Geraldine Moore the Poet Chart

themes

Just because times are hard, doesn't mean something good can't happen Life is unjust and you have to live with it no matter how hard it is, people want to help but they don't know how or can't financially Some people do not understand how hard life is for others

Setting

Big city, urban/poor part of town, public high school 1950 - 1970

Irony

Dramatic and situational-she was saying how she could write a poem: yet she said a poem perfectly. situational - English teacher praises about happy poems yet likes the saddest one best

Rising action

Find herself evicted with her furniture on the street

Climax

Geraldine writes the poem without realizing it

Conflicts

Human versus society (the poverty, hunger, and eviction) human versus self (Geraldine struggles to stay herself and not give up hope) human versus nature (long sickness) sister versus society (sister can't take care of Geraldine) Geraldine versus teacher

Character traits evidence of those traits

Poor- using rubber bands to hold up her socks, evicted, lives with her sister brave or bold-goes to school, does not lose hope, believes that she can be useful someday, says she can't write a poem independent she is both optimistic and pessimistic at times

Falling action

Teacher praises poem

Narrative POV

Third person limited omniscient

Symbols

Tomato soup - she can't run from her problems furniture - hard life the dog - eating up her life and wounding her badly notebook - dreams

Exposition

Walking home from school for lunch

Resolution

the teacher cries