Geraldine Moore the Poet Chart

Themes

Just because times are hard, doesn't mean something good can't happen. Never assume you know who people are, you don't always know what goes on in people's lives. Some people do not understand how hard life is for others

Setting

Big city, urban/poor part of town, lunch time, public high school

Rising action

Find herself homeless with her furniture on the street

External conflicts in story

Human versus society (the poverty, hunger, and eviction)the dog - eating up her life and wounding her badly Geraldine vs. teacher

Climax

Geraldine lets everything out in English class and writes a poem without realizing it

Resolution

Geraldine receives a positive reaction from the class on her poem. Mrs. Scott cries

Character traits evidence of those traits

Poor- using rubber bands to hold up her socks, evicted, lives with her sister, doesn't have enough food. Brave or bold-goes to school, does not lose hope, tries to make the best of a bad situation, says she can't write a poem independent - she earns money, stays home alone she is both optimistic and pessimistic at times

Falling action

The teacher praises poem and write it on the board

From what POV is the story told?

Third person limited omniscient

Exposition

Walking home from school for lunch

Internal conflicts in story

human versus self (Geraldine struggles to stay herself and not give up hope)