THE VELDT

BASIC SITUATION

• Characters: George Hadley, Lydia Hadley, Peter, Wendy
• Setting: A house and a nursery
• Conflict: The parents want to shut off the house, the children don't.

RISING ACTION

• Conflict develops: George Hadley tells Peter the house will be shut off.
• Peter threatens his father.

CLIMAX

• George finally shuts off the house, but he turns it on again to apeace the children.

FALLING ACTION

• The children lock the parents in the nursery.

RESOLUTION

• The parents are devoured by the lions.
• The children feel indifferent to this fact.

SUBPLOT

• None

PARALLEL EPISODES

• The parents are eaten repeatedly through out the story.