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Problem
Noah wants to go to fight in the war. So he leaves his family behind, the Pruitts, are very upset and scared for the fate of Noah. -
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River Between Us
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Rising Action #1
The city of Grand Tower holds a Square Dance. This is where all the townspeople come together. -
Rising Action #2
A boat comes in from the south. Two mysterious ladies come out of the boat. Calinda was the darker one and the other ones name was Delphine. -
Rising Action #3
Mama offers the women to stay at their house. She says that they would be better off staying with hem then in a motel. -
Rising Action #4
Delphine goes into the town with Tilly. She wants to get oil lamps and matches at the store, so she does. -
Rising Action #5
A showboat comes, where Calinda, Delphine and the Pruitts go to watch the play and dance. -
Rising Action #6
Calinda and Cass become very close because of their similarities. They go to the dock and sell pecan pralines to sailors. -
Rising Action #6
Calinda and Cass become very close because of their similarities. They go to the dock and sell pecan pralines to sailors. -
Rising Action #7
Noah leaves his family and goes to war without any goodbye. -
Rising Action #8
Mama orders Tilly and Delphine to go find Noah and bring him home. -
Rising Action #9
The two girls travel to Camp Defiance and see how horrible it was. -
Rising Action #10
Noah and other soldiers get sick and hurt. -
Rising Action #11
Both Tilly and Delphine help and heal the men. -
Rising Action #12
The girls start their journey back home with Noah. -
Lincoln's Inauguration
Abraham Linclon is inaugurated the 16th president of the United States. -
Attack of Fort Sumter
The attack of Fort Sumter was one of the first military actions in the Civil War. -
Climax
Mama sees a coffin on the porch nd assumes it is Noah and freaks out. -
The Battle of Bull Run
The Battle of Bull Run was the first major land battle of the Civil War. -
Falling Action #2
Noah, Tilly, and Delphine come home and see that Mama is dead and that Paws coffin is sitting on the porch. -
Falling Action #1
Mama drowns her self in the river and dies. -
The Battle of Belmont
The Battle of Belmont helped train and prepare Grant and his troops for later wars. -
Resolution
Delphine and Tilly bring Noah back home to where her i ssuppose to be, but it is too late to show Mama.
