Plot diagram, Space Cadet by M.G. Higgins

Character

Resolution

MInor

Major

Jill's

Bryan

Captain Smith

Doc

third person in the crash (survivor)

Setting

Major

MInor

Time

12 hours

Tech spaceship

Space

Conflict

Bryan doesn't know what he wants. He does what his dad says.

Climax

Bryan feels good about helping the survivor. We strap him into the harness. For once my fingers work OK.

Theme

To be happy, you should do what you want in life and not what your parents say you should do.

Rising Action

Bryan and Jill in space.

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They go to the main room to hear what Captain say what happened.

(Jill volunteers herself and Bryan for the rescue team). She lifts her hand. But then she lifts mine too.

We train to do the rescue. First we work with a harness.

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Falling Action

Bryan and Jill return to the ship with the survivor.

Bryan asks his captain for permission to be a med tech. I look at the captain. “I have a request. I know this is a tech cadet ship. But I want to be a med cadet.’’

Bryan says goodbye to Jill. She tilts her head. “The tools will be glad. But not me.” She kisses me on the cheek. The other cadets cheer.

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Bryan's Dad

The crashed spacecraft

They find the crash. We pry the door open. I look inside.T