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“The Storyteller” by Saki
|Conflict |Climax |Falling Action |
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|The conflict that sets this story in motion and |The most exciting part of this story is |The story comes close to an end as the Bachelor |
|makes it complicated is the fact that the young |when the children anticipate the wolf’s |finishes his story revealing Bertha was eaten alive |
|children on the train are bored and desire to |actions in the bachelor’s story. The |by the wolf. The children then express their |
|hear an entertaining story while traveling. |children do not know if Bertha will be |approval of such a “beautiful story.” |
| |harmed or not which makes the story | |
| |exciting for them. | |
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| |Several events (or the rising action) that | |
| |lead up to the climax and are as follows: | |
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| |-The aunt attempts to tell an entertaining | |
| |story | |
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| |-The children become bored with the story | |
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| |-The bachelor claims he can tell a better | |
| |story | |
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| |-The bachelor begins to tell a story of his| |
| |own | |
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|Antagonist | |Point of View |
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|The antagonist in this story is two-fold. The | |This story is written in the omniscient p.o.v. and |
|aunt must first overcome her nieces and nephews | |the narrator is not a character in the story. The |
|by keeping them engaged on the long train ride, | |omniscient p.o.v. allows readers to best understand |
|as well as the bachelor who is sitting in their | |the perspectives of the aunt, and the bachelor. |
|compartment and he suggests he can tell a better | |This point of view is overall more reliable than the|
|story than she can. | |others. |
|Protagonist | |Theme |
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|The protagonist of this story would be “the aunt”| |The theme of the aunt’s story is that goodness is |
|who struggles to tell her nieces and nephews a | |often rewarded. In opposition, the theme of the |
|story that both entertains them and still has a | |bachelor’s story is that goodness is not always |
|good moral. | |rewarded. |
|Setting | |Ending |
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|This story takes place on a train. One could | |The story ends with the delight of the children |
|assume that the train is traveling through the | |having heard the bachelor’s story. While the aunt |
|countryside as there is mention of cattle, pigs, | |is upset that the story is improper, the bachelor is|
|and rolling hills. The time period the story | |satisfied that he was able to keep the children |
|takes place in is likely the late 1800s to the | |interested and entertained. |
|early 1900s when the author was living. | | |
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