Bastard Out of Carolina
by Dorthy Allison
The Struggle.
The Plot
Rising action: As her mother finishes this story, she drives her daughter to the store she stole from. The mother begins to tell another story, this one about herself. She tells her daughter how when she was younger she worked at a strawberry farm. She would hide the unripe strawberries under the good ones, to make her work easier. She was caught later lying about this. Her mother punished her. This showed the young girl that lying had consequences.
Climax: The young girl is forced to return the candy by her mother. At first she is remorseful, but then she gets angry. She is mad that her mother would make her return the candy, mad that she can't have the candy, and mad that after all this, the storekeeper bans her from the store.
Falling Action: After they leave the store, the young girl drives past it often. Whenever she does, she is filled with anger. She has however, learned her lesson; never steal.
Resolution: There is no resolution in this story. It ends with the young girl being angry that she can't go into the store any more.