Title: A Day in the Country
Element
1. Character(s): Who are the characters in
the story?
2. Setting: Where and when does the story
takes place?
3. Conflict: What is the main problem in the
story?
4. Plot: What is happening in the story?
What is the story about?
Genre: Fiction
Description
Fyokla- a little beggar girl of 6
Danilka- brother of Fyokla who stuck his hand
on a tree
Terenty- the town cobbler who helped the
orphaned siblings
Silanty Silitch- sacristan
In a village between eight and nine o’clock in
the morning
There was a threatening storm luring at the
village urging the villagers to evacuate and
take a safer refuge. In the middle of the storm
was a busy Fyokla. She was running, looking
for her Uncle Terenty. She needed the town's
cobbler's help to rescue her brother Danilka
who happened to have his hand trapped in the
hole while playing.
Exposition: A day in the country is a story
about two orphans, Fyokla and Danilka and it
happens in a village between eight and nine
o’clock in the morning.
Rising Action: A threatening storm is appearing
forcing the residents to take refuge. Danilka
managed to have his hand trapped needing
assistance.
Climax: Fyokla called the town cobbler,
Terenty to help his brother pull his hand out of
the tree and when they found Danilka, they
successfully released the hand of Danilka from
the tree.
Falling Action: The storm passed and the rest
of the afternoon, the three enjoys the
splendours of the country and two orphans ask
question to their uncle.
Resolution: The children fall asleep at night
with Danilka still awed by nature and its
beauty.
5. Tone/Mood: What is the author’s
attitude towards the subject? What kind
of emotion or feeling do you get after
reading the story?
6. Point of View: Who is telling or narrating
the story? Is one acting as narrator (first
person) or someone telling what is going
on (third person)?
The mood is refreshing. The story is emotional
cause Terenty was once an orphan and he see
his self on that two children reason why he
helped them but sometimes it is also exciting
and surprising about what they discover
through their little adventure.
Third person. Because someone is telling what
is going on in the story and it is like someone is
talking to you.