SHORT STORY ANALYSIS (15 points)

Name: Lalitphan Thaidej (Gene) Section: 1004

Short Story Title: Flat Car

Directions: Read the short story given to you. Complete the entire table for ELEMENTS; however, for
the PLOT LINE, your teacher will assign ONE part of the plot for you to analyze. In your plot line
analysis, ensure to explain in details what is asked for. Please edit your work before submission.
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ELEMENTS
(​Identify​ what is asked for in each number)

1. Main characters

Ryohei: I think Ryohei is a protagonist because he didn’t do anything wrong. He was just a
little boy who likes Flatcar.

And in this story, there is no antagonist.

2. Setting

- Edge of town (When Ryohei watch the labourers transport the dirt from flatcar)
- Tangerine orchard, Bamboo grove, Sea (places where Ryohei passed by)
- Teahouse (When the flatcar had stopped)
- Home (When Ryohei finally arrived at home in the evening)

3. Plot Summary

There was a little boy who likes flatcar and had a chance to travel on it. However, he had
traveled too far from his home and regret his decision then he re​turned​ ​to his parents in the
evening.

4. Type of Conflict

In this short story, the type of conflict is a character against himself. The reason why I
think like this is because Ryohei, at first, he likes to ride on the flatcar, but ​when he trav​el
too far from his home, he struggl​e​ to decide whether he should go back home or continue
to travel.

5. Theme / Moral (lesson)

In my opinion, I think that this story wa​nts​ to teach the readers to think before ​they​ act
and ignore the t​hings that are wrong because if ​you​ don’t​, there will be a lots of trouble.

6. POINT OF VIEW
 Flatcar used 3rd point of view(limited) because the narrator is not a character, the
narrator talks about a character.

PLOT LINE
(​BRIEFLY explain ​what is asked for in each number)

1. EXPOSITION
A. How do the characters’ physical, emotional, and mental characteristics affect the other parts of
the story?
Ryohei’s ​physical​ ​characteristic​ ​affects the part of the story when he had to push the flatcar along
the track. His emotional and mental affect most of the story because​ ​at first, the story mak​e ​the
reader believe that Ryohei likes the flatcar. However, in the end, the story twist that Ryohei
dislikes the flatcar because he has t​o runs​ home alone in the evening.

B. Do you think that setting is important in other parts of the story? Why or Why not?
The setting is very important because the setting is ​the thin​gs ​that will cause when and where in
the story. How the story will be in the next scene.

C. Identify ONE figure of speech or idiom used by the writer in this part of the plot, and explain its
meaning.
In this short story, the author u​sed ​imagery ​in this “The quivering flatcar dancing under his feet”
part, which is a figure of speech. The author used it to make the reader imagine when the flatcar
is shaking.

- some answers are unclear: elaborate

- review answer A
- edit errors
- 7/10

- check SVA
- answer in C: personification
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