Sun And Shadow
Ray Bradbury
Plot Line
Exposition: Ricardo finds out that there is a photo shoot going on outside his house
Rising Action: Ricardo and the Photographer start arguing.
Climax: A police man walks by and as the photographer take a picture Ricardo pulls his pants down.
Falling action: Photographer Leaves Ricardo's house.
Recitation: Ricardo walks back into his house.
Ricardo
Ricardo is one of the main characters. Ricardo is very determined person who will not let the photographer and will do anything to interrupt his photo shoot and get him to leave. He does every thing from arguing with the photographer to even pulling his pants down and peeing everywhere when the photographer goes to take more pictures. This is all because Ricardo does not like the fact that the house that means so much to him is being used as a backdrop and is very determined to make it stop.
Photographer
The Photographer is the other main character who is trying to use Ricardo's house as a background for his photo shoot and does not want to give it up because Ricardo doesn't want him to. He even tries to get a policeman to make Ricardo. But the policeman doesn't do anything not even when Richard pulls his pants down. So the Photographer has to find a way to make him stop on his own. But Ricardo is more determined than him so the photographer decides that its not worth all the trouble and finally leaves.
Conflict
This conflict is both internal and external. The external conflict in this story is Ricardo and the Photographer arguing and Ricardo trying to get him to leave his house. The internal conflict is Ricardo's feelings about the photographer taking pictures and using it like a back drop even though it means a lot more to Ricardo than that because he had lived in this house for his whole life it was where his son had grown up. So for the photographer to just come by and use his house as a back drop it was very harmful to Ricardo on how he felt on the inside.
Theme
I think that the message the author was trying to get across with the theme was that even if you see something and it doesn't mean much to you that it may still mean a lot to someone else and by doing certain thing such as just using it as a back drop for a picture could really upset them because to them it means so much more than just a backdrop in someone picture and that you should respect what the think about what your doing.