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and what is the rising action,climax and resolution in the book

2007-12-31 06:06:50 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities Books & Authors

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2007-12-31 06:22:21 · answer #1 · answered by Geminat 5 · 0 4

Comflict:
Matilda versus the "educational powers-that-be" i.e. Ms Trunchbull, the evil headmistress.

"After witnessing Matilda's great intellect in the classroom, her friendly teacher, Jennifer Honey, appeals to have Matilda moved up, but the evil headmistress, Agatha Trunchbull, refuses.
Throughout the story, Ms. Trunchbull's treatment of her students is nothing short of child abuse and she seems to believe intimidation is the best method of teaching."

Rising action:
"Matilda discovers she has psychokinetic powers, a secret which she confides only to Miss Honey. She learns this when her best friend, Lavender, puts a newt in Miss Trunchbull's water, and when the Trunchbull blames Matilda for it, Matilda gets so angry she tips the glass over with her mind. Miss Honey is very curious about Matilda's powers and she takes Matilda to her home.
They arrive at her cottage, where Matilda discovers Miss Honey is living in poverty. Matilda asks why, and Miss Honey explains how when she was two years old her mother died and her father was a doctor who needed someone to look after everything at home, so he invited his wife's sister to come and live with him but she turned out to be a mean person who treated Miss Honey very badly when not in the father's presence. Miss Honey was 5 years when her father died, and the police decided he'd killed himself. Miss Honey had become her aunt's slave and did everything her aunt told her to: cooking, cleaning, ironing. When Miss Honey was an adult, she wanted to go to university but her aunt wouldn't allow it; however there was a teachers' training college in the local area and she went under the condition that she would keep up with her work. When she found a job the aunt demanded that she pay all her salary to her except for an allowance of 1 pound a week as payment for feeding and clothing her, and Miss Honey was so terrified of her that she agreed. She found the tiny cottage and rented it from a farmer for 10 pence a week, and when she moved out of her aunt's house she finally got her freedom. Matilda asks who the aunt is and Miss Honey reveals that it is none other than Miss Trunchbull. With this information, Matilda formulates a plan as to how she can get rid of the Trunchbull for good."

Climax:
"When the Trunchbull investigates Miss Honey's class, Matilda uses her powers to pretend to be the spirit of Miss Honey's father by writing on the blackboard and demanding that Miss Trunchbull give Miss Honey her wages and her father's house. At the sight of seeing this being written as though by an invisible hand, Miss Trunchbull faints and is carried from the classroom by the teachers."

Resolution:
"The day following the chalkboard incident, Miss Trunchbull disappears, abandoning her brother-in-law's house. Also, his will turns up and it is discovered that Miss Honey is the rightful heiress to his property. Miss Honey then moves back into her father's house, and with the Trunchbull gone Matilda is moved into the top form where she loses all of her powers. Miss Honey believes that Matilda's brain now has to work hard instead of accumulating spare "brainpower" the powers would need: this, the two of them agree, is a good thing, as Matilda would not care to "go through life as a miracle worker". In the movie, Matilda does not lose her powers, but it is stated that she uses them less often.
Meanwhile, the police are alerted to Matilda's father, who has been selling stolen cars. He decides to move the whole family to Spain (Guam in the movie version), but Matilda asks them to let her remain with Miss Honey. They agree, as it is less of a bother, and drive away forever.
Matilda and Miss Honey make a loving family and live together in Miss Honey's father's house."

Hmm, Natalia C,
Shouldn't that be:

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2007-12-31 06:17:49 · answer #2 · answered by johnslat 7 · 1 2

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