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READING ANALYSIS - Coggle Diagram
READING ANALYSIS
ALL ABOUT SUICIDE
Theme: Guilt, betrayal, and problems in life
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Rising Action: The story rewinds, we learn he knew where the gun was, had been drinking, and was struggling with something secret and shameful at the ministry.
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Falling action: The narrator corrects the timeline again — it’s unclear if Ismael actually died or if he shot the minister.
Exposition: Ismael in his office, holding a gun, rubbing it across his face.
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Conflict: Ismael vs. himself — his guilt, silence, and despair.
Style: The story is short, serious, and a bit confusing. It moves back and forth in time and repeats the same event in different ways.
ANXIETY
Theme: Worries, Life, Understanding, Mistakes
Characters: Rosie, Father, Old Woman, Friend
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Exposition: Parents, especially the father and his fellow friend was waiting outside of his daughter's school, as his daughter walks out and he carries her, but she says oink-oink.
Rising Action: He seemed irritated and kept asking what his daughter said, she kept repeating the words over and over again.
Climax: He forcefully pulls his daughter down, hurting her ankle. He was obviously irritated and overwhelmed by what his daughter said and was doing
Falling Action: An old woman comes up to him, reminding him of her life and future, he realizes his mistake.
Resolution: The story ends with the father realizing his mistake and going on to play with his daughter, the old woman is relieved.
Style: The story is serious, contains harm and realization of mistakes. It ends in a resolution.
Reading Strategy: The reading strategies we use are summarizing to understand the story structures and the story inside, as well as inferring by using small clues to understand the story.
Relation to Big Question: In “All About Suicide” the cause and effect relationship is dynamic because one event leads to another in complex ways. Ismael feels hurt and betrayed, which causes him to become silent, angry, and hopeless. While in "Anxiety" the cause and effect relationship is dynamic because small actions and emotions keep changing the outcome. The little girl’s joke (“oink oink”) makes her father angry, but the old woman’s advice makes him think and calm down.