Exposition: Vita, the main character, has a lot of hatred toward Helen, because she got the role of Helen of Troy and she wanted it. Vita knew the lines of Helen by heart and thought she deserved the role instead of Helen.
Conflict: Vita is jealous she didn’t get the role of Helen of Troy. Vita complains to her mom how Helen doesn’t deserve it because she just “flirts with the boys.”
Rising Action: The story has multiple rising actions. Most of them include Vita getting good fortune because she made a sacrifice to the Gods. One of her sacrifices was burning the letters she had written to her dad, for the past three years.
Climax: The climax of the story is Helen gets chicken pox, which gives Vita the role of the play that she really wanted. …show more content…
This is known because in the story it says Vita’s mom was studying at Columbia University, which is in New York. The setting affects the plot, because the story shows the city as a place where everyone cares about themselves not others. It sets the characters as more gloomy and sad.
Theme: The theme of the story, is that you have to believe in yourself and to be independent. You know this because Vita believed that she could become Helen when her mom and everyone else didn’t believe in her. Vita also learned to be independent. She realized she doesn’t need her dad here to do amazing things. She got the lead role of Helen of Troy without her dad so she can accomplish a lot by herself.
Point of View: Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street is told in first person. Vita uses words such as he, she and I, which is the form of first person. An example of this is “ I look into the darkened house and, for a second, I can hear the beating of a swan's wings, and, then, nothing at all.” (page 310) First person helps out the story because, we can feel exactly what Vita is feeling and the emotions she is …show more content…
She also has a strong passion for acting. Vitas motivation is to get the role of Helen in her school play.
Vita’s mom is a divorced woman who likes to quote Greek Mythology and there cat Marlowe. Vita’s moms motivation is to accept the fact of what happens will happen and there is nothing you can do about it. She tries to tell Vita that she has to just accept the fact that she didn’t get the role in the play.
Mr. Dodd is Vita’s teacher who wants everything to go his way and to be perfect. His motivation is to have everyone get the perfect role of what his or her personality is. Mr. Dodd wants his play to turn out perfect like he planned.
Characterization: Direct characterization is used in the story, because the author comes straight out and tells us things about the characters, their emotion and the story itself. “I hate Helen” (page 304) The author doesn’t hide the feeling that Vita hates Helen, she just comes straight out and says it.
Conflict:
Vita has internal conflict with herself because she wants to believe her dad is coming back when she knows he is not. “And who knows? Maybe Daddy will even be here to see it” (page
Conflict: Vita is jealous she didn’t get the role of Helen of Troy. Vita complains to her mom how Helen doesn’t deserve it because she just “flirts with the boys.”
Rising Action: The story has multiple rising actions. Most of them include Vita getting good fortune because she made a sacrifice to the Gods. One of her sacrifices was burning the letters she had written to her dad, for the past three years.
Climax: The climax of the story is Helen gets chicken pox, which gives Vita the role of the play that she really wanted. …show more content…
This is known because in the story it says Vita’s mom was studying at Columbia University, which is in New York. The setting affects the plot, because the story shows the city as a place where everyone cares about themselves not others. It sets the characters as more gloomy and sad.
Theme: The theme of the story, is that you have to believe in yourself and to be independent. You know this because Vita believed that she could become Helen when her mom and everyone else didn’t believe in her. Vita also learned to be independent. She realized she doesn’t need her dad here to do amazing things. She got the lead role of Helen of Troy without her dad so she can accomplish a lot by herself.
Point of View: Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street is told in first person. Vita uses words such as he, she and I, which is the form of first person. An example of this is “ I look into the darkened house and, for a second, I can hear the beating of a swan's wings, and, then, nothing at all.” (page 310) First person helps out the story because, we can feel exactly what Vita is feeling and the emotions she is …show more content…
She also has a strong passion for acting. Vitas motivation is to get the role of Helen in her school play.
Vita’s mom is a divorced woman who likes to quote Greek Mythology and there cat Marlowe. Vita’s moms motivation is to accept the fact of what happens will happen and there is nothing you can do about it. She tries to tell Vita that she has to just accept the fact that she didn’t get the role in the play.
Mr. Dodd is Vita’s teacher who wants everything to go his way and to be perfect. His motivation is to have everyone get the perfect role of what his or her personality is. Mr. Dodd wants his play to turn out perfect like he planned.
Characterization: Direct characterization is used in the story, because the author comes straight out and tells us things about the characters, their emotion and the story itself. “I hate Helen” (page 304) The author doesn’t hide the feeling that Vita hates Helen, she just comes straight out and says it.
Conflict:
Vita has internal conflict with herself because she wants to believe her dad is coming back when she knows he is not. “And who knows? Maybe Daddy will even be here to see it” (page