After the Ball [Plot Questionaires]

PLOT:


1.What is the Story about? What are the main events in the story, and how are they related to each other?
--> Vassilievich fell in love with the girl at the ball, Veranka. He danced with her, talk with her, and faced her father. But later found out that her father was not as kind as he thought, rather, cold hearted. Sp he gave up on his love because he doesn't know what the girl is really like.

2. Are the main events of the story arranged chronologically, or are they arranged in another way?
--> Yes, chronologically

3. How is the story narrated? Are flashbacks, summaries, stories within the story used?
--> The story was told like an interview(1st person).
-->Flashbacks are told often(the time when they first met before the ball).

4. Is the plot fast-paced or slow-paced?
-->The story moves on with a slow pace

5. How do the thoughts, behaviors, and actions of characters move the plot forwar?
-->The thoughts of Vassilievich about how beautiful the girl was, continued the story.

6. What are the conflicts in the plot? Are they physical, intellectual, moral or emotional? Are they resolved? How are they resolved? Is the main conflict between good and evil sharply differentiated, or is it more subtle and complex?
--> He had a conflict within himself(should he himself still like Veranka or not)
--> He did not resolve anything about the things he was confused about; but just ignore Veranka.

7. What is the climax of the story and at what point in the story does the climax occur?
--> Vassilievich found out that Veranka's father was not as kind and good as he thinks.
-->He saw what Veranks's father did while he was getting out from his house.

8. Does the plot have unity? Are all the episodes relevant to the total meaning or effect of the story? Does each incident grow logically out of the preceding incident and lead naturally to the next?
-->The story goes on smoothly.
-->There are some flashbacks when they are dancing together(of how they knew each other).
-->After the ball, the incident began.

9. What use does the sotry make of chance and coincidence? Are those occurrences used to initiate, to complicate, or to resolve the story? How improbable are they?
--> The coincidences that happened are used to initiate the story. They made the reader knew more of why the incident became what they have become.