THE RUNNING DREAM

CHARACTERS

• Jessica (Main character)
• Rosa (Jessica's friend in a wheelchair)
• Jessica's Mom and Dad
• Finoa (Jessica's best friend)
• Kyro (Jessica's Track Coach)

PROTAGONIST

• Jessica is the protagonist
• Jessica is the protagonist because she was the one that lost her leg in a tragic bus accident
• She also helped Rosa run and pushed her in a wheel chair at the river run race

ANTAGONIST

• The antagonist is the drunk driver who hit the bus
• The drunk driver is the antagonist becasue he killed a girl and hurt Jessica badly

STATIC CHARACTER

• Finoa is the static charcter
• Finoa reamins loyal and willing to help/support jessica throughout the story

DYNAMIC CHARACTER

• Jessica is the dynamic character
• Jessica changes throughout the story
• At the begining of the story, Jessica can't run and is depressed
• At the middle/end of the story, Jessica is happy and can run again

CHARACTERIZATION

• Jessica is a runner who is strong and persevering
• Finoa is a runner and Jessica's friend who is loyal
• Rosa is Jessica's friend in a wheelchair who is kind and helpful

CONFLICT

• Jessica can't run
• Jessica lost her leg

INTERAL CONFLICT

• Jessica is scared to run agian
• She doesn't have the strength in her mind to run
• She isn't mentally prepeared to run agian

EXTERNAL CONFLICT

• Jessica can't get used to running with a fake leg
• Jessica can't get the right feel to running again

SETTING

• Hospital, Track, School, Jessica's House
• Begining of the story: sad, worried
• Middle of the story: curious, hopeful
• End of the story: exciting, happy
• Present day, the author relates to everything in our time

PLOT

• Exposition (Jessica's gets hurt and has to get leg amputated)
• Rising Action (Jessica gets her fake leg)
• Climax (Jessica gets her running leg and can run again)
• Falling Action (Jessica practices for a race with Rosa)
• Resolution (Jessica, her friends, and Rosa run the Rivier run for people in wheel chairs)