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Exposition Plot
Exposition
Rob: "That's what it's like. Exactly. Voices bouncing everywhere" (Fleischman 3).
Rob: "Except instead of looking back, it's like I keep... listening back" (Fleischman 4).
Rob: "-since we've lived with my grandparents. I have no brothers or sisters. I was raised among adults and treated as one" (Fleischman 10).
Exposition Tone
Spanish TV Actress: "Te juro, mi vida. Con todo mi corazon, te amo!" (Fleischman 3). Loving
Rob's Mother: "Well, sometimes, sweetheart, people do very bad things, even though they know they shoudln't" (Fleischman 14). Instructive
ExpositionTone
Rising Action Plot
Rising Action
Rob's Mother: "Lying in the cradle was the sound- effects record. On top of it was the tape of the oldies show" (Fleischman 35).
Rob: "If I got straight A's in school, he'd come back. If I saved all my birthday and Christmas money and didnt spend any on me, he'd come back..." (Fleischman 39).
Rob: "So I went searching. I did this at night. I did it on the radio" (Fleischman 44).
Rob: "I gave up, but knew I'd scored a hit. There were Lenny's out there. I just had to find the right one" (Fleischman 56).
Rising Action Tone
Rob's Mother: "We were happy. We were in love. I smiled for two years. And then I got pregnant" (Fleischman 30). Reflective
Opera radio host: "...however, has not given up hope, and in response to her servant's pessimism she sings her famous aria, un bel di, describing in detail how he will one day sail into the harbor, come up the hill once again-" (Fleischman 38). Hopeful
Aunt June: "But when you opened up that shortwave radio kit- she'd trumped me. She was your favorite aunt" (Fleischman 60). Caring
Climax Plot
Climax
Rob: "... the thought struck me out of nowhere: My real father wasn't coming back. And then: I don't really mind" (Fleschman 127).
Rob: "I no longer had any expectations about him. He was a moth I'd released into the night. I was beyond trying to catch him" (Fleischman 128).
Rob: "A girl named Neva? Of course I was intrigued" (Fleischman 135).
Climax Tone
Mr.McCarthy: "Does it take an unusual, extraordinary life to make a compelling autobiography" (Fleischman 127). Reflective
Rob's Grandmother: "My yes. It's an old classic song. ' I Get Along Without You Very Well'..." (Fleischer 128). Accepting .
Zad: " Two thoughts. Choosing our own radio names would be fun. And two- we can do better than this guy" (Fleischman 135). Independant
Falling Action Plot
Falling Action
Rob: "I'm happy with my life the way it is. And the people in it" (Fleischman 155).
Rob: "I almost asked him where he was, but didn't" (Fleischman 156).
Rob: " All these years later, he was ready for a relationship, by which time I no longer missed him. We were riding a seesaw, facing each other up or down" (Fleischman 158).
Falling Action Tone
Rob's Mother: "I told him I was going ahead no matter what he did, that the decision and the responsibility were mine" (Fleischman 153). Decisive
Audiobook Reader: "To the tintinabulation that so musically wells From the bells, bells, bells-" (Fleischman 156). Cheery
Resolution Plot
Rob: "He'd probably taken my unresponsivness for revenge: me rejecting him with silence, payment for the sixteen years' dead air I'd received from him. But he'd forfeited my interest in him years before" (Fleischman 159).
Rob: "I have no way to contact him- this time, by my own doing. I wonder if he'll seek me out in the future. It wouldn't suprise me, since he has the number" (Fleischman 164).
Resolution
Resolution Tone
Neva: " Your little voice over the wires came leaping-" (Fleischman 164). Heartwarming
Resolution Tone
Message Conveyed
Theme
The theme of Seek, by Paul Fleischman is that through every obstacle that is thrown your way, you'll always have your family. The love within your family will always be above all. This is shown through Rob trying to find his father. After Rob loses all hope, they connect. But this no longer matters to him. Lenny has not been a part of Robs life. Meaning, he doesn't see Lenny as family. Resulting in Rob disconnecting with Lenny, and investing himself with the family that's been with him his whole life.
Theme Quotes
Theme Quotes
Aunt Jessica: " You were positively edible, the cutest little boy on the planet. when I saw you suddently I was ready for kids" (Fleischman 32).
Rob: "-called for the scholarship award. Thank you. I do remember that, with everyone's help over the years- like every single time I forget anything" (Fleischman 77).
Andy: " OK. You're doing great behind the wheel, Rob. So now let's try some bigger hills. Are you up for Lombard?" (Fleischman 123).
Rob: " There hasen't been any further word from Lenny. On my part, there's been more understanding, and more recognition of how lucky I've been with the family that raised me" (Fleischman 163).
Seek: by Paul Fleischman
Fleischman, Paul. Seek. Chicago: Cricket, 2001. Print.