Short Story Overview

 

Conflict: Girl is very lonely and no one remembers her or her birthday.

Characters: Paisley- the lonley girl, later on the family

Setting:
 -In her home town
-by the dock/park
-gloomy day
-looks like it’s going to rain.
-no one around but her
-no animals
-dull feeling

Plot:
Initial Action:
-Paisley was so excited that her birthday was coming up in the next 2 weeks.
- Turning 16 (big deal)
-Leaving hints all around the house of things she wanted (posting them on the fridge, on the table, by the computer, wrote her name on the calendar in big letters)
-This was just a family party because her friends were going on a trip

Climax:
- days before her birthday and her family hasn’t mentioned anything
-worried they forget
-thinking maybe they’re too busy with work to remember
- they forget her birthday
- decides to throw one for herself (hence picture with her and the balloons)

Falling Action:
- she didn’t go home that night
-tried to talk to her friends but they wouldn’t answer her

Resolution:
-her family thought it was the next day, and they had a huge surprise party for her
-when she gets home from the previous night she sees the party, and has mixed feelings over this

Theme:
Loneliness
Dull
Dramatic