Corrida de Tontos
“Running of the Fools”
The hair on his arms stood on end. A shiver sped down his spine. His stomach leapt into his mouth. “Por favor proteja a mi hijo,” whispered Señor Valdez under his breath as he entered the strange city with his only son. The father always prayed in his native Spanish tongue when he needed the fortitude of his forefathers. Mateo, his cocky son, laughed and said, “Have faith in me, Papa.’ As the July sun rose higher, humidity bathed the men in sweat. Multitudes of passionate patriots fervently cheered and waved Spanish flags. Pamplona’s heartbeat suggested an event of great significance was imminent. Anticipation built within the pulsating city as the clock struck quarter to eight; only minutes until the …show more content…
A father and son enters the festival and the son competes in the festival. The father doesn’t want him to but he ignores him. When the festival starts, the son run as fast as he can and at the end, he survives barely with blood across his face and uniform.
In a short paragraph, provide a critic’s review of the narrative that reveals how the story starts and how it finishes.
I think it’s a good story because it has many adjectives, verbs and adverbs etc. It is a good story because it follows the plot from orientation to rising action and resolution.
The Majority of the story captures the race itself - Identify and explain the two conflicts that drive the climax of the narrative.
The two conflicts in the story are when the father and the son are arguing about the festival. The son wants to be in the festival but the father doesn’t agree on the idea. The next conflict is that the son enter anyway to the festival and the father has to watch his son complete the race. He is defeated and does nothing towards this action. The climax is when the father waits and waits nervously for his son.
Draw a plot graph and label the parts of the graph with the events from the
“Running of the Fools”
The hair on his arms stood on end. A shiver sped down his spine. His stomach leapt into his mouth. “Por favor proteja a mi hijo,” whispered Señor Valdez under his breath as he entered the strange city with his only son. The father always prayed in his native Spanish tongue when he needed the fortitude of his forefathers. Mateo, his cocky son, laughed and said, “Have faith in me, Papa.’ As the July sun rose higher, humidity bathed the men in sweat. Multitudes of passionate patriots fervently cheered and waved Spanish flags. Pamplona’s heartbeat suggested an event of great significance was imminent. Anticipation built within the pulsating city as the clock struck quarter to eight; only minutes until the …show more content…
A father and son enters the festival and the son competes in the festival. The father doesn’t want him to but he ignores him. When the festival starts, the son run as fast as he can and at the end, he survives barely with blood across his face and uniform.
In a short paragraph, provide a critic’s review of the narrative that reveals how the story starts and how it finishes.
I think it’s a good story because it has many adjectives, verbs and adverbs etc. It is a good story because it follows the plot from orientation to rising action and resolution.
The Majority of the story captures the race itself - Identify and explain the two conflicts that drive the climax of the narrative.
The two conflicts in the story are when the father and the son are arguing about the festival. The son wants to be in the festival but the father doesn’t agree on the idea. The next conflict is that the son enter anyway to the festival and the father has to watch his son complete the race. He is defeated and does nothing towards this action. The climax is when the father waits and waits nervously for his son.
Draw a plot graph and label the parts of the graph with the events from the