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Title: A mans world

Theme: Gender inequality & sexism

Plot: The story starts in a company. The audience soon finds out is the company owned by the protagonist’s father. As being introduced by the protagonist, he is described as a very old fashioned man who also suffers from ALS. As this disease is fatal, the father aims to have one of his two kids, either his daughter Aurora (the protagonist) or his son Noah to take over the company after he is no longer able to. The siblings start out in the story very friendly and close but as the story progresses their relationship becomes weaker due to their competition to take over the company. Throughout the story it becomes more obvious that Aurora is more qualified to run the company but their father is determined to lean towards Noah, as he believes that a woman cannot run the company. Although his thoughts are not expressed literally, Aurora constantly notices the subtle comments and arrangements that prove to her that her brother is bound to take over the company, but she is still persistent to prove him wrong. Everything was going okay up until one night in a club where Aurora has gone with her friends and comes across an aggressive drunk man, where the events lead to her coming out with a fatal head wound, which further distort the audiences predictions for the rest of the story.

Rising action/ External conflict: Aurora goes to a club with a few of her friends one night. Where a very intoxicated man approaches her trying to flirt with her. She firstly politely rejects him but he then becomes more physical with her in attempts to persuade her to leave with him. The moment the man begins to move his hand towards a more inappropriate part of her body Aurora tries to be released from his grip, which only makes him more aggressive. This is where she panics and throws her drink on the man as she quickly tries to get away from him. The man furiously follows and strikes her. After Aurora falls to the ground the man feels flustered and runs away as he notices some blood surrounding her head. She is then later spotted by one of her friends who were looking for her after her long absence.

Climax: Aurora is rushed to the hospital after being found by her friend, it appears that she suffered head force trauma to her left frontal lobe and was in need of immediate surgery. This event was the beginning of Aurora’s downfall. While still in the hospital bed, Noah kept on excelling and gaining the acceptance of their father. Noticing that her brother was on the road to fulfilling their father’s wishes of taking over the company, she is struck with an epiphany; that at this point she will most likely be overthrown at the hand of her brother. The audience should then start to reminisce over the scenes in this story and come to the conclusion that it might not end the protagonist’s way.

Denouement: A few days after Auroras incident she was released from the hospital, and was sent to go stay with her family (being that she needed to be cared for). Aurora being frustrated with her brother and father’s collusion she begins to argue with Noah. Aurora finally decides to voice her opinion on the topic and confronts her family on the fact that she was only not getting the position of her father’s company because she is a woman. Midway through this argument Aurora begins having a seizure and is immediately rushed back to the hospital, with her family at side.

Tragedy: After a rigorous operation Aurora wakes up in a hospital room feeling confused. At this point in the story the readers are guided through the eyes of Aurora, waking up and feeling hazy. She sees her mother and the doctor talking (where the mother is looking very distraught). This was due to the fact that the doctor had just explained that the frontal lobe of Aurora’s brain had been permanently damaged due to internal bleeding, and that it was this part in the brain that controls speech. The doctor then walks away and the mother begins to cry. Aurora tries to call out for her and tries to scream but her mother is not hearing her, nothing was coming out. Still in shock Aurora was not able to move, she sees her mother start to walk away.

Narrator: first person Narrator

Point of view: The style of this short story is inspired by the writer Abbi Glines, who in her stories names her chapters after the character that will be narrating in first person. This allows the readers to understand all the characters thought process’ and allows the audience to understand the events through more than just one perspective, this eliminates there being a biased narration.

So in this story although Aurora is obviously the main character, the rest of the characters still get to voice their experiences from their own point of view. Although Aurora is still the most one who narrates overall, Noah and her father each had certain times where they are able to narrate how they are feeling at that particular time in the story in relation to the current events.

Characters:

Protagonist: Aurora

Passive character: Noah