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Exposition
Characters: Caitlin, Cass, Rogerson, Rina, Corina, Boo, Stewart, Dave, Mom, Dad
Setting: The story takes place in August and goes until about May of the next year. Time span 2000-2001 -
Rising Action
Cass Caitlins sister runs away from home to be with her boyfriend in new york. Leaves a note for her family and doesn't say where she is going until later on when she calls and tells where she is. Mean while Caitlin joins cheerleading and gets a boyfriend named Rogerson. -
Climax
Caitlin and Rogerson have been dating for several motnhs when he start's physcial abusing Caitlin. At first she was so very scared. Then it just turned into a habit and she let him do it willingly. Then one day in April he hurt her so bad that she ended up falling out of the car because he pushed her so hard she fell out of the car. While this was happening her parents were having a party. But Rogerson just kept yelling at her to get up and he keep on hitting her and yelling at her. -
Falling Action
She was so weak and in so much pain that she could not get up and barely move an inch. Finally someone heard them that was at the party and then her parents came running over and pushed Rogerson away and called the cops. -
Resolution
After the cops arrested Rogerson, Caitlins parent's put her in a hospital called Evergreen care center. She was in there for about a month and a half. She met a girl named ginger and they were roomates, she went to group thereapy often and got mentally stable. One day she finally got to go home. Her mother picked her up and took her home and when she got home she realized they threw a surpise party for her. All her friends and family were there including her sister Cass, who she had not seen.... -
Resolution part 2
Who she had not seen since August. Caitlin was so surpirsed to see her. She did not expect it and she was happy to see her. -
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Theme
The theme of this story is Abuse. I think the other wanted to get a message across about how abuse can truely hurt someone.