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Independent Novel Study

Ryder Yeung

Plot Diagram

Exposition & Conflict

Exposition

The story starts out in a boys room where it talks about a serial killer and the 4 year boy named Tad. hallucinates and thinks that that guy is in his closet and screams. They talk about the Father and how he works for a cereal company and his case for a new cereal. His name is Vic and his wife's name is Donna. There is another family with a very friendly but massive saint Bernard dog named Cujo. The dads name is Joe Camber and his wife's name is Charity and their son's name is Brett.

Conflict

The conflict is when Cujo gets bitten by a bat with rabbies. after chasing a rabbit into a small cave in the ground. Vic and Donna also notice a problem with their car so they are going to have to bring it to Joe where Cujo lives. Vic has to leave the town for work and Donna and Tad would have to take the car to Joe. Charity convinces Joe to let Her and Brett leave on a vacation to Connecticut to see her Aunt. So it is just Joe at the house with Cujo.

Rising Action & Climax

Rising Action

Cujo finnally goes rabbid and gets his first kill on Gary Pervier who is a friend of Joes. Cujo also ends up killing Joe Camber after Cujo killed Gary, Donna and Tad have to take the car to Joe's house. They tried calling him to see if he was there but no one answered because no one was there. Once they get there Donna gets out and tries to help Tad but got stuck and Cujo attacks them.

Climax

The climax is when Cujo is attacking Donna and Tad in their car, and trying to get them. They wait it out for a while until Cujo tries attacking again, the cycle goes on for a little while. Eventually the phone goes off and Donna tried to make a run for the house to get water for Tad because he is dehydrated very bad. She fails and Cujo sees her and chases after her but not before she makes it back to the car. She thinks that they both are going to die there.

Falling Action

Falling Action & Resolution

Donna and Tad are very tires but beacuse Tad is a young child he is not able to go for a long time. He gets very tired and passes out and then Donna gets scared. So she doesn't care anymore and runs out. She finds a baseball bat and fights and hit him the bat breaks. With the broken bat she stabs him in the eye and he ends up dying.

Conclusion

Donna runs tad into the house and gets him water and calls 911 she eventually finds out that he is dead. After a while a police officer shows up and cuts off Cujos head to give to a vet to inspect. The book is then over.

Summary

Summary, the main conflict in the story would be man v nature. It is man v nature because it is a bunch of people vs a rabid dog who tries to kill people. It was solved by a woman killing the dog with a baseball bat and then stabbing the dog. I don't think it would support any theme because it would be killing dog. I think a theme could be to pay close attention to animals or just get there shots.

Thematic Summary

Vocabulary

Vocab

1. redundant. redundant is more than needed. I did not know what it meant, or what it was.

2. Sullen. Sullen is gloomy. I had no idea what it meant or was.

3.apathy, Apathy means lack of interest and enthusiasm I did not know what it meant or was.

4. prudent. Prudent is sensible and cautious I did not know what it was.

5-10

5. petulant. Petulant is unreasonably annoyed or upset. This word was new to me.

6. coalesce. Coalesce is consolidated (different aspects having come together), I did not know this word.

7. doleful. Doleful is full of sadness this was new to me.

8. resolute. Resolute is with firm purpose this was a new word.

9. virulent. Virulent is very bad - perhaps contagious, this was a new word.

10. resignation. resigned is having accepted something undesirable as unacceptable. This word was new and was a little bit difficult to pronounce.

Donna's Play list In 2022

For my visual piece I am going to make a play list of songs that Donna would likely have in her play list if she was here right now. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Hiugj8YL3OjiQz5WDIAgc

Visual Piece

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