a strawberry store. This story showed the protagonist that you will have consequences if you make a mistake, and punishments will happen to everyone.
• Climax: When the protagonist had to go into the store and give the candy back to the store owner was the climax. This was the most suspenseful part of the story for the reader and the main character.
• Falling Action: The falling action happened when the store owner was mad and yelling at the main character, and gave her consequences for stealing. After this, the protagonist then becomes angry at the man and starts to regret her decision of feeling guilty about stealing, and she now thinks that it may be ok to steal.
• Exposition: Later in the protagonists life, she walks by the store and thinks back to when she stole the candy, this would be the exposition.