The Moustache.

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Plot Diagram:

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Exposition:
*Setting: Nursing Home and Mike's Home.
*Situation/climate: The conflict that he have with his mother because of the mustache. Mike's sister was sick so he had to visit his grandmother.
* Characters: Mike, Mike's grandmother, Mike's girlfriend, Mike's mother.

Conflict:

Rising Action:
*Mike goes to the nursing home to visit his grandmother.

Climax:
*When Mike's grandmother opens her heart out to him thinking that he is her dead husband.

Falling Action:
*Mike realizes she's a real person and have good feelings.
*He walks out of his grandmother's room and goes to his home.

Resolution:

Theme:
The theme is you don't have to hurry up to get older take you time , you might not be ready to be an adult.

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Do any of the characters change in the story?

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Yes, the character that changes in this story is Mike.What caused him to change was that Mike felt bad because his grandmother has a disease call arteriosclerosis and was in a place where there is a lot of sadness and lonelyness.

If you could trade places with one of the characters,

If we could trade places with one of the characters we would get in Mike's place because we would tell my grandmother that it was me the one talking.

If you had been the main character in this story,

Yes, If we had been the main character in this story we would acted differently because from the beggining we will had try to understand my grandmother, care and love her and especially tell her the truth.

How did you feel about this story?

We feel about this story that was very sad because Mike's grandmother was in a nursing home very confused because of her disease. We would recommend this to someone else because it teaches us a lesson that we would never forget.

What was the theme or the author's message?

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The theme is you don't have to hurry up to get older take you time , you might not be ready to be an adult. The events that helped us figure out the message was when after visiting his grandmother and knowing all the horrible things about her personal life, he went back and shaved his moustache because he does not want to look like an adult anymore.

What do you think was the best part of the story?

We think that the best part of the story was when Mike's grandmother was telling all her personal life to Mike. It was the best part because of this Mike understood what her grandmother was going through.

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What is the theme or central idea?

The theme is you do not have to hurry things up because everything takes its time.

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central idea.

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Which interactions between characters contribute to
the development of the theme?

The interactions between characters contribute to
the development of the theme is when his grandmother confuses him with her dead husband, he realizes that he does not have to look like an adult.

What statement(s) or action(s) lead to a shift in advancement in the events
of the story?

The statement or action lead to a shift in advancement in the events
of the story is when the grandmother told Mike her personal life and how she feels.

What is revealed about the character by events or dialogue?

It reveals that mike is a very caring person when he gets to really know you.

Edited By:

• Jennifer Jimenez
• Yelinett Camejo
• Leonardo Moreno
• Josue DeArmas
• P-7

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