WWJD
Will Weaver
Summary
(page 161)
Plot Diagram
The exposition of this story is that Suzy overcomes Eddie's ways by living by one rule: WWJD (page 145)
Rising Action:
The rising action is Eddie is doing everything he can to get Suzy to retaliate against him. Another rising action is that Eddie flicks his cigarette butt at Suzy's face and blisters her, and she doesn't do anything about it. (page 149)
Climax:
The climax is when Suzy gets on the frozen river and stands in the middle, and invites Eddie to come on the ice with her. With Eddie being heavier than Suzy, Eddie crashes through the frozen river and stays above the water with only his elbows left on the ice. (Page 161)
Falling Action:
The falling action is when Eddie is still struggling in the water, Suzy sits in reaching distance of him wondering what she should do.. Should she save him? Should she throw him her scarf and drag him out? Or should she leave him there and teach him a lesson.. (Page 161)
Resolution:
There is no resolution in WWJD.. The story ends with Eddie still in the water and Suzy deciding what she should do and what Jesus would do in this situation.
Setting
(page 146)
Characters
Suzy is a flat, static character. Suzy is a flat and also static character because she stays the same during the story. Her goal throughout the whole passage is to live her life like Jesus.
Eddie
Eddie is a round, static character. Eddie is round because he has many traits. He is mean, angry, and hateful all in one. Eddie is a static character because he's mean towards Suzy the whole story.
Despite the fact that there were more characters than just Suzy and Eddie, these were the only two that could be classified as flat, round, static, or dynamic.
Conflict
There is no conflict resolution for this conflict, because it's an ongoing task to stay Godly towards everyone.
An external conflict is Eddie taunting Suzy everyday at school.
The conflict resolution is that Eddie got what he deserved for being so hateful towards Suzy.
Theme
The reason we picked this to be the theme, is because at the end of the story, Eddie gets what he deserves for picking on Suzy everyday. Eddie tells Suzy to go stand on the frozen river, and she does so. When she tells Eddie to, he falls through and gets trapped in the freezing river. He got what he deserved in the end.
Tone
It's also educational because Suzy teaches us that even when the going gets tough, its never too tough. She never let Eddie and his friends bring her down.
Visuals:
Caitlin Gaither
Allie McGee