The Compound by: John Perry

  • Expostion 1 Background

    Expostion 1 Background
    Eli's family is very very rich, they are billionaires. They went into an anti-nuclear compound to evade the so called "nuclear war". Before entering the compound Eddy and Gram didn't get in, in time so they are thought to be dead.
  • Exposition 2 Setting

    Exposition 2 Setting
    This story takes place in an anti nuclear shelter, which is under ground. This anti-nuclear shelter helps to keep the radiation out of the air inside of the compound.
  • Expostion 3 Characters

    Expostion 3 Characters
    Eli: 16 years old, he works out to maintain fitness, his favorite workout is basketball.
    Rex Yankakis: Billionaire, the father of the family, made his money off of technology
    The Mother: Professional musician.
    Terese: Youngest of Eli's two sisters, plays with Eli a lot, in young ages about 6
    Lexie: Oldest of Eli's sisters, about 16 years old
    Gram: The grandmother of the family
    Eddy: Eli's twin brother, they are like best friends
  • Period: to

    Time in the Compound

    This was the whole time that the Yankakis family had to live in the compound.
  • Exposition 4 Conflict

    Exposition 4 Conflict
    The Yankakis family is running out of food.
  • Rising Action 1

    Rising Action 1
    The Yankakis family has now run out of Mountain Dew. They have started to get extremely low on their joy drinks. Now all the drinks that they have left they have to save and drink only when they need them. They can't drink for fun anymore, and they are now out of soda.
  • Rising Action 2

    Rising Action 2
    The Yankakis family is now running out of their PB and Js. This means they are running very very very low on their joy sandwiches. They will have to start making bread from scratch.
  • Rising Action 3

    Rising Action 3
    The livestock dies from rat poisoning. The animals drank some bad water, and ate some bad bread. When going unnoticed, food poisoning can be fatal. This is exactly what happened here. Now the family can't use the milk, and they can't butcher, and eat the livestock because of the poisons.
  • Rising Action 4

    Rising Action 4
    The Yankakis family has run out of their milk. Half of it has spoiled and the other half, they have drank. This means that they won't be able to get their daily vitamins.
  • Rising Action 5

    Rising Action 5
    While searching through the CDs Eli finds songs from that year. He becomes suspicious that someone has contact with the outside world. Eli then searches some more and finds more CDs.
  • Rising Action 6

    Rising Action 6
    The Yankakis family keeps up their tradition by having a family concert on New Year's Eve. After the concert everyone has some tea. While nobody was looking Eli went back to Eddy's would be room.
  • Climax/turning point

    Climax/turning point
    Eli is trying to get wireless internet connections when suddenly he has success. He is trying to IM people when suddenly he starts to IM Eddy! But then the Internet goes down.
  • Falling Action 1

    Falling Action 1
    Eli tries to get back on the internet to IM Eddy. After a long time of trying, Eli gets on. While he was talking to Eddy, Eddy informs him that the compound is a lie. He also tells him that he and Gram are safe.
  • Falling Action 2

    Falling Action 2
    Eli finally decides to tell his mother about him experience with IMing Eddy. He tries his best to explain it without telling her that she is in a trap.
  • Falling Action 3

    Falling Action 3
    Not according to the plan the mother accidently tells Lexie the secret. Then Terese whines and complains until Rex comes. Eli gets so mad at everyone that he screams that the compound is a lie out loud and punches Rex.
  • Falling Action 4

    Falling Action 4
    Rex and his wife both get food poisoning from some bad bread. Eli has to run through the whole compound to try to find the code. Then he will save his mother and father.
  • Resolution 1

    Resolution 1
    Eli goes through the compound, and gets the clues to find out the code. Right before he gets out Rex threatens to strangle and kill Lucas if Eli goes out.
  • Resolution 2

    Resolution 2
    Eli remembers the code and gets out. He does his best to have everyone evacuate the compound.
  • Resolution 3

    Resolution 3
    Everyone gets out of the compound except for Rex. While everyone is evacuating in a helicopter the compound blows up, with Rex inside of it.